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Egg Timer by IKEA

By Redesigner: maxim Placed on: 2007-09-24 00:00:00 This timer won't go off when you set the time to less then 5 minutes! That's because the spring inside the timer won't have enough tension. The solution is to first turn in to 15 minutes and then back to 5. :-) Movie soon...

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Egg timer

by: Allessi
on March 10, 2008

Shove the numbers

by: blanka
on October 24, 2007

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  • Paul

    Paul August 13, 2007, 11:34 am "I have another hand winding timer that has the same issue (bought from Crate & Barrel)." reply

  • Dan

    Dan August 15, 2007, 12:27 pm "I don't think I've ever seen an egg timer that hasn't got exactly this problem - it's things your mum tells you when she teaches you cooking :-)" reply

  • Bodosan

    Bodosan October 23, 2007, 9:22 pm "Of de veer sterker of het draailichaam lichter." reply

  • Jan

    Jan October 24, 2007, 2:12 pm "the eggtimer shouldn't really be up here. there is nothing wrong with it. there isn't an other way to do this without battaries, but if someone does think_up something, i would love to see the redesign " reply

  • Henry

    Henry October 24, 2007, 2:56 pm "Every egg timer works like this Maxim!" reply

  • Chung Dha

    Chung Dha October 25, 2007, 11:20 pm "buy a electric one." reply

  • Chung Dha

    Chung Dha October 25, 2007, 11:20 pm "Or set the alarm clock on your mobile phone." reply

  • Michiel

    Michiel October 27, 2007, 5:39 pm "I guess all timers work in this way, but I never knew until I read Jans remark! I just returned one because it didnt work. I guess it did work after all! My girlfriend also did not know, so i think the design should be improved because it is not intuitive" reply

  • exoteric

    exoteric November 10, 2007, 11:01 pm "Since when did you use an EGG timer to time a full hour? The problem with this timer is that it it is NOT DESIGNED to time only 5 minutes, but 55." reply

  • Pepe

    Pepe November 29, 2007, 11:52 am "I bought this for eggs (6 to 7 mins). Not accurate at all." reply

  • Claudio

    Claudio December 5, 2007, 11:01 am "I have the same at home This thing doesn't work like it should" reply

  • jelle

    jelle December 5, 2007, 4:10 pm "lot's of timers on, say, kitchen ovens have the same problem. " reply