Elgin Travel Alarm Clock
by GENEVA/ADVANCE CLOCK CO
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Elgin Travel Alarm Clock
Customer Review: Poor snoozing resulted in return
Summary: 2 Stars
This little alarm clock is OK but there are 2 main flaws with it. First and foremost I sleep deeply and snooze a lot before finally waking. This clock only allows 4 snoozes, 4 minutes apart, before the alarm just stops going off. Also, when you have a travel alarm clock with a fold over cover like this please put a gap and a slight hole so the snooze button can be hit immediately without opening the cover. My girlfriend has an alarm clock almost identical to this from Timex that has long since been discontinued and it handles all these feature perfectly. You'd think something so simple would be easy to find. Hopefully they improve this one someday. In all other ways the clock was great.Customer Review: Decent portable alarm clock
Summary: 3 Stars
I was looking for an inexpensive portable alarm clock. I've had this one about a month and like it so far.
Pros:
- alarm is loud enough
- back light is bright enough
- has protective cover for digits when traveling
- non-bulky with folding stand
- can check alarm set time by pushing button
Cons:
- hard to see the numbers except if you're looking down at an angle at the face of the clock
- to set minutes you have to cycle all the way through...not a big deal
- a little tricky to slide the switch between setting the alarm and arming it and turning it off (I'm worried I'll slide it to the wrong setting)
Customer Review: It nice, but
Summary: 2 Stars
For the most part, I like the alarm clock. It's easily programed, doesn't have odd battery requirements. Alarm noise is annoying enough to get me moving. The 2 things I don't care for; 1 - the Indiglo feature is fine for seeing the time, but it felects badly off the not lit face plate & makes it difficult to see those details (ie, I want to change the alarm time without turning the light on and waking up my husband); 2 - the cover for the batteries comes off with very little effort, so when I'm fumbling to turn of the alarm (I'm half blind w/o my glasses) I knock the battery cover off & have to reset the whole thing. Duct Tape does seem to have served it's purpose once again.Customer Review: Good Value
Summary: 4 Stars
For the money this little clock is a pretty good buy. The numbers are large and easy to read, the time and alarm are straightforward and easy to set, the alarm starts out softly and gets louder until you push the snooze or turn it off, and the dial lights up at night nicely when you push the snooze button. It also unfolds to create a stand for the clock. It's compact when folded for travel, but the cover is cheaply made. I'm not sure how well it will hold up under abuse, I would feel compelled to wrap it in a sock or something in a suitcase.
All in all for the money it has everything I need for a travel alarm clock and it keeps good time so far, too.
Customer Review: Poor quality control
Summary: 3 Stars
I was a bit disappointed with the company's quality control. I brought two clocks and the alarm on one did not work. Plus the spring on the snooze/light button was a bit soft compared to the first. Rather than return the defective product, I opened it up and found a broken black speaker wire and one of the two compression spring for the snooze button floating around inside. After resoldering the black wire and reassembling correctly, the product works as good as the first.
Overall, once fixed, I am happy with this product. As a travel alarm clock, it has all the features that I need. The progressive alarm is a nice touch.