It's fine. It does its job. And you can turn the alarm sound off.But here's the rub: you cannot turn off the beep when you press the buttons. I bought this for a moot court team competing in a competition where they need a personal timer at the table with them. It needs to be silent and they will use the count-up feature, which would negate using the alarm any way. I purchased this because I figured (incorrectly) turning the alarm sound off and using the count-up would "silence" the timer. Nope, nope. The timer will always beep when you press the Start/Stop button or hold the M and S buttons to reset. Welp . . . .Is there no truly silent timer out there?!?!I've used these before and find them handy. Not only for cooking, they are great for timing exercise stretches, piano practice with the kids, etc. because once you hit zero, the same time comes up again, so you don't have to reconfigure each time if you are timing the same thing over and over. Nice loud timer, will last for years.The timers are very easy to use. Use them in a hospital unit to ensure that parents scrub their hands for 2 minutes to make sure their babies stay healthy. 2 minutes seems like a short time until there is a timer to let you know you've scrubbed for the whole 2 minutes. GREAT Timers !!!I love these timers. They are easy to use. Have a lot of these timers around the house, camper, etc. We use them to time my son playing on his piano, when doing my hair, even when cleaning. They count up and count down.Suits my needs perfectly.the clip broke on one of the two already - the product id "Taylor" has already rubbed offWill work great for timing short duration cycles.The alarm does not work correctly. Unless you want to carry the timer around, you will not be able to hear the alarm go off.Very disappointed in this product.No wonder the seller is giving away two timers at one price.Uggg