Equity by La Crosse 40010 Insta-Set Alarm Clock Review

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(More customer reviews)First, this is not an atomic clock. Equity did a clever trick. They preset the time and date at the factory. They then put in a lithium button battery to keep the clock ticking. The button battery lasts around 3 yrs. So when you plug the clock in, naturally the time would pop up automatically and the ac current would take over the clock chores. Unplug the clock and the button battery takes over keeping time; but no display since that would drain the battery quckly. When the button battery goes, so will the instant start feature, until you replace the button battery and manually reset the time.
The clock does have an auto dim features that work fine. The blue display is dim for normally lit rooms, but ok for bedrooms. Blue should not be the color of choice since blue is the worse color for human perception of sharpness.
Generous 2 year warranty. Bottom of clock has a build date sticker that is a guage on how much life is left on the battery.
Manually setting the time is straight forward. Instructions are adequate. One of the clocks I purchased would not light up at all. The instructions does detail the reset procedure and boom the clock lit up, but you have to manually input the correct time.
Got it at close out so price was great. Would not pay retail for it.

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