Equipment Review: Everlast Personal Timer

**isol8d** · Posted On: 4/07/2007 8:20pm

I've been doing bagwork interval training at home two nights a week, and I got sick of using the radio as my ring bell.

I picked one of these up at Sports Authority for $9.99. The first one didn't work right, but the second one has done the trick.

Not much to it, you set the rounds for 2 or 3 minutes, and the break for 30 or 60 seconds, then you choose how many rounds. A bell sounds, and the round starts, the bell sounds and it ends. As I said, not much too it.

It is plastic with a large LCD screen, and it seems like Everlast sourced this out to a manufacturer of Beepers, circa 1996.

I wish it buzzed and sputtered with 15 seconds left in a round, like my first one did, but it doesn't. I'll probably add a output jack from RadShack to output to a speaker, so I can use it without having to have it at a close proximity.

I've used it for burpee drills and bag work, but I suppose it would be good for interval sprints too (I'm using CardioCoach for those right now, but I've not used it long enough for a review)

Pros: Cheap, has a bell.

Cons: Cheaply made, not as many settings as the ring timer at my school.

**RobertGurley** · Posted On: 4/08/2007 9:53pm

I'm guessing that it is battery powered, but with what type of batteries? Also, is it loud enough to hear over music at a moderate volume?

**Emevas** · Posted On: 4/08/2007 11:27pm

Holy crap, I need one of these! Thanks for the review. I've never seen one at sports authority before.

**isol8d** · Posted On: 4/09/2007 9:00am

Originally Posted by RobertGurley

I'm guessing that it is battery powered, but with what type of batteries? Also, is it loud enough to hear over music at a moderate volume?

Two AAA batteries (included). Moderate music, yeah, loud music, not really. It has a vibrate mode, as I said, kind of like a beeper on vibrate. It includes and armstrap, but like almost all armstraps for mp3 players or similar, it is too small for my upper arms. It does kinda fit around my forearms. It has a belt clip, and it managed to stay on my shorts for two minutes of burpees/hindu pushups.