SAT Pacing Watch with Testing Timer Feature

T. Benson: Even though the display on the watch says it's an SAT watch, the preset times are still the ACT times. Same problem as many other reviews noted. But I bought it anyway, telling myself that these were mostly older reviews and the company must have figured out hot to avoid this error by now. But nope, they still can't get it right. I will return this watch today. Please save yourself the trouble and do not buy this watch for the SAT.

United States on Sep 24, 2023

Cat: This watch specifically says that it works for the SAT and that it’s the only watch on the market that does. It is not customizable at all for the SAT. It’s not even customizable for double extra time (ACT or SAT) - only time and a half.

It has ONE customizable timer section. Which is useless for the SAT because it has 3 sections, not just one.

If you go on their website, it has “Instructions for the Non-ACT tests” and it just links right back to the ACT instructions. This watch is a good idea in theory but doesn’t work for SAT tests or ACT tests with double the extra time.

United States on Sep 16, 2023

MP: Outstanding resource. This watch is preset for every section of the test, and the built-in tracking dot (tracing a dashed line around the periphery of the watch face) disappears as time counts down and points to the exact question number/passage that the student should ideally be on by that time. You can't get a regular watch to do that.

As a professional tutor and frequent reviewer of test prep books and companies, I recommend it to all my students. Consider buying directly from the website though, as more than a few of my students have reported getting the ACT watch sent to them by mistake when purchasing through Amazon.

United States on Jan 14, 2018

Julie: Does not come with instructions, so you can download the instructions at testingtimers.com. The sections are set for the new SAT. Seems like it will be good for my daughter when she takes the SAT.

United States on Oct 14, 2017

ALiebler: I took the bands off and my son took it to the SAT and then also to the ACT and it worked great but for the ACT you have to know that you have to advance a bunch of pre set times to be able to set your own timer as this watch is set for the new SAT but not for ACT. If you can handle doing this then it works for ACT. You just have to know the times for each section, advance through the preset times and set the watch according to the time of the section you will take. It is not difficult. Good luck! It really helped my son keep track of time to stay on pace. This is the only watch I found that doesn't make a sound and without the bands he just put it on the table in front of his test to keep time.

United States on Apr 17, 2017