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Polder 51-90 Mechanical Timer, White

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This timer did not work well right from the start. After winding it, it would just stop timing. I finally threw it away and now I use one I bought at a garage sale for .50. Same type, but one of the round ones. Maybe I got a faulty timer, but I would not pay this much for one again.

yup...that's all it is. Doesn't ding or anything at the end of the countdown. It just counts down. save your money and buy a watch. Oh and the magnets don't actually hold the thing up.

Magnets are sufficient to hold it on a surface, but if you put the timer on the door of a fridge, the timer may fly off. After 2-3 drops to the ground, the plastic casing broke. Taped back together, still works. A few months later one of the magnets came off. This timer now sits in a drawer, unused.

I bought my Polder 51-90 mechanical timer in a cooking store for $5.95. The directions say to first "turn the dial clockwise to 60" and then "turn the dial counter clockwise to the number of minutes desired". If you follow the directions, the timer works fine and has a nice loud ring. But if you ignore the directions and simply turn the dial to the number of minutes you want (without turning it to 60 first), then it won't work.

Perhaps it's not intuitive to have to turn the dial all the way around each time. That may be why the other reviewers said it doesn't work (I guess they didn't read the directions, or the back of the package which says the timer comes with a 12-year limited warranty).

What I didn't like was the flimsy stand that comes with the timer: it's just a little plastic square that has a point on one end. There are no instructions for how to use the stand, but it seems obvious that your supposed to slide the point into a slot on the back of the timer. It's pretty wobbly, and if you lift the timer up, the plastic square falls off (it's bound to be lost in drawer). Since I didn't need it, I tossed the stand in the trash -- the timer works fine just sitting flat on the counter.

This little timer is not a "high end" product, but it does what it is supposed to do, and at around $6 it's pretty inexpensive (although Amazon sells it for $12.21, more than twice what I paid in a store!).

The product was as expected and arrived in a timely manner. I was satisfied with this transaction.