I buy a freestyle or shark..or shark freestyle. I don't know. All I know is its like a 20 dollar watch. I only wear a watch when surfing. And guess what? It tells the time. No need for tides. I feel that most surfers, who surf often, don't need a watch to tell them the tide. If I hadn't surfed in a week or two, yeah I'll check the tides. But after that you know the tides for the whole week. Just gotta do the math Anyway, when the watch dies I buy a new one. And when I say die, I mean it just got so worn that it won't strap to my wrist anymore. Never had the watch itself die
+1 for the Shark. I have one that's lasted me 5 years and is pretty much bulletproof. For the price, you won't find a better deal.
my bottom line recommendation is to not get this watch. I bought into the hype and should have known better