This is the third clock I bought at the same time after suffering, if it can be called that, with a bunch of clocks that just didn't work. Apparently there is a finite amount of time a battery clock will work even with new batteries. But the old ones did last for years. I use this one on the porch, the only place in the house from where some clock was not visible.
The cost of all three of the clocks I bought was less than that of just one elsewhere.