Be smart, stay dumb.

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Time Timer Original
E6 · Level 2 · A quiet chip Dependable doofus

Time Timer Original

Time Timer Original 8-inch visual timer.

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A red disc that shrinks as time passes, so you see how much is left without reading a number. Quartz movement, one AA, and an optional beep you can switch off.

Off-grid
Runs on battery, crank or solar, so it survives a power cut.
Calm
Does not compete for your attention: no notifications, feeds or endless content. Does its job and gets out of the way.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisTime Timer Original
What it replacesSmart oneOpal screen-time app
2
Power cut
TRUE
FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
FALSE
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
FALSE
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
FALSE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
7
Twenty years from now
#DEPENDS
FALSE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
5 of 65/6and one maybe
0 of 60/6

The smart one is the Opal screen-time app.

Row 6

See it in the sheetIn the sheet
#N/A

We looked. Sorry.

An electric timer without a chip is a clock with a motor. The tomato is one cell to the left.

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A red disc that shrinks. Silent mode by default.

Time Timer Original

$28
Off-grid · Calm
Time Timer Original$28
Buy on Amazon