BALDR Atomic Clocks for Bedrooms Digital Large Display - Black - Desk Clock with Temperature Indoor and Humidity, Night Stand Clock, Moon Phase Clock, Alarm Clocks for Living Room, Digital Clock Wall

I consider myself technically challenged. Having said that, I had no issues whatsoever with setting up and successfully using the Baldr atomic electric clock. I purchased it because I'm tired of having to change my headboard alarm clock every time the US changes the time in March and November.I particularly like this clock for the following reasons:1. The ease of dimming it at night; I previously laid a cloth across my old alarm clock to block the light at night; this clock is so easy to just touch the top and it dims once, and then touch again and it dims very dark, almost completely black. There was no discernable shine into the room. When looking directly at the dimmed clock in the dark, I could barely see a faint gray outline of the time. I'm happy with this.2. The ease of setting up the clock. The instructions were easy to follow; I did do a manual set up the first time to be sure I could, and I intentionally set the time a little off. Once I got the correct time zone assigned, the clock eventually synched up from Colorado to the exact time. It took a few hours before it synched, so a note to be patient if this is your first atomic clock.3. Super happy with overall display. Love the size of the letters and numbers and can see them from anywhere in the room; I placed this clock on my storage headboard. Love the date display, the day of the week display, the indoor temperature display (which is accurate for my home), the humidity display and the moon phase display.At this point, there is nothing that I don't like.Note: I haven't used the clock alarm; I typically use my phone alarm. So I won't rate the clock alarm for this review.I already use several BALDR indoor/outdoor corded thermometers and have been very happy with them. (They type where you run a thin cord out the window for the outdoor temp.)While researching atomic clocks before purchase, I considered a SHARP comparable atomic clock, but after reading reviews, decided to go with BALDR atomic clock. Since I already had success with BALDR indoor/outdoor thermometers, I felt confident about the atomic clock purchase. This BALDR atomic clock has been a fantastic choice for me.Highly recommend and would purchase again; in fact, I may purchase another for a family member gift.

I bought this clock thinking it would be good in my bedroom sitting in a spot that is a little high up. It didn't work because when the clock is placed above one's "straight line of sight", you lose the clarity of the numbers on the clock making it hard to read. I like the clock and it is nice and clear and easy to read provided it sits in a position even with your "line of sight" or a little lower. I decided to keep this clock and placed in on my TV stand shelf and it is working out perfectly. The bright setting is too bright for me so I use the medium setting which is perfect. A computer savvy person could set this up in about 5 minutes - took me a little longer but I got it done! Had to manually set the time but once it was set, no problem. Took a little while for indoor temperature reading to get adjusted but is fine now. Overall I'm satisfied with this clock.

I was somewhat disappointed that the initial battery insulation strip was missing and the battery appeared to be dead, leading me to believe that this was used and returned. However, other that that, once I plugged it in and set it to the RCC mode, it received the Atomic Radio Signal and set everything to current date, day, time, temperature, and moon phase. I did not try to set anything myself. It was placed in the bedroom and I just walked away and when I went to bed, everything was updated with the Radio Signal. Now, I just have to go buy a new battery in case the electricity goes off.

The clock UI and display layout is very good. It has plenty of information like the date, time, and temperature which I actually use a lot. There is one flaw to this clock that pisses me off so much though- it's the brightness, especially when it's at night when when your eyes are sensitive. There are three brightness modes- the first mode has the brightness of Jesus Christ coming out of the screen (way too bright). The second one is still very uncomfortably bright where it will disrupt your sleep if on your night stand, and the third just looks like a black screen with the time being barley visible if you look hard enough. There genuinely is not a comfortable mode to have it set to. Besides that, it's a pretty good clock

BE SURE TO READ THE ACTIVATION DIRECTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN ENTERING DAY AND MONTH.The film over the button battery is difficult to see.