Review on Time Your Cooking Perfectly with the FCXJTU Digital Dual Kitchen Timer - Count Up/Down, Stopwatch, Magnetic Back and More! by Jamie Hyatt

This review is for the YS316 with separate 0-9 buttons. This timer does its job exactly. The large display is easy to read. The buttons are well placed to avoid accidentally pressing more than one button at a time. It's great that it uses a pair of inexpensive AAA batteries instead of a button cell. The countdown accuracy is up to 9 hours 99 minutes. But the user interface could be improved. Alarm clock is very loud on high setting unless the back of the timer is closed. The switch on the side allows you to turn down the volume or turn off the beep. I like the red LED that flashes when the alarm goes off, even when the alarm is off. When I bought the timer I intended to wear it on a cord around my neck, but that turned out to be impractical. The timer comes with a short cord loop so you can hang it from a hook or strap, for example, but unfortunately the buttons only work with a very light touch and there's no audible response. Therefore, unless the timer is placed on a solid base, it is vulnerable to accidental button activation. This happened to me repeatedly when trying to wear it on a lanyard; in the end I gave up. I am annoyed by the lack of a beep or other feedback when I touch one of the timer's buttons. So I have to look at the display during setup, start and stop to make sure I'm pressing the right buttons. The power button could also be improved: it stops the timer and dims the display if you press it for three seconds, but then you have to press it again for three seconds to turn the display back on. I don't understand why a long hold is required to turn the device back on after turning it off. So the timer gets the job done and is easy to use once you understand that the interface isn't ideal. I use it daily (resting on my desk) and will continue to do so.