4 Channel Digital Timer Clock, White

I subscribe to Fly Lady and her methods for cleaning, decluttering, etc., and she is a big advocate for setting a timer for 15 minutes and working on a project for that long and no longer. After that you walk away and do something else (you can go back after a few mins, but the point is to not burn yourself out and that you can do anything for 15 mins.) I have tried to use my phone as my timer, but it doesn't work well for me. I have to hunt down the app, go to the timer section, set it... It's not difficult, but it keeps me from doing it.

I've been wanting an actual timer for a while and jumped at the chance to review one. This is a really nice timer in most ways.

*There are four timers that can be running simultaneously and have distinct beeps.
*When a timer runs out, a count up clock starts and keeps going until you tell it OK. That way you know how long you spent sheet it went off.
*Once it counts down, you can reset it to the original time you were running.
*The beeping only goes on for 60 seconds and then stops (this is important when you have a baby asleep in your arms...)
*When you are on the clock screen, the timers that are currently counting down flash at the top, so T1 and T4 for example.
*It's very easy to set the clock and the timers.
*The display is large and easy to read.
*If you just want to do a count up timer, clear your timer and hit Stop/Start.

There are two things I dislike about this timer.
1) The battery cover was difficult to get on fully correctly (and we lost the clock setting while messing with it because one of the batteries lost contact). Once it was correctly on, it stays on well, but it took my husband and me 3 or 4 attempts before we finally got it on just right.

2) The recall function for the timer only works once the timer has actually gone off. So if it is set for 15 mins, you work for 10 and decide to move to something else, the only way to put it back to 15 would be to add minutes to the timer again. Whereas if it has counted down and gone off, you hit the Start/Stop button twice and it resets back to that original 15 mins. Not the worst thing in the world, but I found it annoying...

Overall I like this timer. The functional annoyances only drop it by about half a star for me. I look forward to using it a lot as I begin to declutter my life.

I received the product mentioned above for free or greatly discounted in exchange for my review. Regardless, I only recommend products I like and use personally.

4 Channel Digital Timer Clock