It is easy to read, but not the day/date part.  Indiglo is just fine and the band appears to be sturdy. I have a very large wrist and it is a bit tight and it does leave an impression but doesnt cut off circulation or anything plus i got used to it.  It seems to have enough tension to keep it in place , yet not too much.
I had a very hard time getting the day/date set up properly. The giant page of directions seems to cover a few different day and day/date type watches which I found rather confusing after coming from over 35yrs of LCD type multi function , like Ironman, watches. They were easy compared to this one. I sent the first one back (I got a replacement once) because the stem came all the way out of the watch and I couldn't make the date number change no matter how i fiddled with it.  After I got the 2nd one, I was able to make the date change and the day changes by turning the hands around.  I was kind of surprised to be following the directions as the stem just pulled all the way out and i could see no warning or indication that this was supposed to happen. I had a good chronometer 3 dial watch and it didn't do that; this one will. I thought it should screw in and catch by turning it counter clockwise as the instructions seemed to indicate but not from the out position, i guess, unless it really was defective- i still don't know, for sure.
So, when reading the instructions, be aware that they are for a few kinds of watches and they use vague terms and multi purpose drawings. Middle position or Out position may or may not apply to specific watches. I still don't get them but i made it work just fine.
I have only had it 2 days so no comment on durability, i have not had good luck with the Ironman style over the past 4 years, i have had to get 4,though i still have working Atlantis 100s from the early 80s. they are scuffed up but still going.
I changed to the old conventional analog style to see if I can get Timex reliability back if it can tick and keep on ticking. If this one does tick, i can not hear it but i stopped being able to hear the alarms on the digital ones a number of yrs ago as well.