I'm surprised this has never been asked before...

Negative displays on €100 G Shocks are terrible, I have no issue reading them myself, but positive, STN, or MIP is always much better

Go for the GW-M5610-1er or GW-M5610u-1er, or GW-B5600mg

MIP doesn't yet have solar at that price (unsure about more expensive ones)

STN is in the full metals, B5000, they are great, and still look great with battle scars, but cost much more

hope that helps

 

I'm surprised this has never been asked before, Negative displays on $100 G Shocks are terrible, I have no issue reading them myself, but positive, STN, or MIP is always much better

I know it has been asked before, but I am interested in this particular model..so your sugestion is to go for the standard one.

 

The only negative display I have is on the GA-2100. It is really hard to read in darker environments, i.e. indoors with bad to normal lighting. But in that case I like that it’s negative since it goes really well with the design and it has analog time display, so I will always be able to see the time anyway.

For functionality I would always choose a positive display.

 

Yeah I like the design as well, but for my beater watch I prefer function over form.

 

My 22222 shot from last Tuesday includes several positive and negative displays. All are somehow legible, but the positive ones are just much better.

 

You do have a lot of nice watches in there !
And yeah, the positive ones are better, thank you for the picture, it helped me make a comparison.

 

Had the same dilemma a couple of years ago. I tried to convince myself negative LCDs couldn't be that bad, so I got -1ber.
Soon discovered that negatives are much worst than I thought.
Eventually took the risk and managed to converted it to positive.
This watch became my favorite g in all aspects (elegant, light weight, vfm and most important legible).

 

Nay for negative displays in general.

 

In MY experience, the negative display is very good in strong light, even better than positive. But that´s also the only time it´s really good. The rest of the time I would go with a positive display. My favorite display is the lemon-green GW-B5600BC-1

And I would also recommend any of the the Bluetooth over the regular MB6 for the reason that I find the displays crisper

 

Yay for me, it suits the all black metal squares & extends the blackened theme. No issues with seeing the display outdoors but can be a challenge in low light or indoors but the auto back light at the flick of the wrist usually takes care of that...

 

I'm fine with most of the negative displays in my collection. There's only one that is an absolute beotch to read except in direct, bright light. For me, negative is more a stylistic than functional implementation so on that basis, I cut it a bit more slack.

 

For me, negative is more a stylistic than functional implementation...

I second that.

 

Depends on the watch and on the display type. On my GBA-800 I'm actually glad that the negative display is very hard to read because I see that watch rather as a full analog with digital add-ons. Most of the time I only display the seconds so I get the maximum "all-analog- (almost) no digital" effect and a maximum contrast of the white hands with dark background.

For a full digital watch with "normal" LCD the only one I like after all this years is the GD-350-1B. A truly outstanding negative display and almost as good to read as a positive one. Other than that I definitely prefer positive LCD's.

When it comes to MIP displays, we talk about a whole different ball game. In this case it doesn't matter if the display is positive or negative both are equally good to read - at least on my Garmin Instinct I can't tell any difference in readability.

 

Yeah the positive displays are so much better. But I pretty much only have negatives because I like the look. It takes a second or 2 longer to read in dim conditions, but easy decision for me to take this hit

 

Own about 25-30 Casios at this point, every single one of them is positive.

I think I have only one negative display in another digital, and it's awful, impossible to read in 90% of lighting conditions. Perhaps a Casio negative is better, but given the option I'll always take positive.

 

How many times can this question be asked per month?

 

Negative displays are fine if you don’t place a high value on being able to tell the time in bright environments. As in outdoors between sunrise and sunset.

My square negative display was a great looking watch (why I bought it), but it was absolutely useless as a timepiece.

I ended up offering it up to my brother for free and he didn’t want it, as he had a similar model and couldn’t read the time on that one either.

 

Oook, thank everyone for the input, positive it is, then. Meanwhile, I have settled on the third option...i like the funky colours, it also has bluetooth and I can also get it cheaper, for roughly 80€.

 

Actually, these GW-B5600 models have really good displays, better than e.g. in GW-M5610 models.

 

I prefer positive displays.

 

There’s only a couple of Casio’s negative displays that I could live with: the newer Rangeman, Gulfmaster and the GBD series.

I would have bought a GWG-1000 if it had a + display, but opted for the GG-1000 instead because of that. I used to have a blackout Mudman, but rarely wore it because I couldn’t read the time most days. It was just really bad.

 

There’s only a couple of Casio’s negative displays that I could live with: the newer Rangeman, Gulfmaster and that big square for sports.

GBD-H1000 is not bad either:

The GBD-200 sports square has pretty similar MIP display?

 

put the MIP displays aside
when comparing negative display between other Gshocks, it's matter of perception
yes, some are better than others, but it is not day vs. night difference, so what's the point? as our eyes and surroundings are also different
my choice of night work watch is the gbx-100 which has MIP display, been wear-testing it for almost a year now, no problems so far

 

No way.

 

Tried a few neg displays and did not like them. Not only are they are hard to read, they always look dirty. Only way I can tolerate them is if they are a sub dial on an ana-dig.

Don't ever trust a photo of one online. They never look the same in person.

 

i like my b5000 negative more than the b5000 positive..just personal prefer

 

The B5000 is an STN though. Much crisper/better viewing angles. My GMW-B5000 is negative too. Still easier to read the positive GW-B5600MG though.

 

yes! agree

 

You never know when you are going to need to tell the time when you are hiding from an ax murderer. People underrate this aspect of negative displays. But seriously, wow, I love that lemon colored display Barbababa shared above. I may have to track that down.

 

There is one available on a romanian website for 90€ and I can help you if you want, but I don't know if for the additional 43€ you have to pay for the shipping, is worth the fuss.

 

They are on my permanent blacklist. Not even negotiable.

 

Sooo, yeah....this happend

 

Nice! I trade off daily wear between that one and the GW-B5600MG. Both are awesome. I like the pop of color on the GZ, it's more summer-y than the MG.

 

Really don't understand the whole concept behind negative displays. They are very hard to read and project a cheesy "tacti-cool" image.

Hard pass for me.

 

“Tacti-cool” is a product of the watch as a whole, not just the negative display. I think my 7900 below looks more “tactical” than my 6900.

I never understood the readability argument. I’m fifty years old, have worn glasses since first grade, and I have no trouble telling the time… maybe in a few years my opinion might change but other than some of the red or purple negative displays in my collection I can read all of mine at first glance in most lighting… the red or purple ones need no more extra attention than maybe a second glance.

I get that a lot of people specifically on WUS prefer positive, which is fine, but the amount of negative bashing on here gets sort of funny after a certain point. It is like people get offended by them or something. Casio offers literally hundreds of options, simply don’t buy the ones you don’t like. Problem solved.