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(More customer reviews)If you had set out to create a poorly designed kitchen timer, the Polder 605 Big Screen Timer would certainly make you happy on several fronts. Made out of flimsy plastic with a large display screen and simple bold black buttons, the sleek visuals of the Polder have their initial appeal. Putting it into use you realize quickly what a perverse genius designed this device. The alarm makes a high-pitched noise that is sure to put your entire household on edge. The thing is so top-heavy that if you attach it to your refrigerator via the magnet the slightest jolt will send the unit dangling upside down like a bat. In case you do manage to perch the thing upright just so, the upside-down wedge shape of the case makes it hard to read the display at anything much below eye-level.
When you go to turn it off it immediately starts counting back up again, as in a stopwatch, without you asking it to, so you must press the start/stop button two times if you really want it to stop, and then press both time buttons to zero it. As noted in another review, you cannot set it for less than a minute so the seconds are a mystery, unless it's in stopwatch mode, in which case the seconds are displayed. On the upside, unlike any other timer I have used before, if you have it set for an hour or more it helpfully beeps at ten and five minutes before zero. And the screen is nice and big, as advertised.
I suppose if you are planning to set it on your counter top instead of using the magnet, and didn't mind its screechiness and other quirks, you might get some use out of this unassuming unit. In our home it earns its one extra star by providing some comic relief after the holidays.
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Polder 605 Big Screen Timer, GrayPolder has been offering everyday products with extraordinary design since its launch.The company was established in 1976, delivering better quality European-styled housewares to the U.S. market. Throughout the years, Polder has built an eclectic collection of core home categories, including kitchen timers and thermometers, laundry and ironing products, kitchen scales, and a variety of other storage solutions.Polder products are tested and certified for their consistent high quality by independent standards labs. This timer is a perfect example of the high standard product.
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