Intermatic TB121C Digital Tabletop Lamp and Appliance Timer
by Intermatic
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Intermatic TB121C Digital Tabletop Lamp and Appliance Timer
Customer Review: Good for lamps but check your appliance first
Summary: 4 Stars
As someone else mentioned note that this timer supports TWO-PRONG PLUGS ONLY. Its socket has little tabs to try to keep people from stuffing in a grounded plug and this is what they should do because not properly grounding something that expects to be grounded can be dangerous.
Also of note is that it has a backup battery, which is good, I just wanted to mention as an FYI that it is a single LR44 "watch battery" which is very common. They are expensive in blister packs at strip mall chain electronic stores, but you can get them for a fraction of that price here on Amazon and although not US name brand so far the ones I've tried seem okay for the price.
Customer Review: Will buy another one, but...
Summary: 4 Stars
I wanted a timer on a cord, and this is one. It has a clear, larger display. And setting the two on/off times is almost intuitive. (You need not use both settings.) Unit is quiet, unlike some cheap mechanical timers. And I liked the price.
Here's the slight catch. One would expect that you plug your lamp (or whatever) into the timer. Unfortunately, you plug the lamp into the back of the timer's wall plug. This necessitates pulling out any furniture further from the wall so as to not crush the plugs. I can see that Intermatic designed this setup to avoid (among other things) another set of messy wires on your end table.
I will buy another one.
Customer Review: Just what I wanted
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this timer to turn a light on and off at specific times of the day - a task for which it is extremely well suited.
Only Complaints....
Only accepts two prong plugs.
You have to have an end time for whatever appliance you want turned on and off. You can't just say turn on at 11, you also have to specify when it should turn off (not a big deal for most things but it can be inconvenient)
Unit is easy to use and read. Slightly pricier than other timers but I would definitely recommend it.
Customer Review: A nice timer for appliances
Summary: 4 Stars
I searched high and low for a coffee maker with a timer that had across the board good reviews. I gave up and attached my old Mr. Coffee to this device. It is now telling me that the batteries are low, and I am not sure if they are designed to kick in when there is a power outage or if batteries are necessary to run the thing. It was intuitive to program, even before I had my coffee.Customer Review: Simple to use and it does what it's supposed to do. Easy!
Summary: 4 Stars
This was the only "tabletop" kind of timer I could find. It's great because you can easily change the timer on it without crawling down behind your couch or whatever. It's super easy to use, really straightforward, and has a big display. I really like it way more than my other ones that have a million functions I never use. So far so good (I've had it about a year).