Smart Timer Cube

I love this timer. Looking at the photos and description, it looks a little gimmicky; but once you get it in your hands, it makes you want to use it. It's really easy to set; and when it wakes me from a quick nap, I can just flip it over to another side and get in a few more minutes (like hitting a "snooze" button). With a regular timer, I would just shut it off, fall back asleep, and not have an alarm to wake me anymore. With this one, that never happens any more. You can also flip it over and then immediately flip it back to the same side it had been on, to double the original time.It's also a great size & shape -- easy to reach out & flip it (or shut it off) without even looking. And on top of its awesome functionality, it looks good enough to leave out on a table (although people WILL play with it when they see it). The only thing I don't like is that the time options are very limited. I wish that the top had an additional time setting instead of "0" -- especially since the bottom is essentially another "0", and I tend to turn the switch off when it's not in use (making "0" unnecessary). When I bought this timer, I did not see any other similar ones; but now that I see that there are other models with different time options, I will probably get one of those (and continue to use the first one as well).The best thing about this timer is that it actually gets used. I have a pile of others that I've tried in the past, but they all end up sitting buried in a drawer. This one stays readily available, and is so simple that using it is almost easier than not using it.

This is so darn easy to use and hear from other rooms and the cellar as well. My intent was not for use in cooking/baking, it was more along Pavlov's salivating dog theory. I live with 6 special needs' adopted Greyhounds and they get a mid-day snack of a large Milkbone every day. Because Greys are massively 'routine oriented', if I need to feed them breakfast earlier than usual in the event I have to leave the house for some reason, they are 'ready' for their 'midday snack' earlier than normal as well. I have used this timer to train them that when the buzzer goes off midday (1130-12noon), it IS snack time. If I'm not home when 'snack time' should be happening, I set the timer when I come home allowing for 5-10 minutes to get my act together and then, when the buzzer goes off, they come flying to the kitchen, line up and wait for their snack. Ok, so they wiggle and squirm and sing a little because I'm late but they know when the buzzer sounds, they need to FALL IN! FRONT AND CENTER. They are smart enough to know when the buzzer sounds in the AM and PM it is full meal bowl time as well. I love this thing. Before training them with this, just the sound of the stainless steel bowls clanking together would bring them running to the kitchen, even if I was just washing them and putting them in the drainer. Now, they know nothing spectacular is happening until they hear the buzzer and I have the small kitchen area to myself in preparing their food, measuring their individual meds, crushing pills and just all out preparing their individual meals without a pack of hungry dogs underfoot.This can be used to time computer time if families need to share a computer, shower time if you have teenagers who run the hot water out, sprinklers watering the lawn (sooo easy to forget), idling the car in winter time, etc. A few AAA batteries and your life is so much easier. Give this one a try. I think you'll like it.

I LOVE this timer! I usually come to Amazon to shop, but today I came just to review this great timer and to ask the manufacturer to please make another one with 10, 20, and 45 minute settings. How wonderful to find that they've been listening to their customers and have already released several new versions! I will be ordering the yellow one (5, 10, 20 & 45 minutes) as soon as I'm done writing this review.We've been using this original, white version 2-5 times per day for more than two years. It has never once failed, and I can only recall changing the batteries twice. (Eneloop rechargeables work great with this timer, for anyone who cares.)I have 2 Polder digitals and several other timers, not to mention the timers on my phone and Kindle. This one beats them all! Why get this instead of something digital or an old-school rotary timer?1) How many times have I set my digital timer and pushed start only to come back later and find that I'd either not hit start hard enough, or that I'd inadvertently hit it twice and turned it off? (Children, especially, are great at accidentally hitting start two or three times.)2) Yes, you can get ticking countdown timers from the dollar store (and even high end cooking stores) but let's face it- they most often do but don't always DING! For whatever reason they sometimes just tick tick tick down to zero and stop. Silently. If you're toasting nuts or broiling something or poaching an egg that can be disastrous.3) My kids were little and not really familiar with numbers over 10 when I bought this timer. Within two days they learned to recognize the numbers 5, 15, 30, etc. and to associate those numbers with the general feeling of how long those time increments actually are.4) School work, cleaning, various work tasks... I can't explain why, but timers are motivating. And they're even more motivating when a 4-year-old can set them all by himself like a big boy and start his chores without mommy's help.5) Excellent for cooking. I can set this if my hands are wet, covered in flour, oil, whatever... I can easily maneuver it with my wrists instead of having to stop and wash & dry my hands just so I can press buttons. If I'm dredging fish to fry and have batter all over my hands I can still time the pieces I've just dropped in to the oil.6) This timer is great while gardening, doing home repairs or virtually anything that occupies both hands. I can hold a cat in one hand, a brush in the other, and still keep up with the cookies baking in the oven by tipping it with my feet!Only drawback- It's not the loudest timer in the world. I can hear it from anywhere inside my 1100 square foot house, but I probably wouldn't if it were outside or in the garage. If you are hearing impaired or are dealing with more square footage you might want multiple timers and/or something louder. Personally, I'm glad it's not overly loud and obnoxious since we have several loud cats and two boisterous young boys!

This timer is fun and easy to use. Great for cooking, charades or drills!

Ya sea para una receta, para seguimiento a alguna actividad o un juego, este dispositivo permite hacerlo de forma muy fácil. Solo hay que voltearlo al valor de minutos que quieres que te avise. Listo.Alguien mencionó un ruido interno, es solo el interruptor que se usa para seleccionar los minutos.

I use it in my bathroom to time my toothbrushing (1 min x 2) and leave-in time for hair and skin products. Flip over so that the preset time is on the top surface of the cube to start timer, and flip over (blank surface on top) to stop the timer. An orange light flashes just beneath the number while the timer is set.The alarm is loud, and stops on its own after about 10 seconds.Very clever device. I use it pretty much daily,Downside is that the little count-down window is very very small, but I never use it anyway, as it has a 10sec rapid-flash countdown timer.

Als Coach für Ordnung suche ich immer Tools, die ich meinen Kunden weiter empfehlen kann. Ein Freund von mir hatte mir gesagt, dass ich unbedingt diesen Würfel ausprobieren soll. Bevor ich eine Empfehlung ausspreche, probiere ich immer alles selber aus. Das habe ich auch in diesem Fall getan. Meine Arbeit hat der Datexx Würfel revolutioniert. Ich nutze ihn, wenn ich mal an eine Arbeit nicht rangehen will. Ich stelle dann eine Zeit ein, die ich für die Arbeit aufwenden möchte. Sobald ich dann den Würfel umdrehe, fange ich sofort an, die unangenehme Arbeit zu erledigen. Schluss mit dem inneren Gemaule und Gemeckere! Natürlich empfehle ich diesen Würfel auch meinen Kunden. Auch hier bedarf es 3-4-Mal, bis man es als neuen Mechanismus etabliert hat. Dann ist es aber ein Tool, das den Arbeitsalltag erheblich vereinfacht. Also 5 FETTE Sterne von dem Coach für Ordnung - Thomas Borchert Ordnung

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