Customer Reviews

Maverick R-495 Color-Coded LCD Weather Station and AM/FM Stereo Radio with Alarm and Projection Clock

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Projection, clock and radio with color clock changing temperatures all rolled into one. For some reason my daughter really likes it and that is all that counts. She is amused on how the clock changes color with the temperature and projects the time on the ceiling. It is also has atomic adjusted time and a pressure trend with a weather forcast. This is almost like a toy for a child, but adults may not like the flimsy design or the sound. Will have to see how this clock holds up over time.

Victories:Time/date, updated daily/In-Out Temp(neat!)/clock alarm/Projects the time on ceiling.(My goal in purchase.)

Disappointments:That's good(time on ceiling)BECAUSE the color/temp. face display hasn't displayed after three weeks. The radio/speakers are weak in quality/reception. The snooze alarm is only a beep not the radio.

I was disappointed, having my expectations set by reading their description of the product (and not reviews). The projection time does not rotate very well, does NOT cover the 180 degeress advertised. I have a difficult time capturing radio stations (much worse than my previous 10 year old clock radio)with the remote kept in my car (must stay dry). Time sync is good, mp3 play works well. Alarm is ony 7 day, and not so easy to turn/off, so I get the alarm 7 days a week. A 5 day a week alarm such as is in my phone would be very nice.
If it did what it says it does it would be nice, but their sales department seems to be out of sync with their engineering/production departments.

1st unit. Radio presets would not stay set. In less than 2 weeks the blue backlight quit.
2nd unit. AM/FM radio settings would drift. For example, the station at 88.1 yesterday is at 90.1 today. The internal time setting receiver could not hold signal, even in a west facing window. Outdoor temperature sensing/sending unit was never very accurate and quit working not quite two weeks after purchase.

Pros: Projection is very good, focusable, and can be turned (didn't measure
the actual angle covered). It's just perfect for the night: large, red
numbers, easily visible, but not so bright as to disturb.

Lots of features: barometer, weather forecast, min/max temperature for both
outside and inside, radio, alarm, settable to both 24-hour and Celsius.

Cons: The main display projection has three levels: off, too bright, and
extremely bright. "Too bright" means bright enough for shadows at night!
So I have it set to off. The convenient snooze button on top switches the
display on, but only briefly, too briefly. It's long enough to see the
main details, but too short if you want to do something, such as change the
alarm settings. It would be nice if the snooze activated the display light
for (say) 15 seconds.

The connection to the outside remote thermometer unit is iffy. I think the
remote transmits once a minute or so, and the main unit tries to
synchronize with it to listen once a minute. But the two get out of sync.
So you have to manually re-sync by pressing a button on the main unit
called "Resync", which (I guess) makes the main unit listen continuously
until it receives the signal.

A 5 day/2 day alarm would be great.

4 days from ordering to me in germany - great!

And it is exactly that, what I wanted

Only one thing: How can I delete a setted alarm? It seems to be not able, if you set an alarm, to delete it....

I have had this for a while and it is still working. The color corresponds to the temp outside. The time that is projected on the ceiling is large enough that I can see it without my glasses. The radio works fine. The outdoor temperature is awesome so you will know what temp it is out side. It has one radio alarm and one beep alarm that you can set at different times especially if you have two people waking up at different times and do not want to bother setting the alarm for the other person. Easy to use. Snooze is set to 10 minutes for the Beep alarm. I use the radio and never hit snooze for it.

I was excited to receive this alarm clock in the mail and immediately went to set it up. The display on this clock was broken it was only able to show pieces of the numbers and not the whole number. when i went to set the calendar, the button would not work like they suggested it should of. i had to press it many times until it finally worked. I am very disappointed and its already sent to be returned!

Projection onto ceiling is upside-down and can not be rotated to project correctly. Display is too bright and interferes with ability to sleep. It is difficult to read at night from any distance. Extremely disappointed.