Taylor 5849 Four-Event Digital Timer with Whiteboard for School Learning Projects and Kitchen Tasks white

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Exactly what we were looking for our smoker. Easy to set, reliable timer at a good price. It does beep with every plus or minus when setting the time. Read more

This timer is designed to be both hung on the refrigerator or set on a counter. The main reason I only gave this little gem 4 stars was the first time I put it on the refrigerator, the magnet stuck to the frig and separated from the unit. I had to glue the magnet back onto the unit (which was not that hard, but still. . .) Secondly, the unit does not "stick" very well on the frig. The magnets are very small, like less than a quarter of an inch wide, giving the unit only two small connectors to metal, thus tending to create a weak link onto the refrigerator door. I like the fact that when the alarm goes off, it keeps going for quite a while (like until you turn it off), and it keeps track of how long over the time you went. You can set up multiple times for different things which is a feature none of the rest of my timers has. The numbers are not very big, but you can read them if your vision is reasonably good. The little clip board is a mild joke, but you could write a very few words on it. It comes with a battery preinstalled; all you have to do is pull the little plastic piece out of the back, and presto, the unit starts working. You also have to remove the plastic piece on the front that give you the fake numbers, no big deal. It seems to be a good unit so far. The unit makes a kind of weird sound when it goes off, and you can hear it the next room if you have the door open (it's not super loud, but neither is it faint). POSTSCRIPT: Today I noticed that this timer does not have a "second" timer; that is, you cannot set it for 3 minutes and 30 seconds, only hours and minutes. Most of the time that is not a problem, but, like today, I needed a timer that would count down a given amount of seconds. The timer does count down seconds; it is just that you cannot set it for seconds. Read more

I use timers for a lot of different tasks, and need to be able to track 15 minute intervals, 24 hour intervals, and everything in between. I really wasn't that happy with another Taylor model multi-timer, but decided to test out this model. The button configuration is quite different and that makes all the difference. With this timer, there's the obvious advantages of 1) the whiteboard to help keep track of which task is finished, and 2) 4 timers displayed at once. There is also a feature that I haven't seen in other multi-timers - it only takes three button presses to stop the alarm and restart the timer to repeat the previous interval. That is a huge advantage for me. For contrast, a different Taylor multi-timer takes 6 button presses to accomplish the same thing. For some, the inability to set seconds could be a problem, although it is easy enough to work around - to set the timer for 2 minutes 30 seconds, set the timer for 3 minutes then let it run down for 30 seconds and pause it. At that point the timer is ready to go for 2:30. The alarm is loud - very loud. Each timer has its own alarm sound, but I've yet to match alarm sound with the timer, so this feature is meaningless for me. There are not very many timers that can count down 24 hours, but this one can, and that's a huge plus for me. The magnets are not strong enough to hold the timer securely on my refrigerator (an inconvenience that doesn't affect me as I don't keep the timer there, but I test that feature anyway). The whiteboard pen works well and securely attaches to the timer. Read more

I first bought this timer several years ago and it worked until last year. Replaced it 9-1-24 and as of 12-3-25 it stopped working. I could not set the timer or access any "event" at all. Old batteries were fine, new batteries did not help, timer just could not be set. Only worked 15 months. So I got another one but the brand new one had the very same problem. Not happy, but I like this timer, so I returned the new defective timer and requested a replacement. Just got the replacement and it is working as it should at this time. I will update if the replacement fails. Also, the magnets on the back are indeed very weak and will not hold the timer in place. I had to glue tiny button magnets on the back of the timer to hold it in place on my fridge. Only the original timer from years ago had decent magnets. Read more