SVINZ New Dual Alarm Clock Day Clock Digital Calendar - Extra Large Non-Abbreviated Day & Month - Excellent for Impaired Vision - Brushed Silver - SDC006

Bought this for our bedroom. We were sharing 1 small digital alarm clock on my side of the bed. Replaced our old clock for this clock so we could place it across the room for both of us to easily see. We both wear glasses so the large screen is easy to read. We both work out of home so a lot of times we had to think about what day of the week it was. I love that the day of the week is prominently displayed too. While we don't suffer from dementia, this clock is awesome because it's big, easy to set, easy to read and has all of the info handy on the screen. When I plugged it in, all of the info came up correctly except the time. We're on central time, and it was easy enough to reset. We have it set to dim during the night, and to me it's a bit on the bright side, but my husband kind of likes it that way as it serves as a night light when he needs to get up during the night. I would definitely recommend this clock.

I purchased two of these clocks to place in helpful and central locations in our home. This is an excellent product. The design is very thoughtfully constructed and of high quality. The details are exactly what we need with our 24/7 schedules, travel, and need for eyeglasses ;-) Like most people we have many clocks of all types, alarms, laptops, iPads, and smartphones. Not one of these other devices has been as helpful, when we are at home, as this clock. It does not have an alarm -- but we were not looking for that feature anyway. I highly recommend this product for most situations, ages, (even) decors if located carefully. I have not fully read the instructions but can say that I was very pleased to find when I plugged it in that no "set up" was required ! It lit up with the day, date, time (for our timezone) instantly. This as most of us know is a big relief because who has the energy to do yet another startup on a new device ? Perfect. Well worth the price.

I recently ordered this clock and really love it. The display is large enough for people with mild to moderate vision problems. The color of the characters can be changed from white to yellow which is very helpful. I read somewhere that the best way to read/display signs are yellow letters with a black background. The yellow characters work best for me as the white characters sometimes look more blurry to me. My vision problems are very mild. The clock automatically dims the display from 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. which is very useful and considerate for people who might be using this clock as an alarm clock. I'm currently using it in the living room on a book shelf and have not used the alarm function as of yet. The only somewhat negative comment I can make is that I wish the provided power cord was longer. I originally purchased the clock with the intention of hanging it on the wall, but this would require the use of an extension cord and would appear unsightly. This does not warrant giving the clock anything less than five stars however as the clock does everything its supposed to do and well. If the somewhat short power cord is not a problem for you then I highly recommend this clock, especially for those who might confuse the time of day or forget the current day or date. It's all spelled out for us. You will have to adjust the time come daylight savings time as the clock doesn't perform that function automatically. The clock displayed all of the correct information once I plugged it in which the exception of the actual time. In short, a lot of positives and only one negative. Conclusion, Buy It if a short cord is not a problem.

I bought this for an elderly parent with mild but increasing dementia, to solve a problem with her taking her medication correctly. (A pill organizer with days of the week marked on it proved to be very helpful but insufficient: she had taken her Tuesday morning pills on Tuesday morning, and later that morning forgot that she took them and thought that it was Wednesday and then took the pills in the Wednesday compartment. Crossing out the day on her calendar after taking her morning pills that day didn't help: it confirmed that she took her Tuesday pills, but didn't prevent her from thinking it was the next day and needed to take the next day's pills.) I purchased clock this so that my mother would have something that displayed the day of the week.After looking online at different kinds of day-of-the-week clocks, I chose this one because the display -- the size, the font, the layout -- seemed significantly clearer than the others. Clarity and simplicity are important when conveying information to anyone suffering with dementia.Furthermore, this particular SVINZ model has a "part of the day" indicator (morning, afternoon, evening, night) that I thought might be helpful.In practice, I can't be sure yet if it is preventing my mother from taking her meds twice in one day -- it had happened only once or twice before, and not enough time has passed to be sure it's not happening now -- but independently of that, this clock has improved my mother's quality of life by letting her know where she is in the flow of the day and the week, and giving her reassurance about this basic element of life that had become tinged with uncertainty at best, and complete confusion at worst.The feature -- part of the day -- for which, almost on a whim, I had decided to spend a bit more, just in case it would be helpful to my mother, turned out to be something that she loves: when she wakes up after a nap and thinks it's the next morning, or wakes up at 4:00 am and thinks it's 6:30 am, she sees the part of the day displayed on the clock and corrects her error in judgement. (For a person without dementia seeing the time would be sufficient to tell them that, but for her seeing the part of the day spelled out, as it were, has made a difference.)A nice plus: there seems to be an internal battery, because when it had been unplugged for a few days and then plugged into the wall again, it had kept the correct time and date.We don't use the night-dimming feature for my mother, since it's not being kept in her bedroom.This cost more than I had been intending to spend, and more than I thought it should be (although to be fair, it's like a small computer screen, akin to a digital photo frame). But it has definitely been worth it. I expect it to be an important part of my mother's environment, until she reaches a further state of dementia. (Alzheimer's is a cruel disease.)

I love everything about it except it is not battery operated. It does have a battery backup in case of a power outage, but it is not for daily use. I love how easy it is to read and the bright frame. It is perfect for my office BUT it has a big ugly cord that I have no way to hide. This makes hanging it on the wall, my original plan, too ugly to consider. I know it would be difficult (and pricier) to run all of what it has going on with a battery but I would be willing to pay a bit more for both accuracy and beauty.