Oregon Scientific RM313PNA_BL Model RM313PNA Projection Atomic Alarm Clock, Indoor Thermometer, HiGlo Electro-luminescent Backlight, Crescendo Alarm with Snooze Function, Blue

My very significant other bought me this clock for a present, many years ago. It survived a number of generations of felines, who playfully used the a/c cord for a toy.Cats think that anything that moves is fair game, including my toes.However, after more than 20 years, the original clock hit square on the very top, which houses the button to snooze, or turn on the night display light, etc. It did not survive. So I researched buying another one.Emailing my plight to the people at Oregon Scientific - the manufacturer - I asked if they had a repair service. They did not, but would give me a discount to buy a new one from their web site.Too bad their ethics are not as good as their products.Naturally, I searched for this, and other atomic-synched clocks, and found that Amazon sold the very same, newly updated - to include inside temperature - clock, which looked identical to the one which the cats decided had lasted long enough.Even better, Amazon charged much less than the manufacturer would have charged, had they kept their word and offered a discount. So I saved a bunch of money, while replacing my all-time favorite alarm clock with a brand new, complete with inside temperature, atomic-synched clock. A push of a button will put a display of the time on your ceiling, or wall, as well as light up the front display. And the accuracy cannot be beat, as it truly does synch to the atomic clocks, just like most Windows PCs do.I can now sleep in peace, knowing that this alarm clock will not fail to wake me - in increasingly louder chirps - when I must get up in the morning, and that I can see how long it is taking me to get to sleep, because of the bright and clear display.It's a great clock, and it's time you treated yourself and maybe your kids, too. After all, the blue one is in a nearly clear case, so the kids can see the inner workings of this neat little, functional toy.

I had my first of these from 09- 2016. I replaced it with a 2nd, which is just now showing signs of starting to have issues projecting the time.Pros:Super easy to useLots of display options like date, inside tempVery easy to tell what time the alarm is set forProjects on the ceiling so you don't have to roll over to.look at the clockCons:For some reason the clock takes about a week after a time change to finally set itself. This may be a function of where it is in the house. Luckily, the timezones are easy to switch to compensate

I got this for my husband so he could easily see the time at night. I have an identical model (although mine is silver), but sometimes after I toss and turn, part of my pillow ends up hanging over the edge of the bed and covers up the beam heading to the ceiling - so now we have the time projected on the ceiling on both sides of our bed. The red light is easy on the eyes so you're not assaulted by light if you just want to know what time it is in the middle of the night. The battery back-up feature has saved our bacon more than once when night time storms have knocked out the power. We're never late to work. I love the big snooze button that gives you 8 more minutes to get a few more moments of shut-eye. I wish the front display was also red instead of blue. Blue is pretty - but way too bright in the middle of the night and in a dark room. The buttons are very easy to set and easy to press. A really well-designed alarm clock.

This is the third of these clocks we have purchased. I guess we keep buying them because they tend to work for a while and it is a great idea in theory. The $15 price tag makes them semi-disposable and I have to admit that the alarm function works as described and has never failed. The issue is mainly with the projection. They usually work great for the first few months, but after a while sections of the projection begins to fail and within the space of a year or two there isn't enough of the projection visible to be able to decipher the time. Also only works in a fairly dark room. If you have a bedside light with a bulb over 40 watts you probably won't be able to see the projection on the ceiling until you turn the light off. Still, in the middle of the night it's pretty cool to be able to glance up at the ceiling without having to fumble for your glasses or roll over and look at the nightstand to check the time.All that said, it had been a couple years since we purchased our last atomic clock and it was time to replace the current one. When we received our clock this time there were a few changes. The casing feels a bit lighter (more cheaply made) and the digital display is not as bold. The numbers and text are a bit smaller/harder to see than the previous model. Could have lived with that, but when we plugged it in and turned on the projection...this clock projected the time UPSIDE DOWN from the previous two units we've owned. Makes it really hard to read the time. You'd have to turn the clock to face the wall next to your bedside to see the time projected right side up...but the problem with that is that there is a slight angle to the projection and the time is now projected on the wall instead of the ceiling.Sending this one back!