Customer Reviews

Casio PQ15-1K Travel Alarm Clock with Thermometer

5 star:		(47)
4 star:		(20)
3 star:		(15)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

I've owned this clock for several years - it's dependable, durable and reliable. I find it great to have the temperature readout, in both Fahrenheit and Celcius (that way I can whine bi-lingually when it's hot..). I've travelled with it, camped with it, and use it as my everyday bedside alarm. My only complaint is that the snooze button is set for only 5 minutes per "snooze" - hardly enough.

I've owned a CASIO PQ-10 Travel Alarm Clock for about ten years, traveled with it thousands of miles in my bicycle panniers, and it's still running on the original batteries! The alarm switch finally failed, and I really loved this clock, so I decided to try the PQ-15 as a replacement since the PQ-10 is no longer available. I'm dissapointed - the PQ-15 is more than twice the size and weight (4" tall compared with the PQ-10's 1-3/4" height, uses 2 AAA batteries instead of 2 small watch batteries) and bulges in the back for the battery holder.) With a much larger snooze/LED button, although slightly recessed, its size makes it all too easy to activate the LED display and use up the batteries during travel. I'll keep the PQ-15 for some travel, but I think CASIO took a basic, simple, clean design and went too far. In fairness, the PQ-15 control butons are better spaced and easier to use than the PQ-10, but I wish they would have upgraded the PQ-10 and kept the same form factor.

I've had one of these for at least ten years, and it's still going strong. I think I've only changed the batteries 3 times, and I use it as my primary alarm clock almost every day. It has traveled with me to at least 3 continents and been through countless airports, train stations, bus stations, docks, suitcases, hotel rooms, and campgrounds, and still sits by my bed every night. The only problems I've had with it are when I've forgotten to set it. I'm tempted to buy another one only because I'm afraid they'll quit making it; I want to be able to replace it when it finally gets crushed or stepped on or lost in transit.

On a more objective level, it has a well laid out display, showing the time, date, day, temperature, and alarm/snooze indicators. The time can swith to 24-hour format, and the temperature can display either in F or C. The snooze button is big enough to hit with my eyes closed. The snooze button also turns on the greenish backlight for 5 seconds or so, letting me see what time it is in the dark. The base flips around and protects the buttons from getting pressed while it's in my bag, which is important as I usually just toss it in with my keys and flashlight and mp3 player and other things with hard pointy bits.

My only real complaint is that the snooze function only waits 5 minutes, I'd prefer about 10. Still, when you're travelling, who wants to sleep in all day? There are things to do! This is small enough to take anywhere no matter how I'm traveling. This is easily the best travel alarm clock I've ever had.

This clock is compact, easy to read, portable, and inexpensive. There seems to be a defect with the thermometer function, however, at least in the one we bought. It was fine for the first couple of days, but on the third day or so it registered the temperature in our house at over 90 degrees farenheit (about 30 degrees higher than the actual level). Probably not worth sending it back for, but disappointing nonetheless.

Wow. Words can't describe the evilness of this alarm clock. It gives you all of 7 seconds (yes, I timed it) to wake up to the calm beep... beep... beep... of a normal alarm clock. Then it busts into a heart-attack-inducing frantic "bee-bee-bee-bee-bee-bee" which should only be reserved for the most shameless snoozers. The only thing it wakes in me is an irresistible urge to throw it out the window.

Unless you need the equivalent of a jumbo jet flying through your bedroom to wake you up, I'd recommend trying something else. Good grief!

I really love this clock, but didn't realize how perfect it was until I tried to find a similar one for my husband at local stores. I bought it almost 10 years ago. I use it bedside (really great when the power goes off!), but take it when I travel, and so I've bought a couple of other similar ones for my husband. But my husband's beeps as you set it - not great when your wife is asleep. His snooze button is very close to the set button, so when you go to hit snooze in the dark, it can take a few tries to get it right. Another one had confusing controls that made you wake to waves or birds - not loud enough for him, and so annoying to set that he ripped it apart one night in frustration. But the Casio has a nice wide snooze that also turns on the light - great for sleepy fumbling. The temperature is great, esp. when traveling. It's really the perfect clock.

This clock looks much better on line then when you get it. It barely lights up at all. The words printed on the clock are so faint that you cant hardly read them.
The idea was good but the clock isnt. I would not recommend this to anyone.

This has got to be the best travel clock I have ever had. I purchased it in the spring of 1997 and it has served me well in my travels to eastern Europe. In that time I have only changed the battery one time. For the price it is very hard to get a better travel clock.

I am quite sure, knowing the Casio name, that the alarm will work out. The set up
buttons, especially the button to turn the alarm on and off, are extraordinarily difficult
to manipulate. Downward and simultaneous lateral pressure is required.

had this around 3 years... at year 2 and since it has been consistently loosing EXACTLY 30 min... its the weirdest thing. we tried new batteries.. no change... never seen anything like it - but frankly who wants to 'add' 30 min to the time every time they want to check the time...