Secura 60-Minute Visual Timer 6-Inch Mechanical Countdown Timers for Teaching, Meeting, Cooking, Working – Timer for Kids with Magnetic Backing, Foldable Legs, Hanging Hole (Blue)

Effective
At first, I read all the other reviews about the ticking and thought, oh heck no. Thankfully, before moving on to something else I read a review that had a positive opinion of the ticking. I have ADHD and no sense of time and I got this timer for staying on task. I’ve used timers on my phone before, but the problem with silent timers is, somewhere during the 15 or whatever minutes I’m supposed to be staying on task, I forget I’m even in a task lol. The ticking of this timer reminds me I’m supposed to be working on something and have a limited time to do it. I stay focused and work faster/ more efficiently, too, because it becomes kind of like a race/game. 🙂 I suppose the sound might be distracting if i was using it for work to write a paper or something, but I’m using it for chores, etc. and general time management. An added bonus, we go through so many batteries in this house already, it’s nice to have something that doesn’t need batteries!!! So the price you’re paying for the timer is the real price, and you don’t have to consider additional future cost of batteries to operate it.

Great timer, especially for little guys!
I didn’t anticipate leaving a long review for what seemed like a simple little timer but we LOVE this timer. It’s been a game changer in our family. We used to have a 2 year old who protested every single nap and bedtime but since we started using this timer, he knows exactly when it’s coming and actually maximizes the play time he has left and goes to bed relatively happily after it goes off. We use it any time we’re having trouble with transitions (coming in the house, leaving someone else’s house, etc) and it helps immensely. It’s the perfect size, works great, and is laid out like a clock which we wanted for educational purposes. The magnet is strong, we usually keep it on the refrigerator, and the stand for a counter or table is great too. What a wonderful product.

Died just after return window expired.
Unit does not wind or run. Do not buy it. It stopped working days after return window expired.

Maybe for home or a calmer classroom?
My students nearly destroyed this in the first few days of having it in class. It was a small behavioral needs classroom and they were definitely still struggling with respecting other people’s things and playing way too rough when they knew it wasn’t a rough play toy but a lesson aide.For my own studies, I’ve had luck with a smaller pomadoro flip timer with a dial read out and color countdown bar, but even if it’s got the volume up I’ll sometimes forget it’s there. This is painfully loud and startling, so you definitely couldn’t ignore this and it’s hard to stop one it goes off. So it lost a star for the abrasive bell and difficult stopping it, something that can be a huge interruption in class.I think if you have space for this or a classroom that doesn’t throw things, and you/your students don’t jump at harsh alarms, then this could be great. It seemed a little off, as in slow one use but fast the next, even with fresh batteries, but I don’t think that it’s a major impact for most things. Still, lost a star there as it was the only option I had for a benchmarking assessment day and had to figure out if it was fast or slow which made it all the more stressful.These are my pros and cons, decide for yourself but double check the seller because some won’t return or exchange a broken in the box clock as a colleague of mine discovered.

Clock is great, visual is super useful, just a bit loud …

Minuteur assez grand parfois visuellement.Évitez les crises pour la fin d’une activité, ou temps d’écran, permet à l’enfant de connaître son temps pour jouer ou se préparer, permet à tout le monde d’être plus zen sans mettre la pression. Idéal et permet à l’enfant d’être acteur de son temps sur sa journée ☺️