Kikkerland KT18 Penguin Kitchen Timer Review

It does not ring and "does not go off", the buzzer does not work. Also, by trying to get it to work and spinning the dial, I can tell that it would be a very quick (too brief and too soft) noise when it "ringed" on its own, which as a timer in could be used in the kitchen. or for children. Even if it had worked, it probably wouldn't have been heard. I just got it and installed it a few times and it remains perfectly silent when it hits 0 even though the ticking has stopped. Apparently the…

It's cute, loud and pretty easy to use. We used it multiple times a day for 6 months until it recently stopped working. The internal mechanism stops clicking, indicating it has started, and the bell stops ringing. I don't know if that was correct as we used it more as a countdown to sleep, dinner, stop or start activities etc for our little one. It served its purpose while it lasted. Be sure to follow the winding instructions for it to work properly. Overall, this is more of a novelty - a…

I read the reviews and bought it anyway. All in all, oh the penguin is very cute and if you follow the instructions, as several reviews suggest, he will count down, make a clicking noise and ring the bell. My personal problem is the accuracy. As a teacher, I wanted to bring this to school and use it to schedule students' lesson times. That means I only need about 5 or 10 minutes at a time. When I first tried the 5 minute timer it rang after about 2 minutes, kept counting down and just fizzled…