Customer Reviews

Sharp SPC830A Quartz Backlight Analog Alarm Clock (Black/White)

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2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I bought this clock because my wife commandeered my other back-lit sharp alarm clock, and this was the closest I could come to replacing it. This one is a little noisy, especially when right by your head on a night stand. But not that bad. It arrived in unopened packaging but was broken. It took me all of two minutes to pop off the back, re-align the light bar/snooze bar, and get it working. The benefits of this clock are that it is large enough to easily operate the controls. The back light is really a side light at the 4 o'clock position, but it is adequate for double checking the alarm setting and seeing what time it is. From a sound sleep, you can either hit the snooze bar or disable the alarm without fumbling. It is keeping accurate time. Overall, it is a good value.

Absolutely unreliable. It would alarm you at the wrong time sometimes, and not at all at others.

This is a wonderful, inexpensive alarm clock. The numbers are very easy to see. It has a gentle, little beeping alarm which would be great for someone with normal hearing, My only problem is that I have a hearing deficit and can't hear the alarm well enough to awaken me. I even tried putting it in bed with me! No luck. I feel badly because I really do like the clock very much and now, I'm still without a usable alarm clock!

Sincerely,

An alarm clock needer

I recently bought this clock, and I'm not happy with it at all.
The alarm on mine barely, barely rings at all and is not nearly loud enough to wake someone up. It's a meek little beep that is about as loud as a whisper. The hand that determines what time the clock goes off is also not reliable - if you set the hand to around 7:15, the clock might go off at 7:00 or might go off at 7:30. I've had to resort to using my cell phone as an alarm after realizing that I couldn't count on this clock.
Don't waste money on this piece of junk.

I used it for the 1st time last night. The darned thing makes TOO MUCH NOISE, TICK TOCK TICK TOCK

this is a nice little clock for only $10. looks good keeps good time. i don't know what the previous reviewers are talking about. what do you expect for $10

The dials on the face of this clock were broken when I opened the package.

I bought two of these alarm clocks to replace a couple of lost and broken ones. My first impression upon unpacking them was that they were much larger than I expected (though to be fair, the measurements were provided in the description.)

Second impression was that a hand was already broken off one of them, and on both, the knobs (for setting time and alarm) on the back were ... alarmingly... loose. The clocks rattled when shaken lightly.

Within three weeks one of the hands fell off the second clock.

While the alarm that I used for three weeks worked fine and seemed to have a good alarm and snooze system, it didn't keep time very well -- that hand was just waiting for its chance to drop off, I think.

I really have nothing positive to say about these clocks. They were a waste of money. I'm surprised to notice the price has gone UP (!) since I bought mine-- I paid 9.99 apiece. I chose them because they were relatively inexpensive.

big easy to read clock face with an alarm that is not too loud, but loud enough to wake you.

The clock kept losing time- it ended up hours slow, sometimes. Clearly not what you want in an alarm clock.