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: No 'off' button
Summary: 2 Stars
This timer is inexpensive and simple to use. However, there is no 'off' button, so the display is always on and therefore draining the batteries. I probably wouldn't buy it again.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: Maybe the worst designed product I've seen.
Summary: 1 Stars
You'd think that by 2009 they would have pretty much figured out how to make a simple kitchen timer. Sunbeam has amazed us all with this ill-conceived design. Some highlights:
* In order to set the time for 30 seconds you have to hit the keys 0-0-3-0, not 3-0 like EVERY other timer out there. Why they decided to make such an unintuitive UI choice is beyond me.
* The magnet on this timer is narrow and sticks out about 1/2 an inch from the back, turning the entire unit into a see-saw that sits on your fridge. When you push the start button, it sends the timer plummeting to the ground.
It's almost worth buying just for the novelty of having such a poorly designed product!
Customer Review: very poor quality
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this timer for its digital key pad so I can enter exact time in seconds, however this timer is in such an extremely poor quality and within one single usage it already went bad! when I pressed either the 0 or the 5 button the display went crazy and flashing with random numbers, the reset buttom nolonger works just after one single use, what a junk!!!Customer Review: Good for short time...
Summary: 1 Stars
You can only set the timer up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds. So you're out of luck when you have a 3 hour roast in the oven. It also easily falls off of the refrigerator because of it size.