Sharp SPC309C LCD Backlight Alarm Clock (Silver)

• 0.9-inch LCD display
• Silver and titanium-colored case with lighted display
• Features alarm, snooze, temperature and day/date displays
• 4.75 x 1.5 x 2.75 inches (W x D x H)
• Two year limited warranty

This clock looks good and has a nice feature set, but while it may make a nice travel clock (if your cell phone won't do) it's really not suitable for regular use.

* While the time is displayed in nice large numbers, the contrast is low and the display is hard to read in all but the brightest light. The display is set comparatively deep within the bezel and tends to chop off the right side of the last seconds digit, unless you view it fairly straight on. The date and temp are small, and can only be read from fairly close up.

* As others have noted, you can't read the display if you are looking up at it, as when it's on your bed's headboard. You have to sit up a bit, or twist the clock.

* The clock is smaller than it may look from the picture, and the base is narrow. It's much too easy to knock it over when pushing the backlight/snooze button.

* Unlike many alarm clocks, there's no button to push to turn off the alarm and leave it armed for tomorrow: You have to fiddle with a small slide switch each and every night and each every morning.

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I was a little disappointed after opening it and finding out it was more of a travel alarm clock for keeping appointments and such, rather than one you might keep in a bedroom to wake up to. It is battery operated and the lighted display does not stay lit. You push the snooze button to turn it on and it only stays lit for a couple seconds before turning off. And when the alarm goes off it is kind of quite for an alarm clock and it turns the alarm off after a minute or two. It is not for a heavy sleeper. But on the up side it is small and takes up little space and the display is relatively large. Also there's a switch on the back for setting time, date, and alarm but it also includes a lock position so the setting won't easily be changed accidentally. Overall I would not recommend this to someone who needs an alarm click to wake up to.

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In our family, we prefer battery-powered alarm clocks. We have 3 of these, used by our teenager, my husband and me. None of us experience the viewing problems others have mentioned. In addition, any battery-powered alarm clock we have every owned had a short "lighted" time to save battery power. It is a little annoying that if you need to change the "set" time, and you're doing so in the dark, you must let go of the LIGHT button. However, since we're used to that, from years of using battery-powered clocks, we find it's an easy issue to work around. Further, for $9.99 we have found this model to be very accurate at time and temperature.

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I bought this clock to go in the bathroom and it serves the purpose well. I love that it tells you the temperature. If you are using this as an alarm clock for the nightstand, you might find the display a little small. Great for the price though.

I have own this clock for four years. I have put only two sets of batteries in it. The tempurature gauge is nice. I use it in the Bering Sea to tell me how comfortable I am. The clock has done a lot of traveling. It started in China. Did some time in the Gulf of Mexico. I have taken on some of the road trip. The clock flew to Chile and sailed back to Charleston SC. Then back to Seattle Wa. The clock has fallen from my bed many times. Would I buy another clock, YES! Thank you for reading this.