Taylor 10-Key Style Timer
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Taylor ThermometersBrand: Taylor
Model: 5820
Product features:
- Times up to 99 minutes and 59 seconds
- Convenient 1-handed 10-key-style design
- Large 1.2-inch LCD readout; big, easy-input buttons
- Magnet/stand positioning; pause function
- Long-life battery included; 1-year limited warranty
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Taylor 10-Key Style Timer
Customer Review: It does just what i need/update 9/09
Summary: 4 Stars
I used to use the timer on my microwave as a kitchen timer. When the timer would go off, if i didn't hear it, eventually i would know it had gone off because the timer would beep every 60 seconds as a reminder. After that microwave died, my new microwave didn't keep beeping. I bought different kitchen timers, but none of them were able to alert me when i was out of the room or if there was noise keeping me from hearing them go off, and this caused problems when i would forget to turn the stove off and things like that. I really need a timer to help me.
This one works for me because although it doesn't repeatedly beep after it goes off, it's quite loud, annoyingly loud and high pitched. It beeps shrilly for a whole minute so usually it prevents me from neglecting something and getting in trouble.
I also like that it has magnets on it so i can put it right where i want it. I have it on the side of the refrigerator and it doesn't take up counter space. The LED numbers are large and pretty easy to read. The key pad is straight forward.
There's a few things i don't like.
One is the shrillness of the alarm. When it goes off while i'm near it, it hurts my ears. But I'm glad it demands attention so forcefully. It's just very annoying, i feel like someone is screaming a me. I like how my old microwave gently but persistently beeped over and over, one time per minute, forever until you noticed it.
I don't like the way it's unstable. It hangs on the side of the fridge by its two magnets on its back. For one thing, the magnets are not strong enough so sometimes it slides down the side of the refrigerator, but not usually. It needs stronger magnets. And maybe related to that problem, most annoying is that when i punch the keypad to enter a number of minutes and then press the start button, it's very wobbly. Pressing on it causes it to tilt and one of its magnets loses contact with the surface it's attached to, and gravity causes it to slide down and it tends to fall off. But i got used to this so that i don't let it fall, i try to be careful as i'm typing the numbers, trying to keep it stable, but it's definitely an inconvenience and an annoyance.
One last thing is that the LED is just gray and black and there isn't a lot of contrast, and it's hard for me to read the numbers easily. I need to really look closely at it. Even though the numbers are large, i have to wear reading glasses to read it and make sure i've put the right time and make sure it's running.
Having said all that, i really like how it's straightforward and logic, you press the numbers of the time you want, and then you press start. To stop the timer or turn off the alarm, you press stop. it only has those two buttons plus the number keys. I like how it's loud and demands attention. I like how the numbers are large but the timer is small and doesn't take much room. I like how it has magnets so i can attach it to the refrigerator right next to where i'm cooking.
I like it so much that i got a second one, both in case the first one wears out, and also to keep it in another room so that if the timer goes off in the kitchen but i'm in the middle of something and can't go immediatedly so that the minute long alarm may stop before i'm ready to go attend to whatever it is, and might forget by then, (i know, it's sad), i can set the timer that i have in the other room with me as a back up, like a snooze alarm. I very rarely use the back up though. The original one really gets the job done.
If i could redesign it, i would just put bigger stronger magnets on it, and in such a positioning that the thing is stable and if you press on it, it doesn't wobble and lose contact with the surface it's sticking to. I would give more contrast to the LED to make it easier to see. That's all. I wouldn't change anything else.
I like the price, it's inexpensive, and i'm glad it's on Amazon Prime, that's always appreciated.
9/6/09 i just wanted to say that i just bought a third one of these. I am kind of living in two places at the same time right now and wanted a timer for the other place too. I tried one from Bed Bath and Beyond which said "Long ring" on the label. It rings less than 2 or 3 seconds and you need to be a few feet from it at most to hear it. The Taylor alarm timer is junkie, poorly made in terms of hardware, in my experience of having two of them so far, but i will buy them and replace them gladly because they are designed to function in a way i need that others don't. They have exactly the features i need, long (one minute) loud ring, digital (the other kind are way inaccurate), and mount on the refrigerator with magnets, small, don't take up space. I'm still using the first one i got,maybe 3 or 4 years ago. The magnets on the back have fallen off, i have it mounted on the refrigerator using magnetic hooks. When i push the numbers to enter the time, sometimes the timer responds, some times it doesn't, i have to push hard and sometimes that knocks it off the fridge. Those buttons do not work well consistently. But when they do work, they are easy to see and the digital display is large and easy for me to ready, though on the dark side. The second one of these i got, just to have a back up because i value this one so much, did not work for very long. It suffered from some of the problems mentioned in other reviews that my first one didn't. I still have it but i should throw it away. It doesn't work--it appears that the battery is dead but i can't find any way of replacing the battery. It has barely been used at all. The new one i just got for my other home so far works perfectly. The price is right, with Amazon prime, plenty cheap. Poor quality but great features and great price. If i could get a higher quality timer that would have a long loud ring and would mount on my refrigerator and would have big numbers, easy to see, and would be light weight and small, i would gladly pay more but i haven't been able to find such a thing. I really appreciate my Taylor.
Description of Taylor 10-Key Style Timer
Classic 10-Key Style TimerAbout the size of and similar to the style of a pocket calculator, this kitchen timer is easy for cooks with arthritic or shaky hands to set. Like a calculator, the timer has 10 keys--one for each numeral--that are large enough to easily program in timer settings with one hand. The timer counts up to 99 minutes and 59 seconds so it is equally as useful for timing quick cooking tasks, such as hard-boiling eggs, as it is for timing longer, slow-cooking meals, such as braised meats. The digital display is 1.2 inches high so readouts are large and easy to see. A clear/stop button pauses the countdown midway through and also stops the alarm from beeping once the set time has elapsed. The timer also has a start button to begin countdowns and resume them after pausing. This 10-key timer is magnetized to stick to a refrigerator or stove and also has a stand for mounting on a countertop. It measures 4-1/2 by 2 inches and runs on a single long-life battery (included). Taylor ensures complete accuracy in its readings through a one-year limited warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde
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