La Crosse Technology W88631 Digital Atomic Black Wall Clock with Temperature

OURS rests on the kitchen counter. It just works for us. My wife moved it to our bathroom. She missed it in the kitchen, so she returned it to the kitchen. Very functional.

Bought one of these a few years to mount on wall behind 24" HDTV sitting on counter in my kitchen, this clock fit perfectly below the upper cabinet and above the TV, large numbers were easy to read from about 8 feet away, but it would never connect to Atomic Clock server in Colorado, and worse, it would gain up to 2 minutes or more over a few months, having to reset the clock periodically became frustrating, why I bought another, (this one), with hope it would connect with time server. I set up the new one, tried to connect to time server manually, would not connect, so put it up in same location over the TV hoping it would connect overnight, nope! The irony? I reset my old clock, put it on a nightstand in guest bedroom, to my surprise, the old clock connected to time server overnight! (shows the icon indicating it connected). I did some research and it seems electronic devices can interfere with time server signal reception, so most likely due to being too close to the HDTV in my kitchen setup. The good news, I set the new clock using Exact Time website, down to the second, this morning I checked the new clock against Exact Time website, it is still spot on. Hopefully the new one will keep proper time without having to connect to the time server. I like the clock, so will just deal with reseting the clock as necessary, other features, at least for my situation, outweigh any slight loss of time. Bottom line, if you are buying this for the atomic server automatic setting capability, keep its location in mind, it may not work if close to electronics or anything else that may interfere with signal reception.

It's a decent digital "atomic clock" for $20. Size-wise the display is a little small for the size of the unit, and the bezel is unnecessarily large. Day, date, temp are all nice features here. For me, it can't sync on its own with atomic time: but it's located inside a bathroom inside a large apartment complex on the east coast, so I can't really fault it. So I used the WWVB android app to sync to atomic time without problems. One issue though as it can't adjust daily then is that it will drift as its quartz clock does. For me, it's +15 seconds in a month. Which, while not atrocious, is probably a little worse than I'd expect an out of the box Casio to do in real life. If you want something that looks better, I think WallerGe offerings have better looks and deliver far larger displays and digits while only being slightly larger physically.

Right out of the box - which, as another recent reviewer noted, is a Mainstays box, complete with "Distributed by Walmart" on the back!? - the clock was easy to set up. Just pop a couple AAA batteries in it, follow the directions on the back to manually set the day, date and time zone, and then the clock did the rest. It was set to the second and keeping accurate time within just a few minutes. The display size is perfect for my bathroom, and it is easily visible from every angle. It is smaller and lighter than my previous clock, but seems to be made very well.

The numbers are bold, clear and easy to read at a glance. This is the second one I've bought, and I've been very happy with them. Be aware that there is no back light, so one must use a light to read it in the dark. Even so, it meets my needs for accurate, easily readable time info. When I ordered the second one, I compared this to others available for the price. I only realized after ordering that this was identical to the one I've already had for a few years.

This is advertised as an “atomic” clock; which means the time should change automatically as you cross Into a new time zone for example. This was the whole reason I purchased it. However, THE ATOMIC PART DOES NOT WORK. We used it in our camper this summer as we drove across the country. I bought it last fall, for the following summer, so missed the return window by the time we realized it doesn’t do what it said it would do. It is just a regular clock. Big disappointment and waste of money.

Was very small. Smaller than I expected. Returned.

easy to read and lots of great data. we had an old intercom with a fast clock that we couldn't change. the fold out fits perfectly into the cassette tape thingy allowing us to block the old incorrect display with this much nicer one. we felt like we got lucky!