Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I spent more for this clock than I expected to. I figured I'd pay about $8 for a simple clock. I don't need an alarm. The first thing I discovered was that clocks without alarms are almost non-existent these days. The next thing I discovered, and thank heavens I read the reviews, is that every clock cheaper than this one is incapable of keeping time! I have owned this clock for almost a month now, and as far as I can tell, it hasn't lost even a second. It fits my needs exactly. It runs on a battery only with no need for a plug, saving my extremely limited electrical outlet supply. The display numbers are *huge*. Pros: Keeps perfect time. Very large numbers are extremely readable. Allows user to set brightness to 3 levels. If anything. it is too bright. I have set it on the lowest level to givie the batteries their maximum life. Will display in either regular time (12-hour) time or military (24-hour) time. Allows user to enable or disble blinking of colon between hours and minutes. Runs on AA batteries. It has no power cord. Has a good instruction sheet. Cons: It automatically dims between 8 PM and 6 AM. The user cannot disable this. However, it is still plenty bright. I can easily read it from the bedroom at the other end of the hall. Setting the time is cumbersome. All buttons are on the back, so you can't look at them and the time display at the same time. You have to keep turning it over and over while setting the time. All buttons are flush with the surface of the clock back, so you can't push them by feel. You have to look. You must tap the Time Set button, rather than holding it down for a longer period. It took me a while to discover this. The Hour and Minute buttons both have other functions, so if you wait long enough that the clock automatically exits Time Set mode, only a few seconds, they don't change the time setting. This makes it difficult to synchronize the clock with a time-signal-driven device, for example a computer or DVR. Kwanwa says they re--engineered this clock based on user reviews. Obviously they did it right. They have created an excellent product that actually performs as advertised.