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Chaney Instruments Touch Screen Folding Alarm Clock with Set & Forget Technology | 
 enlarge | Brand: Chaney Instruments
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $13.49
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 67296
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 4.8 x 4 x 5.1
MPN: 13007
Model: 13007
UPC: 072397130073
EAN: 0072397130073
ASIN: B000PDEPY4
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| Features:
| • | Set & Forget Technology automatically adjusts for daylight savings time - no signal required | | • | Touch screen travel alarm | | • | Displays inside temperature | | • | Alarm/snooze and backlight | | • | Dimensions: 3 3/4"H x 2 1/2"W x 1/2"D |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The Chaney Instrument 13007 Touch Screen Alarm Clock is a folding LCD alarm clock with snooze and a backlight. Made of molded plastic with Set & Forget technology, calendar feature and inside temperature readings. In addition to automatically springing forward and falling back for Daylight Savings Time, digital clocks with Set & Forget automatically display the correct time from the moment you plug them in or install the batteries. They will continue to display the correct time even after power outages. So your digital clock will never flash 12:00 again! Product dimensions - 3.75 in. height x 2.5 in. width x. 5 in. depth
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| Customer Reviews:
 Annoying product. Dont bother. February 10, 2008
Light and slight. The whole thing is touch screen and uses a pen to touch the screen. Lose the pen and your screwed. Also the light only stays on for a second and if the angle isnt right on the screen you cant see anything.
Don't bother!
Thumbs down: Impossible to operate in the dark December 10, 2007
Although this clock has many nifty features, it suffers
from an amazing leap of stupidity: the clock is impossible
to operate in the dark! It has NO mechanical controls.
All clock controls are operated by tapping a stylus in the
LCD front panel. Like turning off the alarm. But the LCD
is impossible to see in the dark! And what if you've lost
your stylus in the dark! What if your spouse just wants
to turn off that annoying alarm that has gone off at the
wrong time? Impossible to do in the dark, and impossible
to do if they haven't read the directions.
 Touch screen=Good Idea/Bad execution November 24, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This looked like a good idea at first. Build an easy-to-use intuitive touch screen travel alarm clock for under $15. NO instructions necessary.
In practice, I've seen a few issues with this clock and am going to return it or use it as a backup clock only. There are too many functions available on the main screen in touch mode that are critical and easy to reset in the dark - (more below)
Pros
- Every setting is touch screen. This is very convenient and it makes a great first impression. It's intuitive. Setting the alarm is easy. The time/date auto-sets itself (amazing)
Cons
- The alarm "off" hotspot is in the upper right of the screen. If you hit the wrong "hotspot" (easy to do in the dark), you may only engage "snooze". The initial wakeup sound is more like multiple, soft chirps. The 5-7 minute later snooze wakeup is loud and maybe wifey doesn't know how to shut if off and runs into the bathroom ready to strangle you.
- The Timezone setting is what messed me up.
By making it too easily available/immediately changeable on the touch screen, in the dark, it's easy to touch *it* (timezone hotspot) by mistake and now all of a sudden EST becomes CST so guess what? You don't get up for that important interview!!!
I got used to feeling for the UPPER RIGHT corner to shut off the alarm without going into snooze but it's just too easy to mess this up. The unit isn't backlit automatically so that also makes it harder.
The user has to look carefully at the clock each night before turning on the alarm to make sure he/she didn't inadvertently reset the timezone. If you have small children, forget it.
I wanted this to be a use-and-forget product. I can't trust it.
The manufacturer should do the following:
- DISABLE any changes to the time parameters once the alarm is set.
- bury the timezone change in a menu or make it a 2-step "confirm" (Y/N)
- maybe make the snooze a 1 touch and "alarm off completely" be 2 touches to a large hotspot. (IE disable all other functions while alarm is active so touching ANYWHERE on the touch screen activates either snooze or alarm off)
I don't recommend this as an alarm clock. It can be a cool desk clock though and that's why I'm giving it 2 stars.
Update: 12/15/2007
Found a good clock from LLBean after searching all the alternatives here. It's LLBeans' Nightfinder II Travel Alarm Clock for only a few dollars more than this one. This is a simple digital clock with large numbers and no touch screen features. By simply pushing it backwards slightly on it's spring-loaded mount, it illuminates (nice). If sold here, I'd give it 5 stars.
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