Polder 891-90 Triple Kitchen 20-Hour Timer/Clock/Stopwatch

by Polder

Product Features

• Triple Kitchen 20-hour timer/clock/stop watch
• Memory for frequently used settings
• 12/24 hour clock

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 2 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004S4U8
• Item model number: 891-90
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,484 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

If you're cooking a large meal, one timer isn't always enough to let you know when it's time to take the pie out of the oven, reduce the heat for the vegetables, and start heating a sauce. This triple timer allows the ambitious chef to schedule all the elements of a meal, down to the second, and its loud, 30-second alarm ensures that the broccoli won't burn while you're whipping the cream. It's also portable, so if you have to leave the kitchen, wafting smoke won't be the first sign your meal is ready. If you've always wondered exactly how long it takes you to beat egg whites to a peak, the timer also comes with a stopwatch feature. --Laura Cuthbert

Product Description

This Timer Digital & Clock w/ Three Timing Displays - Polder #891-90 has three independent timing functions and LCD displays so you can time up to 3 activities at the same time. It's contemporary & stylish design will look fine on your counter or mounted to your refrigerator with the magnetic back. It is also small enough to slip in your pocket. It has a memory for your frequently used settings and not only functions as a 20 hour timer (with second increments) and stopwatch, but also as a 12/24 hour clock. The required batteries are included

Where Life Meets Style! Making everyday household tasks easier for consumers is at the heart of Polder's philosophy. The company is steeped in a deep-rooted tradition of offering home products that combine newly designed feature benefits with elegant style. Polder products are tested and certified for their consistently high quality by independent standards labs ensuring you peace of mind.

Size: 3 x 2.5 x 1 Inches -- Color: White

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly made, July 1, 2004

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John T. Bryan (Thornton, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polder 891-90 Triple Kitchen 20-Hour Timer/Clock/Stopwatch (Kitchen)

I, too, have had nothing but trouble from this timer. It worked fine for the first month or six weeks, although as others have noted the buttons are excessively debounced and have to be pressed and held to function. After that initial period of unenthusiastic mild satisfaction, however, it began to "freeze" sporadically and, more recently, continuously. Even the kids now know how to remove the battery cover, take the battery out for a few seconds, and replace it to reset the timer. I ordered a new (different) timer today, and figured I'd stop by here and leave this review while I was thinking about it. Avoid this thing.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this Cheap and Quiet timer that Freezes., January 16, 2004

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Tom (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polder 891-90 Triple Kitchen 20-Hour Timer/Clock/Stopwatch (Kitchen)

Conclusion: Avoid this cheaply made timer. It has little buttons that are unresponsive to presses. It is too quiet to hear. It also has a tendency to frequently lock-up or freeze, like your computer does, and stop counting time, requiring a battery removal for reset.

Cheap: The timer is made very cheaply in China out of soft plastic. The buttons are unresponsive and jiggle in their holds. Unless they pressed exactly in the center they do not work and often times you have to press them multiple times hard to make them work.

Quiet: The timer's alarms are very quiet and hard to hear. With the pots cooking and even a little water running it is hard to hear it when it goes off. If you happen to put your dish cloth on top of the timer, then you won't even know that it went off.

Freezes: Worst of all after a few months of dealing with this timer the real serious problem came up. It started locking-up and freezing just like a computer does. It would stop counting down time and just sit there, completely frozen. I burned a few dishes this way when the timer didn't go off. To this fix this problem, I had to take the batteries out and put them back in to reset the unit. Changing the timer's battery to a new one didn't solve the problem. It became progressively worse and started occurring more frequently, now when you sometimes pressed a button to start or stop one of the timer counts it would completely freeze and require a reset.

Defective: I am not the only person that had this problem with locking up, another reviewer Colin Bowness from Weston, MA USA had this to say: "When little more than a year old our timer failed with the display locking up.". Hearing another user reporting the same problem as myself it l looks like I did not just have one defective unit, it looks like the problem is more widespread with other units also. The worst thing about this is that the timer was working fine until the problem started happening many months after the purchase and it became progressively worse, further showing the poor quality of the manufacturing.

I really liked the functionality of this timer since it allowed three count-down timers, one count-up timer, and a clock to run at the same time, giving me a lot of information for the many dishes that I was cooking. However, I have to be honest with my experiences with this timer so I had to write a negative review of it. Now I'm back and looking for another timer to purchase.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheap and Small, March 5, 2001

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Larry Trask (Humboldt, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polder 891-90 Triple Kitchen 20-Hour Timer/Clock/Stopwatch (Kitchen)

I didn't really like this timer. It was cheaply made and the controls were too small. I wouldn't say it was difficult to set, but the procedure involves an unnecessary number of steps (for instance, why can't I just set the timer and hit start? Why do I have to move that very small little slider switch back to "lock" before I can start to time something?)

If you really need three timers at once, maybe this is the one for you. But unless you have specialized needs, you may want to steer clear of this timer. I mean, I just bought the thing and here I am back on Amazon shopping for another one.