It's a clock. 5 stars would be too much because it's a clock...
357413
It's a clock. 5 stars would be too much because it's a clock. How could I say I "love" it? It is quiet. Now, if it was solar powered and self-setting (atomic) and paid its share of the rent... then I could love it.
2646716
I've had this clock now for about 5 months. It does what it is supposed to. I like the gentle wake feature, where the alarm starts off soft and gets louder. Not so shocking to my system. CD player works fine. Radio works fine. Alarms are easy to set and reset for the next day.
Now the bad stuff - note I bought this knowing it did not have these things but I am hoping Sony is paying attention and will give us a new model!

It really needs a battery backup. We have power flickers a lot up here in Northern New England and I end up having to reset the time and alarms about 4 days a week.
I refuse to spend more money on a UPS than on the clock to fix this.

It also really needs a headphone jack so I can listen to my meditation CDs at night without my hubby having to hear them.

But again, taking the features they list into account, it's a good little machine.
2751255
Why this watch?  I want solar.  I want "atomic" time.  In other words I want a solar rechargeable watch that also sets time from Denver automatically.  Is that a problem?  No.  Did I want analog; not and issue, could go either way, but now that I have it, I like it.

Why not 5 stars?  Because we all want the best possible stuff for as inexpensive a price as possible.  This almost has it all.  If it came in gold tone and I could be reasonably sure it would not fail at 30 feet when doing scuba...and got me dates with bikini clad beach bunnies... then it would be 5 stars.  So you get a sense of the criteria...fairly idiosyncratic?  Me like, anyway.
4384771
Holy mackerel is that display big! It's a great looking clock, both the case/bezel and the face, but passing aircraft were drifting off course as they synchronized they're clocks against it from 30,000 feet, so I had to return it for a more reasonable sized display. If you wear Coke bottle glasses or need to see the time from across a stadium, this is perfect; otherwise, it might just dominate your room.
3756939
I ordered this $30 clock from Amazon and got free shipping.....great!  I was replacing my old $40 clock that'd lasted about 13 years and finally bit the dust.  It hung in the same place all that time and had never missed a beat, but what the battery had died and that was a rare thing. Any idiot can read the instructions to insert a new battery, select the correct time zone, and hang it on the wall. Now, I realize it can take overnight for these things to set correctly and that's fine. This crazy clock seemed to really like 4:00 cause it would occasionally just wind itself round and round to 4:00 and start running from there....regardless what time it was. I tried resetting the time zone a few times and it finally got the darn thing to set correctly....for about 12 hours anyhow. Then it decided to wind itself back to 4:00 and STOP running. Well, another new AA battery and resetting the time zone again got it to running on the wrong time zone for a little while. And THEN the crazy thing starts going round and round. After watching it run about a week's worth of time off, I decided I'd had enough of this crazy clock. I logged onto Amazon and arranged a return. I've not got it to the UPS store just yet, but it's ownership with me will be shortlived. The old clock ran just fine in that spot for over a decade, so I know the signal hit it just fine. I think it's just another case of crappy Chinese imports taking over our markets.
3719279
I bought this clock about 8 weeks ago. It would be nearly perfect for me except for one major thing (although it *might* just be a 'bad' clock I got, and not an issue with every one):

The buttons on the top of my clock are *EXTREMELY* touchy.  If you even just lightly brush or even just blow on the 'Nap' or 'Snooze' buttons, it engages that function.  And now, as a further symptom of that same 'touchiness', when my radio alarm turns on, it will turn itself off and back on at random intervals in the hour it is supposed to run.  Yikes.  So, now I need an alarm clock I can trust, and don't have the box or receipt to return this one, so I have to eat it.

I also noticed as some other folks did that it only picks up the strongest radio stations without a static hiss, no matter how I arrange the power cord.

If I didn't have the button issue, and the intermittent alarm issue, I would give it a '5' at the price.
1877573
I love the clock because it really speaks to me and how I want to live my life, but it arrived with a small chip on the right hand lower corner and it does not keep the correct time.  Overnight it will lose an hour.  I did not buy the protection package with it so I will have to try and find one to fix it on my own.  I would buy it again because I love the clock itself, just can't rely on it for the correct time.
568241
The looks are boxlike otherwise otherwise it could have earned the 5thstar as well. Ability to change time automatically with DST is a cool feature.
Drawback with this clock is that it does not work in India or Europe where the power supply is 50 Hertz instead of 60 Hertz (as here in US). I believe a cautionary notice to this effect should be posted by the manufacturer.
852228
While it is a nice clock, it is supposed to be atomic as in self setting and self adjusting.  I had to set it.  Tomorrow I will adjust it for  the time change. Again, nice clock.  Just not what I wanted or as described.
2871526
Clever clock tells time in five minute intervals (no 10:58 for you). It works well, but is extremely bright, I mean lights up my downstairs at night when all the lights have been turned off. While the description clearly states it is an 8" by 8" clock, I was still expecting something bigger, that's clearly on me, not the company, but still I was disappointed when I opened the box. The clock does not run on batteries so it must be located near an outlet, however it can be configured to stand on a table or hang on a wall. Did I mention how bright it was, I really can't overstate the output of lumens here. Still I like the clock enough to keep it in use.
45336
Had this for a few weeks now, and I can say it's adequate for my mom. Unfortunately, it's got a couple quirks that keep me from wholeheartedly endorsing it. It's not an atomic clock, which means it will not synch itself after a power outage. Yes, it does have a battery to maintain time in power outages, but we all know those batteries will eventually die out and we won't know they're dead until after the outage. It also means that twice a year, you have to manually change the time, and that has to happen on a day when the time change is already stressful to some folks.

In addition, I don't know why the "a.m." and "p.m." are so small. Why not keep it simple and put a big "AM" or "PM" or even a big "A" or "P" there so you can read it from across the room. And the same thing for the date.

Not a lot of comparable options out there, and this clock will suffice, but it's seriously over-priced for the quality you get and the lack of atomic option.
4942640
The hands stuck at 3:15 and the clock stopped at that time. Shipping seamed at little high, but it is what it is. Also when searching for a clock this particular clock only said "Large Clock" I did not know how big the clock was really going to be. Is there a standard size for a "Large Clock"?
Aside from that, the clock looks nice.
4103769
In love with my new clock. Can't look at it enough.
3156034
It keeps good time, as I expect of a quartz crystal clock.  The face is highly visible, and the ringer (bell) makes a lot of noise when it rings.  I really needed that, because I do not hear the high frequencies put out by many  other electronic alarm clocks.  The only annoyance is that the clock is slightly unstable, probably because the center of gravity is high because the two bells on top are relatively heavy compared to the otherwise light clock.  As a consequence,  if I bump the clock,  like when I am trying to turn it off after reaching over from my bed, it may topple over.
3178769
It doesn't keep time.  It's neat and retro but doesn't tell time.  It's more of a Kit-Cat decoration.  :/
960949
What more could anyone ask for in a clock?  My only negative is that the projected time is sometimes hard to decipher with the particular seven segment LEDs that are used.
1736261
Oh the instructions!  Submit them to McSweeney's, someone, please.  My life might suddenly resolve itself into a logical, lesson-bearing picture book if I could unlock the meaning behind the Geartronic cohen, "Keep dropping down from floors, in case there is any broken."

I bought this $10 clock because I wanted to be able to know the time in the time zone of the place where I am at the moment I choose to consult the clock. I had the perhaps unreasonable expectation that the time would always be displayed on the face of the clock.  Evidently, it was my own idiosyncrasy. I struggled with deciphering the method for getting the display to stay constantly on, but eventually discovered it (press only the DOWN button on the back of the clock until you see the display --:SD, then press the SET button).  I'm about to undertake changing the Celsius display to Fahrenheit, though I'd prefer not to see the room temperature at all, and instead see just the time displayed, all the time, and only the time, displayed on the the clock. Constantly.

And really, I don't even need am or pm distinctions because (and maybe this is just some talent unique to me), it's rare that I'm confused about whether it's morning or night.  On those occasions when it's happened, I didn't expect a consultation with a clock to resolve the matter.  Nor did it.  So, it would be nice if digital clockmakers dispensed with making clock users round that extra cycle of numbers when setting the clocks.

Anyway, the clock was cheap, so I guess there isn't a whole lot of room for complaint.  I did figure out how to make it do what it's meant to do (display the time), so I guess three stars is fair.