TFADostmann Bingo 2.0 Digital, 60.2552.01, Inverted Display, 2 Alarms, Date and Day of The Week, Including Thermometer, with Light, no Ticking, Radio Clock, W, Black, L 95 x B 41 x H 96 mm

Great little clock. The negative display is very easy to read. All the necessary information are displayed clearly on the screen. Has accurate temperature display. Two alarms. Light is bright. A very good auto light which is great for night time. Great radio atomic clock accuracy. Very easy to use. And it runs on battery! All those features on batteries!No messy cables. Which makes it very portable. Highly recommended.

It’s an alarm clock! But if you get some small design details wrong it will surely bug you or you get up late because the design doesn’t make it obviously when it set or not. This one get it all spot on, great electroluminescent backlight, clear display, 2 alarms, easy snooze and it has that German quality look and feel. All great. It’s radio controlled too, so you don’t ever have to correct the time, not even daylight saving, it just works! Snooze is 5 mins and not adjustable. That could be better, a few options at least would make this the perfect alarm clock!

Nice little alarm clock. Very clear at night. The alarms could do with being a little louder, But maybe it’s me not waking up in the morning .

The time signal for this clock emanates from a source near Frankfurt. However, the range is around 1,500 Kms. At first I thought I would have to accept that the clock would operate in Central European Time and, being in the UK, it would always be an hour out. Not so - they'd thought of that! It took just a couple of minutes to offset the signal by one hour, so that it reads correctly in the UK. Mainland Europeans make seasonal adjustments on the same days that we do, so it will always be accurate.The display couldn't be clearer. Setting the two alarms couldn't be simpler. The robust design and build give the clock a pleasingly chunky feel. This is by far the best alarm clock I've ever owned.

I like that it is weighty despite its small size. Makes it more stable and less likely to get knocked about like a toy. The display is easy on the eye in the dark. The alarm is not too harsh and does not wake you up with the heart pounding, at the same time not so soft that one can sleep through it.

Not easy to set time manually but updates automatically via the radio single st 3.00 a.m.

Good solid Alarm clock. Night light is bright without being over powering in a dark room. Handy function of two independent alarms, the tones of which won't wake you with a jolt!

For the video review search for "TFA Dostmann Bingo 2 0 Feedback Notes & Alarm Clock Design Ideas"Pros:- Bigger display and visible numerals comparing to previous model,- Sturdy, high quality construction,- Reliable (updates time automatically “with a quirk though” - due to the atomic clock being in Germany, meridian 0 is actually GMT +1),- Ease of operation,- Light bright enough to be used in the dark as a torch, (if lost remote in bed or want to go to the bathroom in pitch darkness just press the snooze button)- Pleasant character design that matches the rounded corners design of the clock (not that there was anything wrong with the previous calligraphy style),- Slim profile - being tall doesn’t take much space on a bedside table,(there's a downside to that though, it can be easily knocked over)Cons:1st - deal-breakers- Display is bright in the dark to the point of being disturbing for people who don't like having disturbing lights in the bedroom*** !!! UPDATE !!! Having settled now on the first iteration of the bingo I can say that there isn't much of a difference between the brightness of the two. I am certain though that the pozitive LCD will be disturbing for some. The negative display is almost invisible in the dark especially if not forward facing.***I bought this second iteration of the original Bingo for the very reason that I loved how the numerals were visible in the dark gently while not being disturbing. Unfortunately they did away with the previous sensor settings and now the clock lights up in the dark like a blue glowing rectangle. Really disappointed with this. I can see why they increased the light as there were reviewers that complained that they couldn’t see the clock in the dark. The problem in my view is not the clock but the customer who made the bad choice. Don’t buy a negative display clock that you should have on your bed side table and expect to see it from across the room in the dark !! Some people don’t have common sense.- Not a gentle riser by any means.*** !!! UPDATE !!! I can can confirm it is still too loud. I've sorted out this issue by patching the hole at the back with some blue tac. Luckily the german folks had the speaker sealed in the casing so patching that hole will reduce the loudness dramatically. ***Alarm raising tone is a sudden beeping sound and although the raising alarm tone is quieter than the regular tone it is nowhere near “gentle”. Especially when I wake up in the morning and my senses are rested and reset to the quiet of the night.To have an idea, on a good night’s sleep I can wake up to the sound of my G-Shock watch just fine.Definitely not a gentle riser or for the more sensitive kind, to which I include myself.- Screen is cluttered same as in the original Bingo. No point to having the two alarms displays when they could be accessed by just pressing a button instead.The time is sandwitched in-between the date and the alarms with seconds and other icons thrown in the middle; hardly a minimalistic design. Do a search on amazon for bed side alarm clocks and compare the Bingo 2 with the other offerings and you’ll see what I mean.Could do with a redesign removing the dedicated slots for the alarm times on the display and making them accessible through pushing the bell buttons at the front (on the same space as the clock on the display). Then in order to change the alarm times the front bell buttons operation should be changed to press and hold until the alarm times can be set.- Front setting buttons need to be pressed for three seconds to start the count moving faster; it’s like it has been purposely designed this way to drive you crazy.Identical to the original Bingo this is highly impractical in day to day operation; it shouldn’t take more than 0.5 - 1 second for the counter to start rolling faster.No! I don’t have 3 seconds to wait for the numerals to roll faster. That’s ridiculous!!- Although functional the side alarm activation switches are not the best design choice for the function. The striations are flat and offer no grip for the finger. Strange enough the indentations at both ends of the switch offer more grip which makes things more confusing.- When changing batteries the memory is wiped out and the clock needs to be set again. Not the biggest turn off but it would have been nice if somehow the clock would have kept its memory for at least 30 seconds. Don’t know if that’s impossible to achieve or too expensive to implement or just pure engineering laziness. My 20 year old Sony Dream Machine keeps the time for at least 30 seconds when swapping batteries. And it has a nap timer too.2nd - other quirks- The clock has no more than three visual indicators to let you know that the alarm is actually on which adds to an already cluttered screen (on top of having the alarm times on display at all times).There is a physical indicator which is a hole in the case which changes colour when the flip switch is moved.On the screen there is a square and also a bell with the respective number of the alarm (1 or 2).- Tall & slim design means that the clock is easy to knock over (the advantage being that it has a small footprint on your bedside table as mentioned previously mentioned in the pros).Not a critical issue but loose the battery cover and you will have an alarm clock that bounces around like a penguin. Over long periods of time in households with kids often times I’ve seen battery covers from TV remotes or alarm clocks missing. If you loose the battery cover on this alarm clock then it won't be standing straight anymore.- Not the biggest fan of the big round “alarm bell” and “+” & “-” buttons that don’t integrate well with the overall design and add height to the product. Linear buttons could be used to streamline the product to a more minimalist design. A red linear button could be added in the middle that would serve as a timer button offering a 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 minutes timer.- Snooze button understated and rough around the edges doesn’t blend well with the rest of the design language. Original Bingo had a better shaped Snoose button.- Vertical screen coupled with negative display means that the display is difficult to read from extreme angles during the day at a distanceNot the biggest problem since this is a bedside clock that’s meant to be looked at from close distance and used in the evening and in the morning but worth mentioning for the those expecting to look at it at mid day from across the room. This is a functional bed side table that you'd keep next to your head not a wall clock.- Feels large and chunky (larger than it might seem to look in the pictures).- A screen that would be flush to the surface would give it a more premium feel in the age of smart devices.Feedback notes:The Bingo is a great product overall however I feel that the company is missing an opportunity here by not focusing their negative display alarm clocks at a niece of people who prefer a more gentle product experience. Instead of applying the same setup for all fo the Bingo alarm clocks they could reduce the brightness on the negative LCD versions and add a much lower raising tone than the one they have now on the Bingo 2.Although I haven’t seen this feature on any other AA battery powered alarm clock the addition of an SD card slot so that custom mp3 tones could be loaded would be a big bonus. Don’t know whether this is possible to implement though. I have seen it implemented on several Li-Ion battery powered alarm clocks but some of us prefer AA / AAA powered clocks as we find Li-Ion alarm clocks somehow designed to become obsolete when the battery degrades.A new design re-design that would tilt the screen to 60 degrees and move the alarm setting buttons to the front sides of the clock (making it feel like a PlayStation hand console in hand) instead of the bottom with a more minimalist display layout would be a great addition. A nap timer would be great addition too.I will make some sketches and post some of my own designs online some time in the future and send them to to the company as well because I really like the quality of their products but I'm disappointed with their design and some aspects of fine tuning the products hence this review should be taken as feedback.