Digi 1stT-820 99 Minute Handheld Countdown Timer Black

Use this during firearms training. Easy to use. Great quality and price. Highly recommend.

Worked fine for the 1st month. Now the timer does not beep when it reaches zero, rendering the countdown device useless for my needs. Exceeded the return date. Into the garbage it goes.Correction: just found the manual. Looks like there is a way to enable/disable the beeping. Changing rating to 5 star.

Perfect for my needs...super easy to use.

I bought this because my wife said she needed a decent countdown timer for her cooking and the previous timer we bought (from a different company) had to be returned because it just did not work well. This timer, on the other hand, seems easy to use, has a repeating alarm and is loud enough to actually hear.There are only four buttons on the timer, two to set the countdown time (minutes and seconds), one to start the timer and one to reset. All works well and I would have given this timer 5 stars except for three issues. The first is that the timer only goes to 99 minutes and 59 seconds so if you need to time something for 2 hours or more you have to do it with sequential timings, the second is that the speaker is on the reverse side of the timer and thus if you hang this around your neck you need to have the back side facing out or you may not hear the timer. The third is related to the second issue. The control buttons are very sensitive and, because the timer has to have its back facing out to be heard, the buttons rest against your shirt if you hang it around your neck. If you accidentally bump it you are likely to press one of the buttons and affect the timing. I have accidentally stopped the timer and only noticed when I thought the timer should have expired, but I had not heard any sound.These issues are a bit annoying, but not too much of a problem if the user is aware of them and treats the timer carefully. Given those conditions I think that the timer is a great buy at the price.

I work part-time for an airport shuttle service, and we have a policy where, once you pick up passengers at the airport, you have two minutes to remain before you close up and head back to the parking lot. A number of our shuttles' display timers don't seem to work, so I decided to pick this up as an individual, on-person remedy for them not working. I prefer to attach the timer to my belt loop by way of a retractable key ring-type device, and I was able to modify the device to fit that profile with no issues (I just removed the two screws that keep the case together, removed the rope, and replaced it with a small split-ring key ring. I attached that to my retractable.). No performance issues with it. I just set it for a 2-minute countdown and off it goes. When you reset it, even if you turn it off, the next time you turn it on, it's ready to go with whatever duration you last set it for (in my case, 2 minutes).

As I said this is a lousy product. Save your money. Go to one of the kitchen supply stores to get your timer. They boast a new design with a front facing speaker for louder sound. The speaker (buzzer) is of the piezo type and not a speaker at all. It is not loud at all.

Best countdown timer. I use this as a USATF Certified official for high jump. It's great because it's easy to set time for 1, 2, 3, and 5 minutes and beyond and begin the countdown. I don't have worry about how much time an athlete has left. It's crystal clear. I have purchased several and given then away to other officials. Highly recommend if you need a countdown timer. It also has an alarm that keeps when time is up.

I am on my second of these. It is perfect as a countdown counter. It has an alarm function that you can silence. Is easy to set. It actomatically goes back to the last time you set. Why only 3 stars? My first started locking up about a month into ownership. If I remove the battery for 8 hours it starts working again but locks up within a couple of hours of use. So far the second one is behaving.