Product review (4 stars): Very nice but the temps seem off
This clock would be so much nicer if the LCD back light stayed on longer than 5 seconds. It looks so good in the picture, its just a shame that's not reality. As it is, the clock gets harder to read from just a few feet away, and I definitely can't see it at all from across the room. It gets even worse if the room is dimly lit or if I don't have all the lights on.  I think I might be able to tape the button down and have it stay lit all the time. It's supposed to go out after 5 seconds, but if I keep the button pushed, the light stays on, so I'm going to experiment with tape or jamming the button down somehow.

The auto setting feature never worked for me so I had to do it manually, but it was easy enough. The instructions are well written, but the fonts are really small. The set includes a companion unit that's supposed to go outside, and the clock's display can then show 2 different temps, one for indoors and one for outdoors. I had the outdoor unit right next to the clock for a day, and the two readings on the display were off by a few degrees. How can that be if they're just inches apart; shouldn't the temps be identical? It makes me question the accuracy of the thermometer.

I like the clouds and sunshine icons on the upper right of the display; they're very pleasing to the eye. The digits for the time are nice and large too. This would be ideal for a desk, or maybe the kitchen. But it only runs on batteries, with no AC option.  The batteries aren't included, by the way. But the packaging is frustration free, and looks plain but nice. The buttons on the back are hard to use by feel alone, so you have to pick up the clock and turn it over to make use of them. The build quality is quite nice and feels sturdy. Nice quality materials too.  I like it a lot but the back lighting issue and questionable temps keep me from loving it more.

I was given this free in exchange for an honest review.