Swan Vintage Teasmade - Rapid Boil with Clock and Alarm, Featuring a Clock Light with Dimmer, 600 ml, 780-850 W, Ceramic Teapot Included, White, STM201N

First teasmade I've bought and I'm really happy with it. Helps to get me up on time! Easy to set up and clean. I have made tea, coffee, hot chocolate and herbal tea, such a lovely way to wake up! The alarm clock is a 12 hour one and the light can be adjusted. Love it!!

Everything is just slightly awful about this product. They couldn't have made it any cheaper than it already is. They even duplicated the two knobs on the top, and put a sticker over the one that is meant for the brightness. The little pot came with a slightly broken lid that must've broken long before transport. The pot also is designed so terribly that some tea is always leaking down along the pot instead of ending inside my mug. When it for some reason decides a few hours after setting it that the button for automatic tea wasn't pressed good enough(?) it decides to just do nothing - not even ring the alarm, even if that one is set additionally as well; so, don't trust it as an alarm clock. So it's not a good alarm clock. It also isn't really a good tea maker. It is merely a trash novelty.

This is a replacement for exactly the same model , works as expected.

Product arrived quickly and was nicely packaged. Easy instructions, operation and cleanup. Adorable 1 1/2 cup ceramic teapot and removable tea tray! My only complaints are: 1. The backlight on the clock can not be turned off. Even turned all the way down, there is a white "spot" from the light that is always visible. You can see the light in my review pictures. If you need to read the clock at night, the light has to be pretty bright, much brighter than my old alarm clock or my phone in nighttime / low light mode. 2. The alarm is rediculously hard to set accurately. I need to wake up at 5:30 AM, so I put the red alarm hand halfway between the 5, and 6 (this is an analog clock, BTW). The first morning, the alarm rang at 5:22 AM, so I adjusted it. The next day: 5:38 AM. I actually ended up setting the alarm over the weekend so I could fine-tune it, what a pain. I know five minutes one way or the other isn't bad, but really? The clock keeps good time, otherwise. 3. If you are a light sleeper like my husband, the actual tea making / water heating process WILL wake you up before the alarm. My hubby said it sounds like a small hurricane when the water goes into the teapot. I ran it during the day to see and there is a definite "whooshing" sound. It doesn't bother me, but fair warning, this is not a Kurig. I bought this more for it's novelty than for an actual need. I saw one on the BBC and liked the idea. There is a "tea now" and "alarm only function", in addition to the "tea / alarm" setting, so one could use it as just an alarm and make their tea (or coffee) as desired. It has a nice vintage clock design and takes up very little space. The unit is easy to clean and care for. I'm happy overall, since the price wasn't too high.

A few initial problems but otherwise very happy with this teasmade. At first it was a bit hit and miss whether it would make tea at the set time. I wondered whether there was a problem with the switch. Other people had reported similar issues. So, I tried a few things. One of which was, before selecting set, I moved the switch to make now, and then immediately toggled it to set. Bingo - it worked! I've been using it that way for a couple of months now and it has made tea at the set time, ever since.