With a side-mounted 3-speed slide switch the alarm can be switched off completely, set low or high volume.
I feel the high volume to be sufficient to be perceived even in the kitchen. Whether I can hear the alarm from other rooms still interested with personally do not, because I do not think that it has been built for.
When I press one of the three memory buttons for about 2 seconds, I can enter fixed times and then call with one touch and start using the start button also.
If I want to delete a displayed time, I have to press the second and minute buttons simultaneously. I can do this now only with a thumb.
A once started timer time I can with the Start / Stop Button (S / S), stop and continue to run again if circumstances so require.
The device can only be done normally by the batteries (2 x AAA) be removed. The set times are then retained only for about 15 seconds. That's enough to talk but flagging batteries. Is it more normally go the set memory times lost.
Because I have the device only for a few days, I can not say anything about the power consumption.
During a running timer, the S / S button once every 4 seconds blink.
During the last minute passage of time, every 2 seconds and in the last 10 seconds before every second. That's not a bad thing because I was so visually localize the S / S button faster.
The times can only count up when adjusting. Usually it is better to delete it and then re-adjust.
The adjustment effort towards a mechanical kitchen timer is a bit higher. For the device in other respects is more convenient.
The 2 magnets to fix the unit on flat metal surfaces, work very well in my freezer. On slightly curved surfaces do not keep them. On another metal surface in the household the device from slipping down slowly. It seems to be dependent on the material, whether it holds or not. At the magnet, it can not be, because if you want to solve in 90 ° angle the device, you realize how strong the magnets.
One reviewer has made the proposal, file off the protruding magnetic tubes (plastic) so that the magnets have direct contact with the metal surfaces. I think that's a good idea, but not tried it.
The protective film on the screen stay tuned with me, for impact protection.
