Controls are not as straight forward as I think they should be and the buttons are a little persnickety, but the time is in large numbers so it is very easy to glance at and see the time.  Much nicer than fumbling for a cell phone and then having to activate the screen to see the time and then deactivating and replacing.  I am not impressed with rubber watch bands so it will be interesting to see how well this one holds up.  It suffers from the same malady all rubber bands have and that the the retaining loop that slides around that performs and inadequate job of keeping the length of band that sticks beyond the buckle controlled.