Kids are so hard to pick presents for; girls especially! Luckily, Casio’s up to the challenge with the inexpensive BG-6902 series. Welcome back to Jimmy B’s guide to Baby-Gs and today we’ll be looking at the above series and giving you all the info you’ll need.

Coming in a soft Green or light Grey (with the green looking blue enough even for the boys to wear), these watches are durable, very light on the wrists, and are fully digital (the last one seems to be a common requirement for kids)! So let’s go through some of these features and see if your kids will like them.

Firstly, it’s small as well as light (only weighing 47g). This means it won’t weigh their wrists down. Now, just because they’re light doesn’t mean they’re not durable. In fact, these watches come with a resin, scratch resistant band as well as a mineral glass to protect the display.

Apart from the scratch protection, the watches, like all Casios, are 100m shock resistant. What this means is that all of the mechanical gears are shoved inside a spring suspension system, to ensure that even if it’s dropped, the springs absorb most of the damage. Now, if it’s dropped over 100m, then you’re out of luck. Then again, if your watch drops 100m, then you should hope you’re not attached to it!

Finishing off the durability section is the 200m Water Resistance. Now, this is a little tricky because it doesn’t exactly mean you can dive up to 200m. What the number refers to is water pressure. You can still surf with the watch without any ill effect, but avoid going to the shower with it since the differing pressure mounts up and will damage the waterproof seal.

Alright, now that we’ve covered the durability, let’s go to functions. Nowadays, purely digital watches are actually pretty rare for Casio nowadays. People can’t decide whether they want Analogue or Digital, so you would usually find combos. This series, is one of those rare exceptions.

Apart from not having to worry about reading the display, a Digital Casio watch has the advantage of a brighter than normal backlight. When your kids are out after curfew, they’ll no longer have the excuse of it being too dark to see the time, because when you press the button at the bottom of the watch, the display lights up bright enough that they’ll be able to see the time quite clearly.

Finally, let’s go back to where we started – the colours. Now, they may be soft (the don’t shine like the glossier bands), but they’re still distinctive enough that you can find them pretty quickly if you happen to drop them. The green watch is especially distinctive and helpful in that regard.

Usually, in these sorts of articles I’d go through any negatives I could find, but honestly, the only issue I’ve found is in some rare instances the band starts to discolour. That’s usually only a problem with the pinkish white model though, and is easily cleanable with a toothbrush and liquid soap.

Well, I hope that this’ll help you choose the perfect watch for your kids. For more great gift ideas, keep this blog bookmarked.

Until Next Time

Jimmy B.