Lumiscope 1247 Electronic Pill Timer

by Lumiscope

Product Features

• Four separate timers for four different pills
• Beeper alert plus visual alert; long-life battery
• Digital clock; night muting; medical-history label
• Three removable partitions to enlarge four compartments
• Rotating cover, with child-proof press-and-slide door

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Compact enough to be carried in pocket or purse, this electronic device stores up to four different medications and signals when it's time for each to be taken. By providing both an audio signal (a beeper) and a visual signal (a flashing icon on the LED screen) the device offers assurance that a medication time will not be overlooked. The pill timer operates on a long-life battery (which is included). Setting up to four pill timings for the digital clock to track is simple (clear instructions are included), and the beeper can be muted overnight. Partitions between the four pill compartments can be removed to create more space in fewer compartments. The cover rotates, bringing its door to each compartment in turn, and opening the door (press and slide) is child-proof. On the bottom of the case is a label listing medical history and emergency contact information. The timer measures 2-3/4 inches in diameter. --Fred Brack

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 7.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005M06Y
• UPC: 038673012471
• Item model number: 1247
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,942 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pill Timer, December 26, 2003

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Janet Adams "jb941" (Bradenton, Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lumiscope 1247 Electronic Pill Timer (Health and Beauty)

This is a very handy gadget once you figure out how the timer works, but you have to reset it all each day. Once you have the current time entered you have to set the alarm using how much time is left before you want it to beep. You don't set the alarm like a clock. It's confusing at first, but it can work. If it's 8 am clock time and you need to take a pill at noon, you have to set the alarm to beep in 4 hours. If you also need to take one at 2pm you need to set the second alarm to beep in 6 hours and so on.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Simple Product that has helped me GREATLY!, December 9, 2001

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M.R.Jirinec "mrj5" (Maumee, Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lumiscope 1247 Electronic Pill Timer (Health and Beauty)

I recently received a "Gift of Life" through a Liver Transplant and taking my medications on a timely basis is imperitive.Presently I must take over 35 pills and medications daily. This Pill container with the countdown timer is just what I need.It will hold all of my pills needed for a 24 hour day and the timer with the loud audible beeper has saved me from forgetting it is time to take my medicine many times when I was away from home or fell to sleep and needed a reminder. The timer is easy to set and the size of the unit is small enough to keep with me at all times. A good example of needing a reminder just happened as I am writing this. The beeper just sounded and I took my medicine. I just might have forgot otherwise.If I have to find any fault with this product that would be because of the "childproof" nature of the product it may be difficult to fill or retrieve the pills for someone with weak or imperred finger strength. For me however it is just what the doctor ordered!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A handy, helpful pill case/timer, March 4, 2006

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Peter "peterinsf" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lumiscope 1247 Electronic Pill Timer (Health and Beauty)

I've had the Lumiscope 1247 pill case/timer for a few years now, and I find it very handy. If you need to take medications one, two, three, or four times per day, I've not found anything else like it. It has some clever features to it, such as the way it segregates your four medication doses, and the way it can keep track of timings for all four doses -- it's like four timers in one. But they are countdown timers, not alarm clocks. You set any or all of the timer(s) to go off "x minutes/hours from now," like a kitchen timer. Since it can remember each timer setting, if you load the pill case about the same time every day, you don't have to re-set the timers, just start them going, then stop them (but don't clear them) when each goes off. You can then re-use the timing setting the next day. (Read the instructions carefully to make sure that you've properly stopped the timer when it goes off. One button press only tells the timer to immediately begin the countdown again. You have to press the button twice to suspend timing until you're ready to start it again. This is probably why some people have gotten what seem to be confusing results with the timers.) When the beeper goes off, it doesn't just beep -- it does one, two, three, or four short beeps, so visually-impaired people can tell which timer is going off. Also, a red LED flashes one, two, three, or four times so the hearing-impaired can tell what alarm they're seeing. Other features including a large enough capacity to hold big pills, and an access door that locks the device in one position to prevent spilling the other pill doses. It has easy-to-feel Braille markings, and it can serve as a clock. I downgraded it one star only because I feel that it may be difficult to use for some people with weaker or arthritic hands ... for example, twisting the unit to move from dose to dose, or opening the pill door (although both can be done with the hands open instead of in a grasping motion). With lots of pills, the easiest way to load the case is by separating the two halves, and that would be tough for some people (a dinner knife is helpful for doing that). Otherwise you can load it through the pill access door. Finally, I wish the plastic was less smooth and more "grippy" ... I may put some friction tape on mine to make it less likely to slip out of my hands. But overall, this is a very useful device ... and it's under twelve bucks.