Oregon Scientific RRM902A Advanced Rainbow Clock

Needlessly complex. The "accessible" controls are touch and seem to work randomly. The description says the snooze is a touch button, there's not a button here, just a flat narrow surface which requires correct placement for 2 seconds.

All the other controls are tiny black buttons on a black background on the back of the clock.

The rainbow light is really neat, except it's too bright to leave on during sleep and very cumbersome to turn on & off.

The display is gorgeous at dusk, during the day it looks like an old gas-plasma computer screen and is hard to read. At night it's seeringly bright on the lowest setting.

The "soothing" sounds for me weren't soothing, 7 of them contain chirping birds dilluting the variety of some otherwise pleasant sounds. I found it challenging to change them too. Sometimes they would, sometimes they wouldn't.

The Atomic clock would not get a signal. Another atomic clock from the same manufacturer does in the same place.

Way too much $$$ for this. If it was 25 dollars I wouldn't expect so much.

FYI Made in China, surprise.

Pro

1. Atomic clock, accurate.

2. easy to read the time day and night

3. AC, don't need to change battery from time to time

(most of the atomic clocks are battery operate)

4. Outdoor temperature reading

Con

1. Expensive

2. Atomic clock signal reception is poor

Still I give the clock a five stars rating.

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My old clock gained about 3 minutes per week and had to be reset once a month. I guess that's better than loosing time and being late but what a pain. After careful research I decided this would fit my needs perfectly. I already have a Casio G-Shock atomic watch that resets itself and I love it. I thought why not for the bedroom. Several of the reviews Oregon Scientific clocks said negative things about "hard to set up" or "can't receive the time signal" but my research showed this was still the best choice out there. Well I could't be happier and here's why:

Pros:

1. Nice clean design. I have a lot of Apple products and I appreciate something that is nice to look at. This is kinda a work of art.

2. Picks up the time signal well. I unpacked this in my office which is semi-below ground with a concrete wall on the hill side of the office and only a window in the door. The signal was weak but as soon as I moved it to the bedroom with windows on two sides it picked up the signal within a couple of minutes and set itself to the correct time. I checked this with my Casio and the setting was right on-to the second. What else would you expect. I live in the mountains and the signal was still strong.

3. The rainbow lights. Well I like em' . I'm certain not everybody would agree, but for me I like a nightlight effect in the bedroom. Where we live there is no light outside except when the moon is out so it can be dark as a cave inside at certain times of the year. This provides plenty of light if I have to get up in the night, so I'm going to move the night light to another room.

4. I didn't test the dim feature for the display. For me the orange display is just right as it comes from the factory.

5. Nature sounds. This has 8 different sounds. This is the reason I picked this model. I like the "garden" but there are enough "soothing sounds" to please anybody. The volume control works well, you and go from "I can't hear it" to annoying.

6. Setup was easy, no problems there. The remote temp sensor doesn't come with a mounting screw but a quick trip to the junk drawer and I had one. I mounted the remote sensor on the outside of the window frame in the bedroom. I chose a location where it would get little direct sun. It seems no location is free from sun all day long however I choose a location that doesn't receive morning sun and no sunshine directly after 2 PM. I'm not in bed during the day so who cares about mid-day inaccuracies.

Neutral

1. I have to tell you, we can't get any FM station where we live so I didn't test the radio.

Cons:

1. The battery for the remote sensor is cheap. Throw it away. Cheap batteries leak. I don't know how many devices I've had where you open them up when the battery dies and they are corroded. Since I read another comment about this a year ago I just toss the battery that comes from the factory. I replaced it with a Every-Ready lithium AA. Besides the manual says "replace battery with lithium if you are going to use the sensor in freezing conditions".

I usually don't write reviews but another reviewer had such a bad review that I almost didn't buy this. I just wanted to give you another opinion.

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First off, I own about 5 temp / projection / auto clocks (this one doesn't have projection). I like this one. I can see how the light show thing wouldn't be for everyone, but my kids love it, and you can turn it off if you don't like it. What I like about this clock is that it is bright enough and big enough to be easy to read at night, even without my contacts, so I don't miss the projection feature. I also found that this clock sync'd right up with the temperature probe and time signal. We've had a bunch of clocks that always seem to struggle to sort out either the time signal or had some convoluted process to sync'ing with the temp probe. I don't use any of the sounds or the alarm, but visually this works for me.

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The graphic antenna for the atomic part of the clock stopped working one day after the return policy expired. Now it will not update the clock. The light show and the outdoor temperature work great.

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