{"id":66670,"date":"2023-07-01T16:19:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T09:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/?p=66670"},"modified":"2023-07-30T00:51:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T17:51:02","slug":"the-g-shock-rangeman-gw-9400-is-also-mud-resistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/the-g-shock-rangeman-gw-9400-is-also-mud-resistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the G-Shock Rangeman GW-9400 mud-resistant? (It’s not so clear.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The protected cylindrical button structure seen on the Mudmaster line and Mudman GW-9500 started with the Rangeman GW-9400.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"G-Shock<\/a><\/p>\n

The G-Shock Rangeman GW-9400<\/strong><\/a> made its debut in 2013 and was the first G-Shock watch with the Triple Sensor<\/a>. Like the Mudman line, it has protected buttons and was designated as mud-resistant. The GW-9400 was the first G-Shock watch with the cylindrical button shaft structure. The same type of button structure would later be used in the Mudmaster<\/a> line.<\/p>\n

In researching and comparing the upcoming and similarly equipped G-Shock Mudman GW-9500<\/a>, we noticed that there are no references to the Rangeman GW-9400 being mud-resistant in the official Casio product database. Casio also appears to have removed the low temperature specification for the GW-9400. Although I don’t have proof, I am fairly certain that it was previously listed as mud-resistant and low temp resistant in the Casio database. It makes sense that Casio might want to encourage sales of the new Mudman GW-9500 by disassociating the Rangeman from being mud-resistant, but the Mudman GW-9500 has enough advantages and unique characteristics to make that unnecessary. We still believe that the Rangeman GW-9400 is mud-resistant. (Update<\/strong>: Upon further research, I now believe that the mud-resistant and low temp specifications were not on casio.com like I originally thought, and I apologize for implying that Casio may have removed the spec. The mud-resistant spec was probably added by Casio America and I was probably remembering it from the old gshock.com site. See the full update below.)<\/p>\n

While older fans will remember the GW-9400 as being mud-resistant, newer fans might believe that it’s not. When there is confusion about G-Shock facts, it is usually settled by referring to the official Casio website (casio.com), but it is not mud-resistant according to Casio. There is still evidence of the mud-resistant specification from regional Casio subsidiaries and other sites.<\/p>\n

The full specs at G-Shock Canada list the GW9400-1 as being mud-resistant. (gshock.ca<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"G-Shock<\/a><\/p>\n

The Casio Europe site also shows the mud-resistant specification for the GW-9400-1ER. casio-europe.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"G-Shock<\/a><\/p>\n

In a 2020 press release for the GW9400-1B<\/a>, Casio America stated that it is mud-resistant. (prnewswire.com)<\/a><\/p>\n

\"G-Shock<\/a><\/p>\n

Although it doesn’t mention mud, this excerpt from the English-language G-SHOCK WATCHNAVI<\/em> book (based on the G-Shock Perfect Bible 30th Anniversary<\/em> edition), states that the button structure was developed for “complete resistance against sand and dirt.”<\/p>\n

\"G-Shock<\/a><\/p>\n

The GW-9400 is listed as mud-resistant at the ShockBase<\/a> G-Shock Database.<\/p>\n

G-Shock expert Watch Geek states that it is mud-resistant in his GW-9400 review and detailed tutorial. (youtube.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This GW-9400 review by Ariel Adams from 2014 at ablogtowatch.com<\/a> lists the mud-resistant specification (on page 2).<\/p>\n

The cylindrical button structure was also used with the now-discontinued Rangeman GPR-B1000, which is still listed as being mud-resistant at casio.com\/jp<\/a>, giving credence to the Rangeman being a mud-resistant line.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

We feel that that there is sufficient evidence of the Rangman GW-9400 being mud-resistant to justify calling it “mud-resistant.”<\/p>\n

Even though the Mudman GW-9500 has a larger duplex display and is positioned above the Rangeman GW-9400 in the Master of G<\/a> hierarchy, the Rangeman has some advantages such as the dedicated Time Stamp button for the 40-record sensor log memory (to record altitude, barometric pressure, temperature, bearing, and time). The stopwatch measures in more precise increments (1\/100-second) and has a dedicated one-touch start button. Some Japanese and limited GW-9400 models have a stronger band with a carbon fiber insert.<\/p>\n

The Rangeman line celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and the GW-9400 has been one of the most popular series in the past decade. In our opinion, the GW-9400 still holds up well compared to other advanced G-Shock series.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> After doing more research on the Wayback Machine, the situation becomes a bit murkier as the original listings on gshock.com, casio-intl.com, g-shock.jp actually did not<\/em> mention mud resistance at all. The Casio Europe site did not mention mud resistance until around 2019. Adding mud resistance to the specifications may have been started by Casio America, as you can see in this listing at gshock.com<\/a> (web.archive.org) from 2017. The aBlogtoWatch review from 2014 is the earliest instance we can find of it, and it appears that the specs were probably provided by Casio America in that case (based on the way they were written).<\/p>\n

If the original listings and the main Casio site do not mention mud resistance, can we still consider the Rangeman GW-9400 to be mud-resistant if only subsidiary sites say so? We usually defer to the main casio.com site, but Casio America was promoting it as mud-resistant for years and it seems to be accepted that it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The protected cylindrical button structure seen on the Mudmaster line and Mudman GW-9500 started with the Rangeman GW-9400. The G-Shock Rangeman GW-9400 made its debut in 2013 and was the first G-Shock watch with the Triple Sensor. Like the Mudman line, it has protected buttons and was designated as mud-resistant. The GW-9400 was the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":66678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[244,35,38],"offerexpiration":[],"table_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66670"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66718,"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66670\/revisions\/66718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66670"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=66670"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.g-central.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=66670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}