RiteAlarm 5-1-1 Triple Weekly Alarm Clock (Silver) with Weekday, Saturday and Sunday Alarms, Extended Daylight Saving Time, Automatic Snooze, Simple and Meaningful Buttons, Adjustable Volume, Gentle Sound Pattern, Pushing Backlight and Battery Operated by Rayna Creations
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Digital camera reviews of RiteAlarm 5-1-1 Triple Weekly Alarm Clock (Silver) with Weekday, Saturday and Sunday Alarms, Extended Daylight Saving Time, Automatic Snooze, Simple and Meaningful Buttons, Adjustable Volume, Gentle Sound Pattern, Pushing Backlight and Battery Operated
Digital camera Review: Cheap, especially the snooze button
Summary: 2 Stars
3 alarms are what initially attracted me. I was surprised by the generally flimsy construction. The snooze switch is a disaster. As noted elsewhere, you have to hit it twice quickly to turn the alarm off. The switch on my clock didn't make reliable contact. Sometimes I'd push it so hard I thought it was going to break, but it was still obviously not making electrical contact, since the alarm kept coming back on. No option to keep the display on all the time is a big minus, too.Digital camera Review: Finally!
Summary: 5 Stars
Sometimes I just don't understand why most manufacturers insisting on producing very stupid product. Ask yourself: How often do you get up the same time in weekends as you would do in weekdays? I believe 99% people would reply "Almost never!". Then why most alarm clocks on the market has only one alarm for 7 days? Isn't is annoying when you forgot to reset the alarm on a Friday evening then the next day it goes off at 6am?
Finally someone realize this.
The clock is fairly easy to use and setup, with up/down button you don't have to go around 59 and then go back. Some minor drawbacks:
1 The backlight time is bit too short.
2 No atomic
3 The shape of the clock made it a bit unstable while on the table
Digital camera Review: Good Travel Alarm Clock!
Summary: 4 Stars
I take classes every Saturday. I got tired of changing my alarm clock each weekend and remembering to change it back for work on Monday. I purchased this alarm clock to use on the weekends in order to get to my classes. It is a great little clock, nothing fancy but it does the job. I would recommend it.Digital camera Review: Good idea, but flawed product.
Summary: 3 Stars
Love the three alarm settings. I use the alarm M-F and Sunday (Saturday is turned off). I like that I don't have the set the alarm each night - it's always ready to go. I also like that daylight savings time is automatically handled.
I don't like the double-click necessary to turn off the alarm. There is no indicator letting you know that the alarm is off and not in snooze mode instead. A few times I've double tapped then left the room only to have my wife yelling a few minutes later that the alarm was still going off (oops, still in snooze mode).
Edited 5-26-2009
Clock is not so good anymore.
Gains about 5 minutes every 3 months and I have to reset the time. And now the backlight is not working anymore.
Digital camera Review: Great alarm but cheaply made
Summary: 4 Stars
This would be a great travel alarm. I, however, was looking for a battery powered alarm for every day use. I like this alarm a lot. I like that you can see when the alarm is set for at all times. And I especially like that it has different weekday / weekend alarm settings so I don't have to remember to turn it off on Friday and back on on Sunday night. One of the other things I love about this clock is the alarm sound. It gives you 3 beeps then a long pause, then 3 more, etc. If you don't respond the beeps eventually get louder and more frequent. But I generally find the first 3 beeps enough to wake me up without being too jarring. On the negative side, this alarm is very unstable and knocks over easily/frequently. If you wouldn't mind velcro-ing it to your nightstand or headboard, etc. then it might work for you. Within the first week mine fell off the nightstand and onto the floor and all the numbers faded. I tapped it a little on the other side and they eventually came back though. Now I just sleep with it in my bed. The worst feature about this alarm is turning it off because you have to hit the snooze button twice and sometimes you think it went off but it only went into snooze. If they changed this to a separate alarm off feature this alarm would be great.