I recently purchased an X10mil and have the following comments/concerns. The screen is very dark so as to be unreadable in many situations, even at the highest contrast level (9). Why have a watch screen that is barely legible, even in good lighting conditions, makes no sense to me? I was sure there must have been some sort of removable cover protecting the screen making it so dark, but alas, there was none! Maybe the screen is bright enough if you live in California, but I live in a rain forest. And the backlight when activated appears as a bright red smudge. The alarm is totally useless; I cannot hear it when the watch is more than a few feet from my ear, and it certainly would not wake me up when sleeping! The
GPS connectivity is very poor. I went for a run in an urban park, and although there are lots of trees in the park, the park entrance is relatively 'open', and yet I was unable to connect to a satellite. A friend of mine with a Garmin had no trouble at all getting the
GPS to operate. I had intended to use this as an every day watch, but quite frankly it is pretty useless for that and I cannot even get the
GPS to work-maybe it is faulty and should be returned? I am curious if anyone else shares any of my concerns?