content: This timer is easy to read and easy to hear. In a room of about 30 people, everyone could read the numerals and hear the alarm over a moderate conversation level. Lost 1 star because the magnet is weak, but the stand works great. I haven't dropped it (yet!) so can't speak to that issue; at this point I'd replace it if I broke it. After about 4 months it is still running off its first AAA battery with moderate use.