Cheap OXO Good Grips 1061978 Digital Timer, Silver (Kitchen) Price

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Customer Reviews of OXO Good Grips 1061978 Digital Timer, Silver

The best kitchen/household timer you can buy right now
There's a lot to like about this timer that you won't find in many others. First, there are direct access number pads for inputting the time. You don't have to scroll through an entire timer cycle to get to the exact time you want. This makes it fast and easy to set whatever time you want. Second, it goes up to 100 hours! You won't find many timers, analog or digital, that can do that. Third, it takes a standard AAA battery. That makes it super easy to replace it. Fourth, it's small and stylish and easy to keep clean. I've had this timer for over a year and it's worked flawlessly for me during this time. As for a previous review, sure it would be nice and preferable if this had a magnet on the back so you could put it on the fridge, but this is not a major concern for me. If it really matters to someone, you could always glue a magnet on the back. (Just make sure it's a very strong magnet as this timer is heavy and solid.) As for the LCD readout, I have no problems reading it. Could it be better? Sure. A backlight would be nice, as would a slightly larger display. But as it is, it's perfectly readable to me. How many timers come with a backlight anyway? I would buy this timer many times over and, in fact, have bought more as gifts. So while not perfect, this timer is nearly so. And the minor niggles I have with it are not big enough to lower the rating.

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Oxo finally messes up
I've bought a number of Oxo kitchen accessories, and found them to be sturdy, remarkably well designed, and easy to use. <
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>Unfortunately, this timer is an exception. <
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>It has the usual features typical of timers at this price point: clock plus timer, ten number keys for input, memory, etc. But instead of being flat with a magnet on the back so it can fall off the refrigerator like other timers, it's round like a traditional wind-up kitchen timer. It's solid-feeling and has nice non-skid feet on the bottom. <
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>The problem is the display. It's horrible. For three reasons: <
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>First, the numbers are small -- smaller than any other timer I've seen. They're about 1/4" high, half or less the size of those on comparable timers. <
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>Second, the numbers are recessed 1/8" or more beneath a clear plastic cover, not on the surface -- it's dark in there and feels like looking down a well. It desperately needs a backlight, but there is none. Unless the light source is shining directly into the display, there's a large dark shadow covering part of the numbers. But that causes the third problem: <
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>The clear plastic cover over the numbers is both curved and highly reflective, and it's virtually impossible to arrange things so that there isn't a reflection shining back into your eyes . <
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>The bottom line is that I have to fiddle around to get the timer, the light source, and myself into a position where I can read the small, dark, shadowed, and reflective display. Not what I need when I'm trying to cook. <
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>It's just not worth it. Since I have several other timers with displays I don't have to strain to read, I use this one as a paperweight. I'd have to say it works very well. <
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>I just don't understand how Oxo managed to let such a flawed design out the door.

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I love this timer!
I had a cheapo analog timer that died so I bought this one to replace it. It was super easy to set the time and is easy to use. The buttons need to be pushed a little hard sometimes but I have had no problems with it. Just press the time button, enter the cooking time and press start. The alarm is loud enough to hear in another room and it looks very stylish and modern.