Travel-style alarm clock recommendations
January 28, 2016 8:49 AM Subscribe
We've used one of these Timex Indiglo Alarm Clocks for many years, but ours seems to have developed an issue (alarm is on at the same time as the snooze is, so the alarm never goes off) and needs to be replaced.
We like this one for a few reasons:
1) Blue light when the button is pressed, but otherwise no light
2) Large time display
3) Very basic! No radio, no extra settings.
In trying to find a replacement, we're finding lots of over-complicated clocks, or over-sized, or that are lit constantly. Our own model seems to have been discontinued, or we'd just buy the same thing. What are some replacements we should look at?
We like this one for a few reasons:
1) Blue light when the button is pressed, but otherwise no light
2) Large time display
3) Very basic! No radio, no extra settings.
In trying to find a replacement, we're finding lots of over-complicated clocks, or over-sized, or that are lit constantly. Our own model seems to have been discontinued, or we'd just buy the same thing. What are some replacements we should look at?
there's a digital (lights up only when you press the button) and an analog (suspect this doesn't have a light) small braun. we have the digital, but it's not so easy to read during daytime.
we also have this (which we saw in an exhibition of industrial design a few years after buying!). again, the screen is not super easy to read in daylight and lights up only when you press a button (not blue though - white).
posted by andrewcooke at 9:04 AM on January 28, 2016
we also have this (which we saw in an exhibition of industrial design a few years after buying!). again, the screen is not super easy to read in daylight and lights up only when you press a button (not blue though - white).
posted by andrewcooke at 9:04 AM on January 28, 2016
I have an irrational attachment to the analog version of your Timex Indiglo travel clock. When my last one died, I watched eBay for a week or two, then one showed up. I bought it, and it's been ticking along for four or five years now.
I like the ticking sound.
posted by workerant at 9:35 AM on January 28, 2016 [2 favorites]
I like the ticking sound.
posted by workerant at 9:35 AM on January 28, 2016 [2 favorites]
The wife and I have been using this Seiko travel alarm clock for more than 4 years. It's held up really well to daily use and ticks all your boxes.
posted by the_wintry_mizzenmast at 3:25 PM on January 28, 2016
posted by the_wintry_mizzenmast at 3:25 PM on January 28, 2016
Yes, can you eBay it? I thought I lost my awesome Timex Indiglo travel alarm clock and found a near identical eBay replacement. Then I found my original one years later, and it was like Christmas!
I wish I could find the awesome scissors that I lost during the same apartment move...
posted by Maarika at 6:00 PM on January 28, 2016
I wish I could find the awesome scissors that I lost during the same apartment move...
posted by Maarika at 6:00 PM on January 28, 2016
I realize that my last post may be like gloating. Memail me if you get desperate and want my spare (it's not the same as yours, but I can send you the details). My travel alarm clock needs have changed since I bought my very own cell phone in 2005.
posted by Maarika at 6:03 PM on January 28, 2016
posted by Maarika at 6:03 PM on January 28, 2016
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posted by kuanes at 8:53 AM on January 28, 2016