This is the first of many Citizen watches I have purchased that I wasn't completely happy with. The display is poorly lit when you activate the light up feature, plus the double tap on the screen used to light up the display works about 30% of the time, and the digital readout is small and difficult to read. I have a Garmin smartwatch that displays so much clearer and brighter day and night with it's analog display then this CZ Hybrid. Also, the watch app is poorly designed and the watch faces are all analog with the hybrid watch. There is no color display. Luckily I got it 50% off. Maybe Citizen is selling these off in the hopes of going back to the drawing board and designing a better watch. I'm not sure what the test group said for these watches, but either Citizen didn't listen to them or they didn't bother with a test group to get honest feedback prior to releasing a watch with the quality name Citizen on it.
Double tapping the face to light the watch display rarely works. Maybe 30% of the time. The display is very dim and the watch faces are very hard to read. Even though I bought this on sale at 50% off, I wouldn't buy it again. It will be a back up watch for the time only. If the watch faces were brighter and had color, maybe I'd recommend it. Do not purchase if you are expecting color or bright and easy to read displays.
Very disappointed. Not a quality product. The APP does not link to the watch properly. Problems setting the time, plus other problems. I own several Citizen watches, no issues.
Overall I would say I am very pleased about my watch, but do have some issues. 1. There is no way to set for the walking app what your stride is and there fore, steps and distance are not accurate. 2. Wish they offered more options for watch face.