Taylor 5862 4 Event Digital Timer
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: TaylorBrand: Taylor
Model: 5862
Color: White/Green
Product features:
- Time 4 events separately
- Counts up and counts down hours, minutes ,and seconds
- Compact size
- 0.8-Inch LCD Readout
- Use s 2 LR batteries-supplied
- Galvanized Bezel Hygrometer
- Taylor Connoisseur Probe Thermometer
- Digital Timer with Touch Sensitive Buttons
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Taylor 5862 4 Event Digital Timer
Customer Review: Always Room for Improvement
Summary: 3 Stars
The timer works okay and is intuitive. It's easy to tell which of the 4 timers is being set, which are running behind the scenes, which is being shown, and which are timer is sounding. I haven't had a problem yet, but I do worry about the battery life because it takes two small "hearing aid" type batteries. I'll update if there is a problem. The magnet is a little weak and won't work well on a curved surface or low iron alloys found in my cheap appliances. The stand seems flimsy and useless but both are adequate.
My biggest complaint about this timer is that the "memory" function only works if a timer is run to completion. This isn't an issue if your life is perfect and you never abort a task, never get interrupted, and never have a delay of any kind. I'm aborting tasks and getting interrupted all the time so this is a huge issue for me. It would be less of a problem if timer manufacturers would provide another button with a 5 or 10 unit interval option. If you have to bake something for 55 minutes, you have to press the button 55 times. Seriously how inefficient is that? Hello carpel tunnel, I'll be your whipping boy this evening. Really, who times something for 1 second with a kitchen timer? In reviews of other devices I noticed annoyance with having beeps every time a button is pushed. This timer also beeps, loudly, with each button depression.
All in all, it's a timer. I don't feel grossly cheated but I honestly wish I would have tried this other timer instead http://www.amazon.com/Presto-04212-Electronic-Clock-Timer/dp/B00006IV0U/ref=pd_sim_dbs_hg_1. It has both and add time and a subtract time button so if you need to you could (in theory) add an hour and subtract 5 minutes having to push a button 6 times rather than 55.
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This is my observation and rant section of this review directed towards product designers and manufacturers. The use of "kitchen" timers has evolved past making sure one doesn't over cook a chicken. People use timers to manage their increasingly complex and demanding lives. We have to manage 30 things at once. The kids need to be ready in 20 minutes, we need to be ready in 0, the soccer carpool comes 30, the checkbook has to be balanced in 5, the in-law who just called needs to be excused if they complain about your cooking for more than 5, billable hours for a free-lance client needs to be tracked because even though there are 3 days worth of work planned in the next 30 minutes we're stupidly optimistic we can actually get something accomplished, and now that you mention it, that darn chicken can't be over cooked either. I know many would recommend using Google calendar but my laptop isn't exactly chicken dripping friendly, nor do I want to have my pc or mac running all day to use as a timer, nor do I sit at a desk 24 hours a day. Yes, I could use my iphone, again it's not dripping friendly, nor do I want my electronic "leash" on at all times. I often like to turn it off, and more often I'm tempted to flush it. We do still exist, even if we can't be interrupted...I mean reached at all times. We are multi-dimensional and hardworking, we have little use for products or people that aren't.
Description of Taylor 5862 4 Event Digital Timer
The Taylor Digital 4 event timer is from the Taylor 5 Star Line (professional). This timer will time four events at the same time-either count down or count up. The timer times up to 99 hours,59 minutes,59 seconds for each timer mode. A different tone for each timer and a separate corner light comes on when the selected timer runs out. The 5862 also includes a clock feature.Timers
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