Marathon FBA_CL030062BK MARATHON CL030062BK Slim-Jumbo

UPDATE: After 48 hours, the time has finally adjusted properly. All is great! Pic 1: After 24 hours, the time had not set properly--the time zone was not correct (it says "E" instead of "P"). In this pic you can see the dimension (clock is 9 inches high, and the time letters take up 4.5 inches of that) Pic 2: After 48 hours, with some nice hand holding from support at Marathon, the clock did set itself properly. I've taken a pic with one of the jumbo clocks we own. Pic 3: It FEELS slimmer, but is it? Here is a pic of the slim and the jumbo from the edge angle. (It's only slightly slimmer, but somehow it feels a lot slimmer than it really is) *** I own five Marathon clocks. Most of them Jumbo sized. My favorite configuration is just like this slim one: time in huge letters (with seconds), temperature, date, AND humidity. it can get very dry in higher altitude, and it's nice to have a reminder to turn on the humidifier in my bedroom. overall, the best thing is marathon is a good company. they've been making nice, atomic clocks for awhile. after purchasing from amazon, they send a follow up email--and this time, i actually wrote back to let them know the atomic signal has not set the clock after 24 hours. they referred me to an actual person with a phone number--and he and i were chatting in a few minutes. he was very reassuring, and sure enough--after another day with the clock near a window, everything set properly. the ONLY time i had to return a clock was when I bought a jumbo marathon for hawaii. let it be known, that clock signals from colorado do not reach hawaii. :) as for the product, i love marathon's large number, atomic clocks. mainly, i used to hate dismounting every clock in the house twice a year when the time changes happened. so this solved that issue. the only thing that had been holding me back from buying more is the high price point of the jumbo (~$80). so when i saw the slim-jumbo at $49.95, i dove in. some nice touches are the temperatures can be toggled F or C. and the dates come in two formats ("european" where the day comes first, or "american" where the month comes first). if you for some reason want to set the clock manually--just hold down the mode button in front, and use the snooze/alarm to increase or decrease things. i think you have to also use one of the button on the back (12/24) to change the East, Mountain, Pacific designations when that is blinking. i had hopes that the very light background would make this easier to see in my dark bedroom. this still has not improved--it's the same as the old jumbo. but the tech support guy did mention they're working on a backlit one... overall, this is a minimalist/functional looking clock and at a much more reasonable price compared to the jumbo. PS, i did not receive this product free, discounted, or as part of vine. i paid full price, i needed a clock like this, and i chose independently amongst many competitor options.