Originally submitted at RadioShack
Stay on time when you travel with this handy travel alarm from RadioShack.
Horrible interface - hard to use
By Scratchie from Boston on 11/10/2011
Pros: Small, Clear Display
Cons: Hard to Set Time, Confusing alarm controls
Best Uses: Prop up a table leg
Describe Yourself: Midrange Shopper
Primary use: Personal
Why is it so hard to find a well-made, easy-to-use travel alarm clock? I thought this looked like just the ticket, but as soon as I took it out of the box, I realized that it was poorly-designed and made. I should return it but I need a travel clock so I'll keep it until I find something better.
First problem: Setting the time and alarm is very difficult. How hard is it to get this right? I've used other RS clocks that have very easy-to-use controls but this isn't one of them.
You have to hold down one button (for time/alarm/date) while simultaneously pressing a different button multiple times to set the time/alarm/date.
You cannot hold down the second button and have it advance. You have to click it multiple times.
You have to mainain a firm pressure on the first button, which is right next to the second button, while you are pressing the second button multiple times. It's very easy for your finger to slip off the first button while you're doing so.
Once you've gotten the alarm and time set, be prepared not to get up the next morning.
This clock features a control I have never seen before in my life. Instead of an "Alarm: On/Off" switch, they have an "Alarm: On/Off/Snooze" switch.
What this means, is that if you turn the alarm "On", like any sane person, and, in the morning, you hit the giant "Snooze" button once, like any sane person, the alarm will not go off a second time.
In order to actually use the giant "Snooze" button, you have to set the Alarm to "Snooze" mode.
Why anyone would design an alarm clock with a giant "Snooze" button, and then program it so that when you turn the alarm "On", the "Snooze" button does not perform a "Snooze" function, is quite beyond me.
100% fail for Radio Shack. I'm glad I didn't buy one of their nightstand clocks to go with this one.
First problem: Setting the time and alarm is very difficult. How hard is it to get this right? I've used other RS clocks that have very easy-to-use controls but this isn't one of them.
You have to hold down one button (for time/alarm/date) while simultaneously pressing a different button multiple times to set the time/alarm/date.
You cannot hold down the second button and have it advance. You have to click it multiple times.
You have to mainain a firm pressure on the first button, which is right next to the second button, while you are pressing the second button multiple times. It's very easy for your finger to slip off the first button while you're doing so.
Once you've gotten the alarm and time set, be prepared not to get up the next morning.
This clock features a control I have never seen before in my life. Instead of an "Alarm: On/Off" switch, they have an "Alarm: On/Off/Snooze" switch.
What this means, is that if you turn the alarm "On", like any sane person, and, in the morning, you hit the giant "Snooze" button once, like any sane person, the alarm will not go off a second time.
In order to actually use the giant "Snooze" button, you have to set the Alarm to "Snooze" mode.
Why anyone would design an alarm clock with a giant "Snooze" button, and then program it so that when you turn the alarm "On", the "Snooze" button does not perform a "Snooze" function, is quite beyond me.
100% fail for Radio Shack. I'm glad I didn't buy one of their nightstand clocks to go with this one.
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