Presto 04212 Electronic Clock/Timer
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: PrestoBrand: Presto
Model: 179701
Product features:
- Steel-toned four-in-one electronic kitchen timer
- Timer, stopwatch, calendar, and clock functions with a three-setting memory
- Versatile clip also has magnet and easel stand
- Operates on one AAA battery
- 2-1/2-Inches square; one-year warranty
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Presto 04212 Electronic Clock/Timer
Customer Review: Presto 04212 timer beats Taylor, Fagor but not Taylor 5828
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a better timer than the otherwise excellent Taylor timer and, certainly, the awful Fagor timer. It has a clock that shows time, day, and date and 4 separate timer functions. All timer functions can time up, in ascending order, like a stopwatch. They can time down to zero and buzz like a traditional timer. Three of the timer functions have memories, so if you want to set one timer to ring on, say, fifteen minute intervals, it can save that time setting. The alarm is loud enough to hear but neither so loud or long that it is overly annoying. Timer and clock are independent, so that after timer is set, display can be reset to show the clock while the timer(s) are still working.
Mechanically, the buttons have worked well for three months of ownership, the magnets are still attached, and nothing has broken off or fallen off.
The four timers and the calendar on the clock function make it better than the otherwise excellent Taylor clock/timer (one timer, no calendar on the clock) available for about the same price under $10 on Amazon or Yahoo and certainly a better buy than the astonisingly awful and overpriced Fagor, quoted at $25 at the time of this review.
update: August 2008. After about 8 months, the buttons on this timer got very "sticky" and sometimes required pressing four or five times to activate functions. In response to an email, Presto was fast to suggest its return, but I never got around to it. My Taylor timers, with less functionality, continue to work well.
update: January 2009. I finally tried to return my Presto timer. They told me warranty was expired and the best they could do was offer me a discount on their products. Contrasted to Web shopping prices, their discounted prices offered no real benefit. They were legally correct, but ungenerous, in that I had notified them of non-functionality within the 12 months and, no doubt, button-sticking is chronic problem of the timer and not just of my timer. Stickiness has progressed to point where keys are no good and the timer is unusable.
update: March 2009. Bought four Taylor 5828 timers: each has two timer buttons and a clock (with a calendar); timers can run separately and independent of clock; switch to clock with toggle switch on back. Minuses compared to Presto 04212: 04212 has four timer and you can switch, more conveniently, to the clock with button on front. Taylor 5828 is generally solid, large numbers, functional buttons. Paid less than $8 each. One timer didn't work. I notified Taylor on their website email form, asking instructions for return. They responded in 12 hours, said they would send a replacement and that I should discard the non-functional timer. All around, at this writing, the Taylor 5828 is a cheaper and better-supported product than the Presto 04212.
Description of Presto 04212 Electronic Clock/Timer
Four functions in one compact unit - timer, stop watch, calendar and clock. Times up to four activities at once. Accurately time sup to 24 hours in timer or stop watch mode. Easy to read l.c.d. digital display shows hours, minutes and seconds. Memory store sup to three different timer settings.Some purist cooks claim to have an instinctive inner timer, but most people need a little help remembering when to take the roast out or punch down the bread dough for its second rise. The Presto four-in-one Electronic Clock/Timer fulfills that basic function, but it doesn't stop there.
When not in use as a timer, the time and date--month, day, year, and day of the week--are displayed. There's also a stopwatch function that's useful in many ways, and not necessarily only in the kitchen. The easy-to-read display is helpful when there's kitchen work going on; that way it can hang up out of the way and stay clean. A loud tone sounds when the time is up; and the memory function stores up to three countdown times for reuse. The versatile clip can also become an easel stand, and it has a magnet, too--it's good to go wherever it's needed.
The Presto electronic Clock/Timer operates on one AAA battery (one battery is included.) The Clock/Timer is not immersible; it can be carefully wiped clean with a slightly damp rag. The timer measures 2-1/2 inches by 2-1/2 inches. A sheet detailing containing operating instructions is included. Presto guarantees this product with a limited one-year warranty. --Garland Withers
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