BALDR Kitchen Timer, Red

This is a steal. If you are considering a timer, stop reading, add 4 to your cart, and buy it now. It is that good.At the time of this review, I bought this product at $8.58. I purchased the "big" version.I bought this device to use as part of the Pomodoro Technique. By comparison, I previously had a $6 timer I got from Kroger. The tick of the timer is soft, but present. In my entire Amazon shopping addiction, I have rarely purchased something so delightful to use that I tell others about my purchase.Sure, I encourage other people to buy items. What I am trying to say here is that this was so delightful, I turned into that guy who has to show everyone pictures from a photoshoot he did of a broken lamp. They probably don't care, but I am so delighted I'm going to annoy them with a full 3-act play about how delighted I was.Pros:+ The timer is on the upper half of the device, so you don't have to rotate the device every 10 minutes to see the remaining time+ The timer visually shows you (through the color red) how much time you have remaining+ Every material feels nice. From the metallic ring you twist, to the softly textured plastic base, this product was designed to be used and enjoyed+ Attention to small details (arrows to show the direction to twist, protective plastic to keep the screen from being damaged during shipping, good contrast in ink+ The magnet works. I don't know about your experience, but I've bought kitchen timers (especially those with the audacity to pretend they can also function as a clip to hold papers to your fridge) and the magnet was not strong enough to hold the device up. This one can. This one is good enough that I can quickly slap a 3 page recipe on top of the crayon drawing of a dragon I made when I was 5, and the time holds all 4 pages up. I think 4 pages is the perfect limit: the magnet is strong enough to stand up to routine fridge use, but weak enough to not interfere with your neighbor's pacemaker. Life is about balance.Cons:- The Timer isn't heavy enough for me to set the time with one-hand when it is on my desk. If the manufacturer fixed this (and scaled up the magnet strength accordingly), I would give this 6/5 stars.- The Timer doesn't keep me from making bitter coffee. I'm beginning to think that is unrelated to me not marinating the coffee beans for long enough, and may be a flaw in my recipe.Summary:If I was the seller, I would be selling this thing for $15. If they were able to fix the first drawback, I'd pay $20 with a smile.

Great for children and elders! The red visual is a really helpful design, and makes time easier to "see."

The timer works well. The bell function doesn't work at all.It seems to be missing the spring to make it ring when the timer reaches zero.I can shake it and tell there is a clacker but it's loose in there as nothing is keeping it under tension.Best to find another timer instead of this one.

So handy! I can just stick it on the stove or refrigerator while waiting for the 'I'm done' sound. This sound is loud enough to hear in the next room; I might add. Also, I'm older, and my eyes aren't what they used to be; it's great to be able to gage how much time is left from a distance. I love the fact that the bright red facing narrows as the time grows shorter. This is a simple and yet very effective tool. I'd really like to thank whoever designed it. This posting is beginning to sound like a commercial, but I have no connection to this company. Look out! granny is about to make cookies!

Easy to read and use. However, it broke after about 10 months of use. This is likely because a child has used it occasionally and dropped a time or two. We really liked the product while it lasted. Accurate, easy to read and set. This is a great way to motivate a child and help them understand the concept of time. "we are leaving in 5 minutes when the timer goes off"

I thought this would be my favorite mechanical timer (for an “old timer” who has had and frequently used more than one of these over the decades.) Out of the box, it worked fine on the side of my fridge. These old eyes could read the dial without eyeglasses. Loved that. These old ears could hear the bell from anywhere in the house. Loved that. Of course, long experience had taught me how to use mechanical timers vs electronic. No problems with winding, and I loved the colored set-time feature on the dial.I don’t use the timer as much as I used to, so my usage was very light - sometimes, not even once per week! So imagine my disappointment when one day after about 3.5 months of light use, I heard a crash in the kitchen and went to investigate. The magnet was still firmly attached to the fridge, but the mechanism had come unglued and crashed to the countertop. (It was not in use at the time.)Undaunted, I set it on the countertop near the cooktop so I didn’t need the magnet anymore. Yesterday, I lost complete confidence in the product. After five months of light use, I needed to use it every hour for one hour with timer set to one hour. On day three of that routine, the bell got so light I couldn’t even hear if from the next room. I tested it by setting it at two minutes and sure enough the bell was now so quiet, it was useless to me.I suppose someone could explain to me that I mis-used the mechanical function by setting it to the full hour 24 times in a row without letting the timer-function spring regain its metal memory. To that person, I would say, yes indeed, inexpensive mechanical timers have sadly reached the end of the “race to the bottom” in quality in order to meet sales quotas at price points. The metals used to make these things is now clearly of such inferior quality that these products will quickly contribute to plastic metal content of landfills along with the rest of the junk we Westerners are buying like hotcakes from China. (The Chinese are right to do what they are doing. We have lost all sense of “buyer beware” as consumers and we are the fools in this equation.)Undaunted, I went in search of the mechanical timer I had used before this one - which lasted over a year of continual use (and heavier use.) I found two available at a cheaper price than I paid for this one, so I snapped up the two of them. I’m hoping the mechanism is a bit higher quality than this one and might get me through the next couple of years. I have determined that complete dependence on smartphones and other electronics is coming at too high a cost for the planet, so I am doing my part and making trade-offs as best I can and as best I understand is best for the planet.P.S. These days, I only write reviews for products that I hope will help the “buyer beware” campaign I’m on personally, and for products I absolutely LOVE. Those are the reviews that have helped me the most.