EMDAK Colorful Hourglass Sand Timer - Perfect for Meditation, Decoration, and Time Management

jody , Farmington Hills: Great concept and the kids can participate also

United States on Nov 29, 2023

N. Frisco: These are perfect for homeschooling and many other uses. My 5 year old can use these independently. They are small for conveniently sitting on their school desk and the colors are great. The timers are accurate.

United States on Oct 15, 2023

Kim GKim G: Great timers for my older elementary students to use independently.

United States on Aug 14, 2023

Amazon Customer: My wife and I use these timers predominantly for our daughter, in terms of time left to play or time out or whatever. Our daughter enjoys watching the sand trickle down and also enjoys flipping the hourglass.

A word of the wise though, the hourglasses are made of real glass so adult supervision is imperative.

They are really nice quality timers. They may be off by a few seconds or more but you get the gist of it!

United States on Jun 08, 2023

Matthew E.: Bright colors, sturdy plastic caps and glass, clear labeling: These have all the hallmarks of excellent novelty hourglasses that can be used for a variety of time keeping purposes.

The 30 minute one doesn't work well though, it has to be tapped several times to get going, though it flows well once it's started. All the others work very well, and the colors are pleasing. It's not enough to knock a whole star off for, but just keep it in mind.

For the price you pay, they're about what you can expect.

United States on Jan 12, 2023

JessG: These timers are great, I've been using them with my kiddo who has some BIG feelings especially when switching activities. The bright colors are engaging and she can see exactly the interval of time left for her to play before clean up time (for example). Have only had a few weeks, seem durable enough, and have not tested accuracy as I really don't need precision.

Canada on Sep 12, 2021

Animal lover: Is is a very nice set of timers the only thing I found is that the 1 min and 3 min timer are a little more than that, but no big deal.

Canada on Aug 10, 2021

CesarCesar: I really like them, they are small but good size, I love all the different colors they used.. the sand is colorful and sparkly. I think is glass? not sure,.. funny story.. I was showing to my mother when she came to talk to me.. I grab the '5mins one'.. and put it in front of her and told her 'you have 5 mins'.. she didn't laugh.. she grab it.. opened the door to the garden and through it away.. hahaha.. because of the grass, surprisingly it didn't broke, but I wouldn't make this a 'habit'... keep it a way from your mom and her lack of sense of humor :p .. ok, back to the review.. I think all grain sizes are the same, is just the quantity on each are different for different minutes.. I like the big numbers which tells you the minutes for each.. other 'brand' text printed on it was unnecessary.

Canada on Jul 03, 2020

Melanie Alexander-Lavoie: I have a child with sensory issues so I cannot use timers with sounds like alarms or timers and so this is perfect. He loves it. We use them for all kinds of activities. I am only giving 4 stars because one of them came appart and we had to glue the top back on again.

Canada on Apr 20, 2020

Laura Keen: The base on one of the timers fell off immediately but is a quick fix with some glue. Otherwise, they’re great. The kids and I did an experiment and timed each timer to see how accurate they were. Some of the larger counts were off by as much as a minute or two but for informal use with kids activities and chores (teeth brushing, reading time, TV time, etc) they provide a novel and effective purpose.

Canada on Feb 04, 2020