7 Color LED Alarm Clock Review (with calendar, temperature and more)

Presentation of the 7 Color LED Alarm Clock

In this review, we would like to present this 7 color LED alarm clock that we received from Chinabuye (SKU:30081). It is a simple digital clock that has 7 color lights (check the video below) and has some other functions besides clock. The package also includes an user manual, where there are all the instructions to configure and use this device (model HSD110A).

Regarding its quality, it is made of plastic, has a LCD display (vertically) to show its functions and has a base so you can put it, for instance, over a table in your home or office.

Following are the features of this LED alarm clock:

• 7 different colors LED (it is optional turning it on).
• Clock / Time function (12 or 24 hour format selection).
• Alarm Clock function (8 alarm musics).
• Temperature function (Celsius or Fahrenheit selection). (*)
• Calendar function (day, month and day of the week from 2000 to 2099).
• Countdown Timer function (maximum: 180 minutes and 59 seconds - 3:00:59).
• Powered by 3 AAA batteries (not included).
• LED life about 100000 hours (or 11 years).

To switch among these functions, press the "M" button (underside) or push the screen lightly to back (check the images above or the video below). By the way, at the underside you will encounter 4 buttons to configure the functions, a switch (left) that, when ON, will return the display to clock function after 10 seconds of idle (without pressing any key) on any other function and a switch related to the colored back lights. That last one (back light) has 3 states to control:

• OFF: No back light.
• ON: Colored lights all the time (be careful with battery power).
• TR: Colored lights will be on while some operation is being made then will off after 10 seconds of idle.

Now talking about the alarm function, it has a mono speaker at the underside and its sound quality is probably enough if the purpose is just waking you up, unless, of course, if you have a very deep sleep that prevents you from listening the alarm sound.

Since we do not have the knowledge in music, we only recognized two of the eight musics: "Happy Birthday To You" and "William Tell Overture: Finale". However, case you are curious about the alarm musics (do not expect a MP3 quality), and other things, we made the video below showing the main features of this 7 color LED alarm clock.

As showed in the video, the back light colors are very cool, but they are for short time enjoyment, so do not turn it on for long time or else the batteries will run out more quickly.

Where can I buy this 7 Color LED Alarm Clock

This bedside clock (and other locations) is for sale for about $7.8 at Chinabuye (check this link). Good product for gifting someone or to decorate your home/office.

Note 1: According to Chinabuye's description, it can display temperatures between 0º and 50º Celsius with a precision of ±1ºC.

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Fullmetal Alchemist Pocket Watch Review

This pocket watch (sku.45307) is specially for Fullmetal Alchemist fans (anime/manga). It is a replica of the silver pocket watch used by the character Edward Elric and that grants him the title of State Alchemist. Just like in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga and in the Brotherhood anime, this FMA pocket watch has the following inscription inside it: "Don't forget 3. Oct. 11" (see note 1).

The other features that it has are:

• detachable alloy chain of 40 cm (with clip).
• about 4.5 cm of diameter.
• 2 cm of thick.
• powered by one AG5 battery (included).

On the back there is a "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST" written and inside it, on the background of the watch, there is a Flamel symbol (differs from the original).

Price

It can be found for about $6.50 in Dealextreme. Probably an official product would cost a little more than that.

Build quality

As you probably saw on the images above, the inscription "Don't forget 3. Oct. 11" seems to lack the initial quotation mark since there is one mark just after the "11".

After receive it, you'll probably have to set up the proper hour according to your time zone. You can set up it by doing the following:

• Step 1: Pull the rotative part just a little (BE CAREFULL TO NOT DO TOO MUCH STRENGTH AND REMOVE IT).
• Step 2: Set the hour by rotating that pulled part.
• Step 3: Push it back

Another useful information is how to open it to change the battery. We made a video showing how to open the FMA pocket watch.

Usefulness

Finally, it is a great product for Fullmetal Alchemist fans, specially those who are involved in Fullmetal Alchemist cosplay. For those who aren't involved in FMA cosplay, it is a great FMA pocket watch to use in day-to-day.

We hope that this Fullmetal Alchemist Pocket Watch Review can be useful for you to decide to purchase it or not. Also, do not forget to see the video below.

Where can I buy this Fullmetal Alchemist Pocket Watch?

This Fullmetal Alchemist Pocket Watch is on sale at Dealextreme, more specifically in this link.

Note 1: It seems that on the original anime the date was "3. Oct. 10". See this link for details.

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Projection Clock Keychain Review

This small item is a projection clock keychain (sku.1489) powered by 2 (two) LR44 (or AG13) batteries (included). In other words, it projects the time onto any surface when you press the ON button.

It shows time only at 12 hours format (forget 24 hours format), has an English manual (it is explained how to set date and time) and come in a box.

Style

We ordered this product from Dealextreme and it seems that it only sells the black version of this item. However, Focalprice has a page to sell black, blue, silver and red versions (shipped randomly) and Tinydeal has this keychain in black, blue and red.

Price

Regarding the price, this projection clock keychain costs about $2.2 (Dealextreme, Focalprice and Tinydeal), which can be considered cheap, specially because it is hard to find it anywhere else.

Build Quality

In this aspect, there are two major concerns about this projection clock keychain. First, it is fragile. Avoid any sort of hit or falls if you want that your projection clock keychain keep working. Second, you can have the bad luck of receiving a damaged item that shows a digital number different from zero to nine or even do not work.

Briefly, we think that it is not a product with good build quality.

Usefulness

As the explicit title, this product is a keychain and a clock. However, like we said, it is hard to find it and it is very cheap, so you also should consider it as a gift to give to someone else, but do not forget to buy reserve batteries.

Usually, people get impressed with its originality.

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