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- Atomic Accuracy: The Atomic clock has a built-in receiver that automatically synchronizes itself with the WWVB radio broadcast by the US Government’s National Institute (NIST) in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Atomic Clock will always be accurate to within one second as it receives daily WWVB updates.
- Wireless Outdoor Sensor: The Wireless outdoor sensor (included) transmits the outdoor temperature to the Atomic Wall Clock. The sensor can be placed anywhere within 100ft of the receiving unit. The wireless technology means no wire installation is necessary. Note: The wireless sensor is included in the box, separate from the clock.
- Jumbo 3” Tall LCD Time Display – Easy to Read, Easy to Use, Easy to Set up – Use as either a wall clock, or as a desk clock with integrated stand. Perfect for anyplace in your home.
- Displays indoor and outdoor temperature – Displays calendar and day of week
- Battery powered: Main unit 3 x AA batteries – Sensor 2 x AAA batteries (not included)
DavidCW –
I’ve always been a fan of digital watches (Casio, Seiko etc.), so it was a natural choice to buy a digital wall clock. Having the date, and indoor / outdoor temperature is a bonus.
I followed the setup instructions to the letter, and annoyingly, the outdoor temperature displays for around 5 seconds, then disappears for around 10 seconds. This is why I’ve given the four stars.
Other than that, very happy.
Denise Cook –
Está bien bonito, el único pero que podría tener es que ocupa 4 pilas alcalinas el reloj y 2 el sensor exterior de temperatura pero vale la pena
Amazon Customer –
Good:
It is a very handsome clock with large easy to read numbers.
Once set it remains accurate.
The batteries last for years.
Bad:
It took a long while to synchronize with WWV. I had to try several locations in my home before I found one that worked.
The temperature thing is really an annoyance rather than a feature.
It does not have the ability to auto change with daylight savings time so it has to be manually changed.
Bev –
Bought this clock to replace a Lacrosse Technologies clock that started receiving obviously incorrect temperatures from its outdoor sensor. I like the large numbers on the display and I’ve had it for a month or two now and it thankfully hasn’t given me any reason to doubt its outdoor temperature readings.
Obakasan –
Good: Setup was indeed easy. The time numerals are large. Having both indoor and outdoor temps somewhat nice, and when I tested how close the temperature sensors agreed (the internal and external unit) they matched (I have had some remote temp units be off by up to 3 degrees). Units were tested by keeping remote right next to clock and comparing temp readings (they should be the same). Found unit easy to prop on table and to hang. Has so far managed to keep synced with time signal. Takes 3 cells to run, not sure how long they will last.
The not so good: LCD background a bit dark, making digits and text hard to see even in a well-lit area (poor contrast). Also the temp and date characters are a bit thin and not easy to make out unless I’m relatively close to the display. Rather heavy black frame can make it look imposing and may contribute to the “darkness” feeling of the display. I like black accents but would have liked to have had lighter frame color options.
Biggest gripe is the lack of a seconds display so in a manner of speaking the time readout can be almost a full minute off which makes it hard to set my other watches and clocks to this one. This may not be an issue to some, but there are situations where on the dot time is pretty much required (just ask my bus driver who is held to an exacting schedule, or one of my former jobs where we could be docked for being 1/100 of an hour off [made it easier for timekeepers to deal with than 1/60…] or in other words being 59 seconds off was NOT good enough for Government work).
Summary: Does the job pretty well despite limitations. The price was fair (but shop around), and was the best of the limited options I could find both on line and in stores. Being a known name brand I’m expecting it to hold up well. Would feel okay giving as a gift. I’d give it an overall grade of “B” at this time. Time will tell (pun intended).
Vickie Helmick –
Works well. Just not real bright and no light for after dark which makes difficult to see
Amazon Customer –
Love the fact that it was so easy to set up compared to the last one we had. It is on our wall and we can check the weather and time. when ever we want.
Warthog –
This was bought for my husband. He likes that it never needs setting and that includes daylight savings time. He doesn’t like that it doesn’t have a lit background since he wanted to put it in the bedroom.
Marco Antonio Basurto Arellano –
I did get a replacement from Sharp, however, I had about a 4 hour trip to USA to pick up the replacement clock. I feel it would be very reasonable if you would refund me about half of the cost and the total was 98.02.
Ida
Amazon Customer –
Sometimes the time just goes wonky with no explanation. I prop it against a West facing window overnight and so far, the next morning, it is back to normal. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to this behavior.
Andrew K. –
This clock was so easy to set up and it looks great. It took a couple of hours to sync with the national clock. The remote sensor pairs and works well with the clock but not with rechargeable lithium batteries but with alkaline batteries it is fine. I like it so much I’m thinking of ordering another for upstairs.
Ida –
Auto time sync doesn’t work in Indian
Amazon Customer –
I could not recommend anyone buy this product as the price is not even close to the build quality of the product even without all the issues I am suffering from the unit I received.
This product was sold to me as an Atomic clock, unfortunately it is only an atomic clock if you live in the USA as you will see from photo 4 the Time Zones you set are only based on USE time zones and phot 1 shows you it will only set to WWVB radio broadcast by the US Government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology in Colorado.
The unit I received was a pre-used clock although I paid full price of a new clock (you can see this from the scratches seen in photo 4 and 5).
Also despite the set up notes on the box stating that the sensor takes 2xAAA batteries it actually takes 2xAA batteries (photos 2 and 3). There is also no way to hand the sensor outside unless you wrap the sensor in wire or string?