Showing posts with label world travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world travel. Show all posts

Monday, September 24, 2012

Oregon Scientific RM323A Atomic Travel Clock with World Time Review

Oregon Scientific RM323A Atomic Travel Clock with World Time
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Sorry to say it, as I've liked Oregon Scientific products in the past, but this is a junker. Two chief problems. First is that it doesn't know how to switch over to daylight savings time correctly. I understand that the switch-over dates were changed this year, but this is the more recent model clock, and the older RM826A has no trouble this year. I got up an hour late on that first daylight savings time Sunday in March. Sadly, even if you manually set the RM323A to the correct time, it will reset overnight to the wrong time. The only way to fix this (per Oregon Scientific's web site) is to turn off the radio connection to the atomic clock, thereby defeating the reason for owning this clock in the first place. (In fairness, O-S says that it will work fine after April 1, but what about future years when the dates change around? My guess is same problem.) The second problem is that it's very difficult to use, including such basic stuff as setting an alarm. Granted, Oregon Scientific clocks don't have a lot of buttons, so it has to be a little complicated to handle all of the functions. But this particular clock has both a "single alarm" and a "weekly alarm" that goes off every day at the same time, and selecting which one, setting the alarm time, and even just turning on and off the alarm is anything but obvious.
I suppose the world time capability could be useful for some folks, but I find this clock worse in every respect than the RM826A, which is no longer manufactured. I'm going to toss this one in the trash and find a couple of RM826A's before they're no longer available. Oregon Scientific has no more in stock as of a couple of days ago.

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Auto-synchronizing clock by radio signal from the US Atomic clock
Displays Time, Calendar, and World Time
Displays world time of 130 cities
Single Alarm and Weekday Alarm with 8min snooze
Hourly chime function
EL Backlight for night viewing
4 user-selectable US time-zones: Pacific, Mountain Central or Eastern

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Bedol 3-Tier 18-Time Zone Clock, Black Review

Bedol 3-Tier 18-Time Zone Clock, Black
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I bought this clock mostly for its function, but also I loved the design.
For me, personally, I had difficulty getting the time set; however, my BF got it done with ease.
The reason for the 3 stars is due to the fact that the time doesn't adjust for daylight savings time.

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Triple-stacked LCD's in handsome die-cast metal pylon which display from top to bottom: time, exact temperature (Fahrenheit or Celsius), and monthly calendar.

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

18 Zone Time - Glass/Black, Clock Review

18 Zone Time - Glass/Black, Clock
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I bought this clock for my living room. I bought this specific one because of its size, small one. I was looking for clock this size and design because it matches my living room decor. I did not want a big clock, and did not want to hang one on my wall. This type of clock, meaning LED type is not good for the living room because for various reasons, the numbers are hard to see, the LED does not light up and you could on see the numbers if you are at eye level or the clock is slight below your eyes. The clock is handsome, the extra features it display - the temperature and calendar is awesome is awesome and helpful. Then I decide to take it to the office and it is an excellent place for your clock for your where, most likely, you will will be sitting close to the clock and you will definitely get comments because of it's unique features. Yes, did know it was more of an office clock, but thought I'd try putting it somewhere else because I'd thought it would meet my needs in my living room.

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Stunning desktop piece keeps you on top of the world! It's big LCD display is translucent: light passes through it as if it were clear, yet its frosted finish makes its big digits easy to read in any light.

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