Sunbeam, 91640, 99 Minute, 59 Second Digital Count up/Count Down Timer, White/Grey
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Sunbeam, 91640, 99 Minute, 59 Second Digital Count up/Count Down Timer, White/Grey
Customer Review: Best Timer for the $
Summary: 5 Stars
I use timers CONSTANTLY for my work and personal matters for many years. I have used MANY timers and have much experience with evaluating them -pros and cons.
Hands down, this is the BEST TIMER FOR THE $!!
Put aside the trivial con of having to enter a '0' for times less than 10 minutes. Everything else about the timer is all 'PROs.' The balance of the timer features is FOOLPROOF and MEGA USER FRIENDLY. It's on all the time, so it's always ready to go - and always telling you what time you have on the timer. No having to fool with on/off switches. Battery drain for LED is so low it doesn't matter- the battery will still last for years (depending on how frequent and long you let the timer sound off). Entering times is such a breeze - I've saved hours during my lifetime not having to push and "up/down" button to adjust the time - instead you just punch in the discrete specific time you want!! I love it! I have about three of them in the home/office and plan to buy more for backups. Future improvements could include a 'count up' timer for after the timer sounds and is not manually shut off - this would tell you how much time passed after the alarm sounded. Additionally, if they included a 24 hour timespan that would be useful for some people. However the 99 minute works for all my needs.
My only lament is that the brilliant engineers and businesspeople who crafted this timer don't provide products / services to solve my other nemeses like Windows OS, national health care, government, etc. Thank you for reading.
Customer Review: Sunbeam Kitchen Timer
Summary: 4 Stars
The Sunbeam kitchen timer is an exceptional value and seems perfectly serviceable. At about $7 (ours were $5 after a special) you can buy 2 or 3 for what one might cost of another brand (I've never figured out why kitchen timers cost $15-$20!).
Several people commented on the volume, some feeling it was too loud. Well, it isn't really "loud," it's more the nature of the "beep." It is quite pronounced in the high frequencies and a little grating, probably more so if your hearing is good (high frequencies). Having said that, the volume itself seems appropriate.
If the beep annoys you, you REALLY won't like that the minutes and seconds are always entered as four digits beginning from the left, and each press of a button is accompanied by a beep -- Note this is different than most timers that start from the right. In other words, to enter 10 minutes you must enter 0-0-1-0, rather then 1-0.
And the buttons, as some have commmented, are a little small. Not a problem, just not "fun" to use. They work fine.
Also as some have said, the timers feel a little light (or maybe not balanced?) and are a little thicker than some. Not dramatically so and it doesn't bother us, especially at the price.
The timer does have a "recall" (press stop just once to reset the starting time), uses standard AAA batteries, has a decent sized display and, of course, has direct entry (instead of holding down minute and second buttons). All-in-all, a good value.
Customer Review: Button functions are too awkward, plus other design flaws.
Summary: 1 Stars
Unlike 99.9% of other timers out there, this timer starts at the "ten" digit number first and then works it's way down to the single "seconds" digit (most other timers do just the opposite, and start at the "seconds" digit first and are pushed upwards). The irritating thing about this is that anything under 10 minutes must first have the "0" button pushed once, and anything that is under 1 minute needs to first have the "0" pressed twice. For example, a 9 minute time is entered by pressing 0--9, and a 50 second time is entered by pressing 0--0--5.
It's not a big deal, but often very irritation when you have to actually stop and think about how this timer is different than every other timer you have ever owned. Pressing a "0" one or two times before you even start to enter the actual time is just plain awkward, and I often have to hit "clear" and re-enter it the correct way. Zero's should be pressed last, not first. Who thinks about pressing zero's first?? It just sounds like they had too many engineers in the kitchen, and they over-thought something that was perfectly fine to begin with.
Also, the printed numbers on the buttons are very tiny as well, and not easily read. And the magnet stand design makes this a "see-saw" when on the refrigerator.
Customer Review: Not rocket science
Summary: 4 Stars
I like this. It's easy to use. The alarm is a wee bit loud but that's good actually if you're not in the vicinity of the timer and need to know when the time's up. One reviewer correctly wrote that when you try to turn it off or on, it flies off whatever it's magnetized to. So, I just lift it off the fridge and set it or reset it. No problem there. For the money it's just what I wanted.
UPDATE - 3/2010
The problem of the timer flying off the fridge (or wherever you might have it) really got to me. No matter how careful I was, the damn thing kept flying and falling until it finally broke. But I really liked this timer, so I bought another one and made a little "enhancement". I took the metal stand in the back off so that the timer, (in the back) was practically flat. Then I took two or three small round magnets, crazy glued them to the back of the timer, and VOILA! I have the perfect timer - does what it's supposed to and never flies off the fridge. Now it only takes one hand to program it instead of two and it stays in place. WHY didn't the company think of this - it's much better this way.
Customer Review: Great Kitchen Timer - setting it is so fast!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great kitchen timer. When I'm cooking I often need to set the timer quickly so I can move onto stirring something or other meal prep. I like that this has number buttons so you dont have to push up and down arrows - which wastes valuable time.
You just type in the numbers on this timer. For 10 minutes, you would only need to push "1" and then it puts the 1 on the left, and since you didn't enter the next 3 digits, it is now set at 10:00 minutes and you hit start. It's very important to me that a timer be very quick to set, and this one is.
The magnet works pretty well, we keep it above the stove and it's never fallen off into anything.
The beep is nice and loud, and I can hear it anywhere in my apartment, even with the TV or music on.
We've been using it for 3 months now and it's still working great. Have had to replace the battery yet, but I like that it's a AAA battery so when the time comes it wont be hard to replace.