AIMILAR Small Mechanical Kitchen Timer - 60 Minute Visual Countdown Timer Magnetic with Loud Alarm for Kids and Adults Baking Cooking Steaming Barbecue

Magnet holds up on the fridge. Does not move even when I adjust the timer... nice and loud. Best of all no batteries needed! Accurate timer...

Nice looking timer with magnetic base and easily readable faceplate. Loud enough to be heard without being too annoying. All mechanical; so no batteries to replace. The accuracy is good enough for kitchen or Pomodoro use. Honestly, the accuracy is more affected by how closely you set the dial to the tick marks than by the actual timing mechanism itself. For those who may be interested, I checked several time settings using an iPhone as a reference timer ... and very carefully setting the dial lined up with the tick marks for the desired countdown time. Accuracy was about 1% or better of full scale range: Setting-->Observed :: 1m-->:0m54s, 5m-->4m52s, 10m-->9m52s, 30m-->29m34s, 60m-->59m22s.

It was working great until 1 month of light use (like using it only 2x / week), then it won't work anymore. You would wind it to eh full hour then turn it back to the minute that you want to set it to as instructed, and you could hear it click when winding, but it wouldn't tick anymore for the count down timer. Unfortunately, I'm just a few days outside of my 30 day return window.

I set this timer in place for my 2 sons who tend to take forever with any task. It has helped tremendously! However, my only complaint is the timer doesn't ring for anything time set under 5-10 min. It'll just keep ticking which is bizarre. Other than that, I love that it's a magnet and I can put it on the refrigerator for visibility. Also, the red indicator works wonders for little ones who don't understand time yet.

Mechanical timers seem to have short life-times, with weak tinny chimes and unreliable accuracy. These handy timers can clearly show how many minutes remain, after winding the dial all the way to 60 minutes, then backing it down to the appropriate time to be set. The ringing is nicely loud and long enough. The accuracy is very good, and helps to eliminate any inaccurate timers that can't match them consistently. Well worth the price, too.

Good old Amazon, pestering me for a review of this well-designed timer before I've barely even used it. The magnet is great, strong enough to let you set it (you twist the bezel) with one hand. The "magic" red dial clearly shows the time left across a big kitchen. Can't attest to the accuracy, but close enough for me to walk to the kitchen to do what I'm timing for. The bell could be louder so I can hear it better from my home office or over TV noise. Accuracy wasn't so great, I timed for 7.5 minutes (you have to interpolate between 7 and 8 on the dial) and it was off by 20 seconds against my radio-controlled wall clock. If this guy lasts for any length of time (it's replacing my mom's, I'm 67 and used it in our home as a child. Plastic knob finally broke), even a year, I'll buy another cause I could use two for use with two time-critical chores at once. So much stuff on Amazon these days are total crap when it comes to quality and longevity.

I purchased this for my 6yo who is trying to understand time (specifically duration of tasks). The ease of an old school kitchen timer and the visual connection to duration (red portion) were both important. Well, apparently I nailed it with this product! It came today and he LOVES it!! I mainly bought it for remote schooling in the fall to help him understand what 20 minutes of reading is, etc., but it turns out it’s good for much more as he used it for almost everything he did- Legos before bed, shower, brushing teeth...I should have purchased this years ago!

Used this timer to help my kids limit screen time and to take turns with things. It worked really well an the kids loved it but it only lasted 4 months.