I really wanted to love this watch.
I bought this watch for myself and really wanted to love it.  My old talking watch died on me and I needed a quick, economical replacement for it.  This one seemed to meet those criteria.  Sadly, it didn't live up to my expectations.  After less than 2 months, it just plain quit working right.<br /><br />There ARE good points about this watch.  There are 4 diferent alarms to set for time reminders.  I loved that.  It woke me up, alerted me to it being time to get the kids off to school, told me when they would be home soon and let me know when it was time to start getting them ready for bed.  I loved the stopwatch feature.  I was really in love with the date function.  In so many ways, it was everything I wanted.  And then there were flaws...<br /><br />I loathed the watch band.  Looking at the picture, it appeared to be your typical rubbery plastic sport-type band.  But it wasn't.  It's a stiff plastic that really made it a pain in the backside to buckle on my wrist.  And then there's the fact that it's lasted me a mere 6 weeks before dying on me.  I turned off the hourly report feature one nite.  45 minutes later, when I went to check the time, it didn't respond.  It was totally blank.  Ticked off, I set it aside and looked at it the next morning.  It was once again showing time (the incorrect time), but the buttons wouldn't do anything.  No talking.  No resetting the time.  Nothing.  I've never gotten it wet.  It's been taken care of.  And it just died.<br /><br />Now, perhaps I got a bad one.  One of the parts in it just fizzled out.  But when you're visually impaired and your watch dies, you're kinda up the creek without a paddle, so to speak.  If I were you, I would buy a totally different watch.  If you want something cheap?  Independent Living Aids sells a REALLY cheap talking watch for around $7.  It's ugly to look at, but will do the job if you need that.  Or you can spend around double and buy something that looks a whole lite nicer and much better quality to last a lot longer.
Rating: 2 stars