Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Judging by the other positive reviews, this clock's suction cup has done well in the showers of others. Sadly, it did not do so in mine, and since this clock needs suction in order to function, I feel this product deserves the lowest rating possible. So as not to seem overly biased against this clock since it fell from a height of 1 meter within ten minutes of attachment, I will say the following nice things about it: 1.) The atomic sync feature appeared to work as advertised, "overnight". Fine effort there. 2.) Displays all the information a clock should: time, date, day of week. No fault there. Now, to unleash the sour crank within for having this clock fall TWICE in the span of a day, the not-so-nice things: 1.) The inadequate suction cup. I feel the engineers who designed this knew they had botched the cup size issue, as a special, separate add-on to the instructions explains in EXCRUCIATING detail how the tile/mirror should be very, very clean, etc. before attempting to mount the clock. I scrubbed and dried my tile: such work was already bordering on silly considering how many suction cups I've seen in action before succeed in worse conditions. Sadly, I think they made the cup too small for the considerably chunky clock: it's gonna fall, not if but when. 2.) No backlight. My shower has opaque curtains and no interior light. Hence, it's not that bright. This clock will not help remedy that issue if you have a similar setup. 3.) Operations written by a madman. I've noticed over the years that clocks tend towards the "ridiculously hard" side of "ease of programming household items" scale, somewhere near the legendary VCRs of yesteryear. Without reading the instructions, I would not have been able to so much as change the time on this calamitous clock. Thank goodness I can read! 4.) Waterproofing? I was rather surprised to see the battery compartment (which is secured by three tiny, easy-to-lose screws - better have your jeweler's kit handy to install the batteries!) had no rubber/vinyl on the compartment seal. The seal seems tight, but the lack of a waterproof seal was shocking...no pun intended, really. I shouldn't complain, though, as nowhere in the instructions is the word "waterproof" or "water-resistant" ever mentioned. 5.) The smell, the smell. This clock is made of some very cheap, very toxic-y smelling plastic. Maybe you're a fan of the odor - I am not. So there you have it. If you think you can wrangle the too-small suction cup and feel all cool inside for paying $20 for a clock with no backlight, then may the power of atomic clocks everywhere guide your way.