CDNExtra-Big Digit Timer | Counts Up & Down, 100 Minutes by Minutes & Seconds, Extra-Large Digits, Loud Alarm, Stand, Hang, Magnet Mounting, Perfect for Batch Baking - TM15

Durable, easy to read timer with good alarm volume. Great to use for cooking, napping, watering the garden, even keeping track of laundry in another room / floor level

This is the best timer I have ever used and I have two of them in my kitchen. What I like best is the size, it's very easy to see. It counts up or count down. It's easy to set, it rings until you stop it, it's easy to reset. It takes batteries that are easy to get. It's lasted for years.

I purchased two of these timers in March 2010. Two and a half years later and I still use both all of the time. I've bought a couple of other timers since then for some flashy feature or bigger numbers or whatever and I always go back to the CDN timers.Pros:- Large numbers that are easy to see from across the room.- Alarm that is loud enough to hear over the stove exhaust fan from the next room but is not overly obnoxious.- Count up and count down capabilities. I probably use the count up feature as much as the count down. For example, if I'm cooking something on the stovetop, I might want an idea of how long I've had it on there but not have some predetermined amount of time that I want to track. It also makes the timer useful for a variety of other usages (exercise, for example) where you want to time something.- Has a magnet for attaching to metal surfaces plus a little kickstand for sitting it up on a flat surface plus an eyelet for hanging it up. It's surprising how convenient this flexibility is.- Great battery life. Two and a half years later of nearly daily use and I still have the original batteries in both of them. Don't worry about no on-off switch.- Durable. I'm a clumsy guy so I've dropped these a lot and the haven't been damaged at all. I also used one at the gym for a few months and kept it in my gym bag and it survived that.My only complaint is that it only goes up to 100 minutes (technically 99 minutes, 59 seconds). There are roasts and things like that that take hours. That's a fairly minor complaint since I rarely need to time anything longer than 100 minutes and my stove has a timer that does hours if I do.

I love these kitchen timers. The display numbers are large, you can read them across the room. The beep beep is loud. The buttons are easy to use. They can sit on the counter, or stick to steel, like the fridge. Try not to drop them, or they will break; I've broken several, but I always get the same brand, love them.

I love this timer, but there are a few things I would change.PROS: Feels solid! Large face with easy readout. Super easy to program. Super easy to start and stop. Very loud when timer has reached its end. Starts at the time you set it at and counts backwards to zero, when it hits zero it starts to beep and begins to count up. This feature is nice because it is telling you how long it has been since it reached zero. simple but excellent feature.CONS: Cant figure out how to turn the damn thing off. If you stop the timer before it reaches zero there isnt a way to then go back to the original desired time you programed to set. The timer is stuck at whatever time you stopped it at. you can start it again but it will just continue from that point, not the programed time. Only when it reaches zero will you be able to stop it and get it back to the time. you can always zero it back out prematurely but you will then have to go back and put your desired time you want to countdown from again. So that is a little annoying.

Love this timer. It works good and very visible numbers. I dont like that it does not have an off switch. I assume this has very low battery consumption, but only time will tell. So far so good. (Only 2 weeks old i think?)

There seemed to be a reasonable number of positive reviews, so I took a chance and ordered one to send to a friend who needs the large digits to see the timer when not wearing her glasses. I wasn't expecting it to be sturdily built or to last for decades, but I was expecting it to at least work out of the box. I sent her the timer without opening it, and when she got it, she told me it was completely DOA. Unresponsive to anything. Tried a fresh battery - no difference. It would end up costing more for her to mail it back to me in order to return it to Amazon than would be worthwhile. So I foolishly decided the dud timer was a fluke and ordered a second one, because I really liked the display & simple, functional design. This time, I tried it myself before giving it away, and sure enough, the second one was broken as well. It at least displayed numbers on the LCD panel and allowed a time to be set, but when I press the Start/Stop button, it counts down to zero and immediately starts counting up again. Odd. I suppose I can see why you might want that function at times, but as the unalterable default? Good way to run down a battery, too, if you expect it to turn itself off after beeping, and don't notice that it is an ADHD timer. And there's the real rub - beeping: it never beeps. At all. Not even a peep or a whimper. Never makes any sound whatsoever, under any circumstances. Tried removing & reinserting the battery a few times to see if rebooting its hyperactive little mind would do anything constructive, but no such luck. SO this one, at least, is going back to Amazon. I decided to try the Robic Three Memory Timer next, as the other timers with similar displays had even worse reviews that the CDN, and the Robic allows the alarm level to be adjusted and can remember three intervals, which could be useful. And it doesn't seem to make unfortunate assumptions about the manner in which it will be used. Fingers tightly crossed...