A durable kitchen timer

June 7, 2011 11:36 AM

I'm looking for an extremely durable kitchen timer, suitable for restaurant use. I haven't been able to find one with all the features I need. it needs to be affixed to a metal wall, removable but difficult to drop, with a large display that shows minutes and seconds. it also has to be really, really loud. All suggestions are helpful and welcome!
posted by billybunny to Food & Drink (5 answers total)

Maybe lab timers would have what you want? I use this one, which has a fairly strong magnet on the back. It has the large display, and can also count up like a stop watch on a different channel while simultaneously doing the regular count-down. It's pretty durable - I'm constantly dropping it and spilling things on it. Unfortunately, the item descriptions in scientific catalogs are often lacking, and you can't test them out ahead of time.
posted by twoporedomain at 11:48 AM on June 7, 2011

I am pretty sure that this is was what I used when I cooked and is what I use at home now. It is toddler proof, which, beats kitchen proof in my mind. It is magnetic, which may or may not meet your definitiaon as wall mountable as your wall may be stainless (and pointless for magnetic).

It had a good life in my travel bag. It had a good life in my personal kitchen, and it has held up surprisingly well after the hundreds of drops in the past two years from a toddler. I used to replace the batteries every few months - now I time most things in my head so it lasts much longer.
posted by Nanukthedog at 11:53 AM on June 7, 2011

This timer meets all your requirements and is recommended by my husband, who used it when he worked in a bakery.
posted by matildaben at 1:48 PM on June 7, 2011 [1 favorite]

Louder ain't always better. A louder one often does more to drive everyone else crazy (like neighbors in an apartment building or waking the baby). Polder makes one with a neck strap (898-90).
posted by wkearney99 at 7:21 PM on June 7, 2011

I use this one at home. It has 2 timers and a clock, with a magnet and a clip. You can set hours, minutes and seconds. Counts down and up and I can hear it from anywhere in the apartment also while watching tv.
posted by alchemist at 12:54 AM on June 8, 2011