OXO Good Grips Digital Triple Kitchen Timer - Black

Super Cool and Useful TRIPLE Kitchen Timer by OXO. Takes three AAA batteries. Sits nicely anywhere with illuminated backlit digits counting down each of three different alarms. Each timer can count down from 99 hours, 99 minutes, 99 seconds. If you set timer one to 99 hours it will go to 98:59:59: after one second. Each timer has its own continuous alarm, alarm one beeps once, alarm two beeps twice, and alarm three beeps three times. So you can be across the room and know which alarm is going off. When a timer has finished it beeps until you reset it then continues to count positive so you know how long it has been since a timer finished. Operation is "Easy-Peasy" so you can cook and not be fiddling. Comes with batteries so there is nothing else to buy. Backlight times out after a minute but you can still see the digits so you are not left with a blank display. This is just what I needed when running two pressure canners at once. REAL BUTTONS so there is no second-guessing key presses. Priced right so if you were to drop it you can just get another one without panicking. Very happy with my purchase of this TRIPLE Kitchen Timer by OXO.

This is an excellent device. The 3 timers help with complex tasks in the kitchen and can adapt to other timed events. This is my 3rd. I have them in different areas. My only con is the cost has gone up considerably since the last one I bought.

It is nice having three timers going at once. Works well and easy to use.

This was recommended by Cook's Illustrated. In use, it's been a good timer. Being able to key in the time instead of tapping up and down is terrific (could use a backspace instead of having to clear it all). I like that it starts counting up after your time has come up. You can also just count up. Having three different timers going is a bonus when you have a lot of things going. All of these things and what is it missing? An on/off switch. The display darkens, but never turns off. It bothers me. I pull the batteries and put it in the drawer until the next time. That does not make it totally convenient for spontaneous snacks in the oven. I haven't figured out how to get the display to quit being so dark when the timer is running either.

UNUSABLE - CAN'T READ THE DISPLAY EXCEPT WHEN YOU SET IT OR WHEN REMAINING TIME IS ZERO! The facts: The real dimensions are 2.55 x 3.00 x 4.00 inches so much smaller than stated 2.55.x 4.5 x 8.2 inches (that is the package size not the size of the timer itself) The alarm is moderately loud at 88 dba at 12”in any direction and 90 dba at the back of the case The Good: Because the case is prismoidal, the display face is held at an angle that makes it visible when the backlight is on and the timer is sitting on a flat surface. The buttons are a little small but usable and each timer has a memory that can be set to a different time which can be re-initiated without clearing and re-entering the value (by pressing the “memory” button twice (the first time clears the display and the second time re-enters the value in memory for that particular timer). The Bad: THE DISPLAY IS WORTHLESS. It is a white fluorescent or LED backlit 7-segment display which is transparent when the backlight is off. This means that you cannot see the remaining time on the timer without walking over to the timer and pressing a button. When you initially start the timer, the backlight stays on for one minute (which you cannot shorten or cancel) after which it turns off and the timer face is totally black. If you shine a bright flashlight on the display you can see the remaining time and watch it count. This means that you have no idea how long it will be until the timer is done unless you interrogate it by shining a flashlight on the display or pressing a button (any button) at which time the backlight turns on and stays on for a full minute with no way to turn it off. As somebody discovered, the resulting battery life is short (apparently a few weeks with normal use). So at 50 cents for a AAA battery ($1.50 for the required set of three) the operating cost of this timer is $0.50/week or ~$25 per year. So you will pay enough for batteries that you could have bought a few less expensive timers, or a better one, but at least one that shows the remaining time all the time. This one is going back to Amazon.

I used to be able to unconditionally recommend Oxo products. But, after purchasing this timer, that’s no longer the case. I own the previous model and it was a delight to use. Big, easy to press buttons, and a display was easy to see. The new model’s display is hard to read; in an attempt to increase battery life the LEDs are barely visible when the LEDs are off and, when on, the timer on the display’s brightness times out very quickly and the time(s) remaining are very difficult to see. You have to press one of the buttons to illuminate the LEDs each time you want to read them. In the previous model the “0” on the keypad, probably the most used button, was centered below the “8” as on most keypads. On the new model it’s to the right of the “9” and more awkward to use. On the previous model the Clear/Memory button and the Stop/Start button were separate and to the right of the “0” but on the new model the “Start/Stop and “Memory/Clear” buttons are one button and you have to press either the top of the button to select “Start/Stop” or the bottom of the button to select “Memory/Clear”. If you don’t press the top or bottom of the button in just the right place nothing happens, you have to press it again. All this while other things are going on in the kitchen and you need to get to them before something burns. And the new model is longer and its width is about the same, so it takes more space in a drawer, for no increase in functionality. Because of its dark color it's harder to find in a dark kitchen. It also feels flimsier to the touch. It's a big step backwards so I suggest that you look elsewhere for a 3-time kitchen timer. Sad.

Oxo usually hits home runs on most of their products. I've always been pleased with their kitchen tools. So i took a gamble on this new version of their trio timer, despite seeing the other poor reviews here. I use it daily for cooking. It's not even a month old and the display is spoilt. Swapped out fresh batteries - twice ! Still didn't work. When it did work, it was decent. Buttons are well spaced out so even with fat fingers there won't be accidental button presses. I don't like the inverted display. The visibility is not good and when you're not viewing it head on, the digits are fuzzy. The traditional display is way easier on the eyes. This unit is bulky so be sure to measure your usable space. The alarm speaker ain't that loud, so if you're in a really noisy environment, you might find it lacking. The alarm tone is not intrusive; it's a pleasant gentle tone (NOT what you want in an alarm timer) If this actually lasted me a year i would rate it 5/10. But considering it didn't even last a month, it deserves a 1/10. Oxo, you can surely do better

Maravilhoso, prático com 3 opções de timer

Very good timer. Easy to use, clear screen, multiple timers, memory for the time. Only negative is not having the option to stick it to the fridge with magnets.

Un petit et très efficace minuteur dont je me sers souvent pour 3 préparations à la fois. La variante de sonnerie, selon 1-2-3, est un atout et son fonctionnement est suffisamment fort et exact. Remplace plusieurs petits appareils.

This is the best timer I ever owned and better than all the alternatives I saw, so it deserves 5 starts. But it could be even better and I'd be happy to pay a bit more for some improvements. First of all, the light is on only for a short period of time after you press some buttons, and then if any timer has less than one minute left. It would be nice if the light was always on when a timer is running, or at least if a timer has less than 10 or 20 minutes left. I doubt this would change the battery life a lot and, if it did, then the timer should just take an extra battery. Even better, the screens could be e-ink (which are quite cheap nowadays). Another improvement could be having different sounds for different timers. Beeeeep ... beeeeeep for timer 1, beeep beeep .... beeep beeep for timer 2, and beep beep beep ... beep beep beep for timer 3. Finally, it would be nice it the timer were waterproof so it could be easy to wipe it clean.