ZassenhausMagnetic Retro Kitchen Timer, Classic Mechanical Cooking Timer (Cream)

Looks nice hanging on frigid. A bit hard to read because of tiny numbers/letters. Easy to set, keeps time well, loud enough to hear even I a different room.

(UPDATED REVIEW) Given some of the reviews i'd read here, I was really concerned that I may not be receiving an authentic Zassenhaus timer with steel construction. My order arrived this afternoon, and I was very relieved that it is almost exactly as the photo/description. As another review mentioned, this is not a full 60-min timer; but rather, a 55-min timer. That's really not an issue for me. As for the ringer, it sounded a little quiet when I held it in my hand but—once magnetised to my frig—it's amplified and perfect in volume! I'm just SO HAPPY to have a new retro timer in this exact style, IN WHITE, to replace my old one. Dear Zassenhaus: I hope you will continue to manufacture this classic model in all colours (including WHITE)! Thank you!

Unfortunately, the return policy on this supposed marvel of German engineering is only 30-days. There's no place on the Zassenhaus website to contact them to complain or request help for this little timer. I realize it's only twenty-two bucks.The instructions are very clear. Wind the thing up to the full hour and then back to the time you want to set. Even after doing that, about one in three times, the ticking stops and if your kitchen is dead silent (like any kitchen worth it's salt is ever quiet), you discover that it's just gone to sleep. Sometimes if you tap the thing in the middle it leaps to life (but only for a few minutes, when you've moved on to whatever's in the frying pan... and it stops again).If I could get in touch with the company, it would be a no-brainer. But, the combination of the defective product and no way to get help - I'd save my money if I were you. Sure it's pretty... but I still have to use my iPhone to bake my granola. And that app came free with the phone.Any Zassenhaus support people out there reading this? Why not contact me and make this right... I won't set the timer while I wait...

Actually bought this for training our cat! She demand-meows for her dinner starting an hour an a half before dinner time every night. So I decided to incorporate a sound cue to hopefully let her know when it’s time. I hoped over time she would associate “sound = dinner” rather than “begging the human = dinner.” I decided to use a kitchen timer because anyone in the house (including a pet sitter) can easily set it without having to look through their phone to play a specific alarm sound.I wanted one that would look somewhat nice in the kitchen and specifically not have an annoyingly loud ring - the reviews for this mentioned it wasn’t too loud, so I went with this one. I just set it to go off around roughly the cat’s dinner time every night in the kitchen.Pros:• It makes a loud ring that’s loud enough to hear throughout both floors of the apartment (and will scare you if you’re standing near it when it goes off) but I wouldn’t say it’s like, ear-piercingly loud. Just a normal kitchen timer volume that sounds like a vintage phone bell ringing. I feel like reviews saying it’s too quiet might not be turning the dial all the way past 55 first before setting it as it instructs.• Timer is pretty accurate• Love the green color and it looks classy in the kitchenCons:• Forget the magnet use, it sticks to the front of our fridge, but it slides down the sides. And even if it does stick, the magnet is too weak to be able to turn the timer with one hand - the whole thing just spins so you have to hold it in place with your other hand anyway. Which is a shame for it being $25 and advertised as magnetic.• It ticks pretty audibly like a toaster oven the entire time it’s set. Which means I’d never set it for more than a few minutes or the ticking would drive me crazy. I’m also imagining the cat will get riled up over time as she realizes the ticking = food imminent, but we’ll see. It also makes a few small “dings” when you’re trying to set it.Overall, it looks nice and the timer is accurate, and the ring isn’t too loud. I just don’t think there’s anything about it that would make it worth $25, especially since the magnet feature doesn’t even really work.

I was all set to return this item. Decided to call my local high end cooking/small appliance store that also carries this item, only more expensive. I told them that I adjusted timer to 5 minutes and barely heard it ring at the end. She laughed and said you have to wind it all the way to the 55 then turn back to desired time you need to have it on. Following her directions it worked perfectly!!!

Sturdy metal in bright red color. Solid and feels like it will hold up for a long time!

You will need to hold the base to ratchet the time on a refrigerator. Visually pleasing unit that is functional in the kitchen daily. You can take the top off and re-adjust the numbers if necessary. Don't force it counter clockwise.

I ordered this timer because I liked the look and the fact that it is magnetic. It does look great. The first one I received had no timer hand and the top was falling off. Replacement came very quickly. Second one failed to work properly with a week or so. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not. Unreliable, which is no good for baking or anything really. Got a standard countertop timer instead. Too bad; I really like the looks of the Zassenhaus.

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I ordered this timer in April and by August it stopped working! Not good enough for a product I don't even use all that often...

Fina färger och välja på och för min mamma, som fick denna, väckte det lite nostalgi.

Nachdem das vorherige Modell nach ein paar Jahren kaputt gegangen war (das Innenleben ist leider teilweise aus Plastik und nutzt sich ab), die gleiche Variante wieder gesucht und gekauft.Das Design ist einfach zu schön.Diesmal klingelt die Uhr auch nach der richtigen Zeit (das alte Modell hatte immer eine halbe Minute vorher bereits geklingelt).Seit 1,5 Jahren im Einsatz :-).

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