Howard Miller 645-600 World Travel Alarm Clock Howard Miller 645-600 World Travel Alarm Clock

 (5 customer reviews)

I've been selling travel alarms for 22 years. The turn-bezel world alarm clocks are simply the easiest to use. (And they are harder to find than when they were at their selling heyday in the mid-90s).

After looking around I bought this one. I do like the hourly chime - and the ease of use - and it's a loud but not shrill alarm. For the very hard of hearing it may not do.

The display is easy to see, but nothing special. Really - it's the ease of use for multi-time zone travel.

This clock looks great but functionally it is terrible. An alarm clocks main purpose is to wake you up. This clock has a quiet alarm that is on for 30 seconds and then the alarm turns off automatically never to sound again for that day.

I purchased this for the time zone feature but the alarm is so poor I cannot use it. It was wasted money.

The reason for purchasing this was a trip to Hong Kong and Japan, as I cannot wrap my head around the time difference. I find that it does help keep track of two time zones, which is nice. However, it does have a few cons:

* The dial is stiff, so it can be difficult to find the right time zone
* The buttons to control things like daylight savings and alarm is on the back. There is no cover, so it will randomly press the buttons in a bag
* There is no backlight, so it requires additional light to see in the dark
* The local time is small and at the bottom, while "home time" is large and at the top. I wish it had been the other way around.
* Opened up, it's upright. I wish it had rested a bit backwards
* It's big.

I did find it useful for keeping track of time, since I had to work in two time zones at the same time, and could figure out what the time was at home and away. It was also nice to have on the plane, since I don't wear a wrist...Read more