I agree with your comments on the Suunto. The compass works very well and has a declination setting which my Casio did not. I never use this compass as my primary but it is superb for all those occasional compass uses that do not require precision map work etc.

The backlight bugs me too...not bright enough and does not stay on long enough for me. The only other issue is the lack of a constant display of seconds. The watch may have this option somewhere but I have not found it. The seconds tick off around the dial so there is an indication, but not my favorite.