Elgin 3400E LCD Alarm Clock by GENEVA/ADVANCE CLOCK CO
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Digital camera reviews of Elgin 3400E LCD Alarm Clock
Digital camera Review: Cheap Price, Cheap Quality
Summary: 1 Stars
This Elgin remake of the original Timex 3400T is nothing like the original. (I like the original so much I was hoping to buy another.) Sadly, the quality of this clock is very, very poor. This new design of the 3400T is completely different (worse) -- they should have changed the part number.
I liked the ability to quickly and quietly set a "nap" time in the original. No more! The updated version is much more difficult to set and it beeps loudly every time you press a button.
I am very disappointed. I'd gladly pay three times the price to get a 3400T of the original Timex design.
Digital camera Review: Clock
Summary: 4 Stars
The clock is quite functional, the only issue is that the light is too bright in the dark, making the numbers blurred.Digital camera Review: Elgin 3400 LCD Alarm Clock
Summary: 5 Stars
This product really delivers. It is extremely easy to learn how to use and set and reset alarm times, clock, calendar etc. I have moved to using this alarm instead of my regular alarm clock. The nap feature is an added plus. And the light weight portability is great too. I highly recommend it. The only down side is it does not have multiple alarms.Digital camera Review: Elgin Travel Alarm
Summary: 2 Stars
Unlike some of the other reviewers, my clock seems to keep perfect time. I've had it for several months now and it does not seem to drift.
However, if you actually want to be able to see what time it is you really don't want this clock. In order to see the LCD's, you need to be looking down on the clock from almost directly above it; there is a very narrow viewing angle. You would think that angle would be more nearly face-on, but that is not the case. The backlight does not help. If you're looking for a good travel alarm, I'd say "keep looking".
Digital camera Review: Error in top-rated review
Summary: 1 Stars
Beware the top-rated review! It is reviewing a different clock! It states that the hours and minutes can be set with buttons that move the time up and down. Instead, this clock requires you to go through 23 hours if you accidentally overshoot by one. Worse, if you overshoot the year by one, you have to go through 99 years to get to the correct one.
The clock is also essentially unusable by anyone over 40. Reading glasses will allow you to read the alarm-time digits, but you will not be able to see the alarm-time PM indicator.
Timex, a few years ago, did sell a clock that had the interface described in the top-rated review, with up and down keys and 15-minute fast advance. Why they went back to an interface found wanting in the 1960s is beyond me...