These clocks are a grreat value for the price.Realize, that depending on your needs you might need to work on them a little bit.For instance - The stands that they arrive with are very lightweight, and not heavy enough to be used outdoors without being fortified with something heavy. There's nothing structurally wrong with them, they are just light. It could be just fine in many applications. For me, I ended up making an attachment for mine so that I could use them with a bigger-thicker speaker stand, that was less apt to get knocked over in the wind.You'll also need to come up with a 12 volt battery to use with them unless you intend to have them plugged into power all the time.Now the good part: They are SUPER bright. Operating the remote is fairly intuitive.BTW - * I had a remote come in that didn't work, and they replaced it for me.They have a clean, nice look to them and the construction is pretty decent.If they fall on the end pretty hard the plastic end cap will crack, but so would about anything else you would buy in this range.Anyone complaining about these doens't realize what a pro-grade clock usually costs.You can hardly touch an Electronumerics for under $1000.Are they perfect? No.But these are under $200, and for the most part they operate as well as something much more expensive.