I LOVE this timer! I usually come to Amazon to shop, but today I came just to review this great timer and to ask the manufacturer to please make another one with 10, 20, and 45 minute settings. How wonderful to find that they've been listening to their customers and have already released several new versions! I will be ordering the yellow one (5, 10, 20 & 45 minutes) as soon as I'm done writing this review.
We've been using this original, white version 2-5 times per day for more than two years. It has never once failed, and I can only recall changing the batteries twice. (Eneloop rechargeables work great with this timer, for anyone who cares.)
I have 2 Polder digitals and several other timers, not to mention the timers on my phone and Kindle. This one beats them all! Why get this instead of something digital or an old-school rotary timer?
1) How many times have I set my digital timer and pushed start only to come back later and find that I'd either not hit start hard enough, or that I'd inadvertently hit it twice and turned it off? (Children, especially, are great at accidentally hitting start two or three times.)
2) Yes, you can get ticking countdown timers from the dollar store (and even high end cooking stores) but let's face it- they most often do but don't always DING! For whatever reason they sometimes just tick tick tick down to zero and stop. Silently. If you're toasting nuts or broiling something or poaching an egg that can be disastrous.
3) My kids were little and not really familiar with numbers over 10 when I bought this timer. Within two days they learned to recognize the numbers 5, 15, 30, etc. and to associate those numbers with the general feeling of how long those time increments actually are.
4) School work, cleaning, various work tasks... I can't explain why, but timers are motivating. And they're even more motivating when a 4-year-old can set them all by himself like a big boy and start his chores without mommy's help.
5) Excellent for cooking. I can set this if my hands are wet, covered in flour, oil, whatever... I can easily maneuver it with my wrists instead of having to stop and wash & dry my hands just so I can press buttons. If I'm dredging fish to fry and have batter all over my hands I can still time the pieces I've just dropped in to the oil.
6) This timer is great while gardening, doing home repairs or virtually anything that occupies both hands. I can hold a cat in one hand, a brush in the other, and still keep up with the cookies baking in the oven by tipping it with my feet!
Only drawback- It's not the loudest timer in the world. I can hear it from anywhere inside my 1100 square foot house, but I probably wouldn't if it were outside or in the garage. If you are hearing impaired or are dealing with more square footage you might want multiple timers and/or something louder. Personally, I'm glad it's not overly loud and obnoxious since we have several loud cats and two boisterous young boys!
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| Price | Currently unavailable. | -20% $18.49 List: $22.99 | -15% $8.49 Typical: $9.99 | $14.99 |
| Delivery | — | Get it as soon as Wednesday, Jul 16 | Get it as soon as Thursday, Jul 17 | Get it as soon as Thursday, Jul 17 |
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| Sold By | — | Kurasy | RUIFU Store | Xiangdinglan |
| material | Resin | Plastic | Plastic | Plastic |
| number of settings | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| input interface | buttons | buttons | buttons | buttons |
A MUST for 4.0 students!
I bought this as a study tool for my biology majors (preMed) classes. Keeping myself on a good study schedule is key. With a flip I can have 30 minutes of study time and a 5 minute break with another. I contribute this routine to my excellent test scores. I am not a genius by any means. Infact, I did poorly in high-school and barely made it into college with my placement scores. My first class happened to be psychology. My psych professor's first lesson was on the importance of time regulation and mental retention. Studies prove that mental retention drops significantly after 25-30 minutes and continues to decline. However, in only 5 minutes of genuine break (actual fun, fresh air, etc) that removes the mind temporarily from the subject and receives endorphins from something the student 'actually' wants to do, is enough time for a complete mental recharge. This cube made such practice, practical. I didn't need to constantly set my watch or phone timer. I quickly flipped and kept on track. I am not exaggerating or lying in any way when I tell you that I am now a perfect 4.0/4.0 GPA student as a sophomore in college. I am on the Dean's list and will graduate with honors. I am a mother of two and a wife with a career. The only way that I managed this was by using this cube and following the study routine mentioned above. My kids and husband have also taken to using this cube for various reasons (including timeouts). We will always have one in my house.
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- KrammedReviewed in Canada on January 13, 2015
Simple but incredibly effective. Everyone that sees it wants one!
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- Mrs N KadirReviewed in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2019
It works very well, good quality
- Yvette S.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2017
Does the job and makes tasks more fun
