![]() They have increased the number of visible tick marks between zero and fifteen minutes, to one tick per minute, as they figure you’ll need a bit more precision. If you don’t do this, the bell won’t ring as loudly. If you want to time less than fifteen minutes, you need to turn it past fifteen minutes, then turn it back. When it is done, it dings a bell for about a second. You turn it to the desired number, and put it down. It is very simple: zero to sixty in one turn. ![]() Let me introduce you to my old tomato analog timer: On the bottom of the unit is a “Reset to zero” button. When the countdown is over, the egg beeps continuously until you press the button. To count up, you leave the unit at zero, and hit the button. To start the countdown, you set it to a time, and hit the silver button on the top. ![]() It is the act of turning it that sets the time. The actual position of the base doesn’t mean anything. If you turn it faster, the time changes by minutes. If you turn the base slowly, the time increments/decrements by ten seconds. The way you set the time is to turn the base, while holding the top. The neat, turn-the-base setting function is non-intuitive, the display is remarkably hard to read from a distance, and the very precision that first attracted me now gets in the way. So why did I give it away, and why do I continue to use my old analog tomato timer?īecause the damn thing is difficult to use. The really kewl thing about it is that it’s digital, and digital, as all us geeks know, is better. Much like my old-fashioned analog tomato timer. It counts down, and you set it by turning the base. Now that I have had a chance to use the thing for a while, I think differently. I thought that I had found the perfect amalgam of technology and usability. When I first laid eyes upon this baby in a Radio Shack store, it was love.
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