Easy 15 or 20 Minute Alarm?

[Flo Lang]

Morning all. 

I'm currently looking for something that reminds me to drink every 15 or 20 minutes. Something easy. That will work for four days (obviously). I suppose I can pester some electronics students until they solder something, but I was wondering if there are any acceptable watches around. 

I'm prefer a cheapish solution (no 5000$ Rolexes, please).

I'd like the alarm to be very easy to set (one handed, on the bike, something that auto repeats every 20 minutes would be even nicer).

I just bought a new GPS (Etrex20), so I'd rather not invest into a new one - but for the sake of completeness: sure, post if one of those can do it as well. 

Thanks :)

[Hamish Moffatt]

The Edge 500 and 800 and presumably the later ones have a "timer alarm"
among their various alarms, which you can set to go off regularly. I
have mine set to every 10 minutes to remind me to drink. No idea if your
eTrex can do that though.


Hamish

[Sarah Bergstrom]

My Timex Expedition watch (~$50) can do this, including the auto-repeat, although the beep is quiet and just beeps once and flashes the backlight (I just tried it; I'd never used that particular feature.)

[randonnerd]

A (relatively) cheap "workaround" is to buy a sport watch, such as a Timex Ironman, Casio, etc. and attach it, via the watch band, to your helmet though one of the helmet ventilation holes so it is close to your ear.  If one sets the continuous timer to go off every 15 to 20 minutes, you should get the reminder you need.  DISCLAIMER: I have to admit that I have only observed others using this technique as I'm sure that after 90 hours of hearing this beeping going off every 15 minutes, I'd go bonkers.  I use my 15 minute timer to wake me after my "power naps."

Bill

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[AKThomas]

You can also buy a watch designed for hearing impaired people that has a vibrating alert, instead of an audible alarm.  Useful for when you don't want to wake up other people, and (to me at least) less annoying than hearing beeping every 15 minutes. I don't know particular models, but I would be surprised if you were unable to find one with a 15 minute timer.

On Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:13:18 AM UTC-8, Randonnerd wrote:

A (relatively) cheap "workaround" is to buy a sport watch, such as a Timex Ironman, Casio, etc. and attach it, via the watch band, to your helmet though one of the helmet ventilation holes so it is close to your ear.  If one sets the continuous timer to go off every 15 to 20 minutes, you should get the reminder you need.  DISCLAIMER: I have to admit that I have only observed others using this technique as I'm sure that after 90 hours of hearing this beeping going off every 15 minutes, I'd go bonkers.  I use my 15 minute timer to wake me after my "power naps."

Bill

On Thursday, July 10, 2014, Sarah Bergstrom <sberg...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, July 10, 2014 3:35:08 AM UTC-4, Flo Lang wrote:

Morning all. 

I'm currently looking for something that reminds me to drink every 15 or 20 minutes. Something easy. That will work for four days (obviously). I suppose I can pester some electronics students until they solder something, but I was wondering if there are any acceptable watches around. 

I'm prefer a cheapish solution (no 5000$ Rolexes, please).

I'd like the alarm to be very easy to set (one handed, on the bike, something that auto repeats every 20 minutes would be even nicer).

I just bought a new GPS (Etrex20), so I'd rather not invest into a new one - but for the sake of completeness: sure, post if one of those can do it as well. 

Thanks :)

My Timex Expedition watch (~$50) can do this, including the auto-repeat, although the beep is quiet and just beeps once and flashes the backlight (I just tried it; I'd never used that particular feature.)

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[littlecirclesvt.com :: mike beganyi]

I had a cheap timex ironman lap / countdown watch that could do this. i could hear it well enough, and so could the folks riding around me.

i set mine for 20 minutes and it would just go and go and go until i stopped that function.

On Thursday, July 10, 2014 3:35:08 AM UTC-4, Flo Lang wrote:

[Helton Moraes]

I use to ride with a cheap Android Smartphone (because GPS functionality almost exclusively).

Most probably you could get some smartphone app that does what you want, including the setting for vibration-only mode.
Battery could be a problem, but I keep recharging my phone at stops, anyway.

I believe these "all in one" computerized solutions are becoming better and better at replacing a handfull of specialized, standalone gizmos while riding.

Helton

[Ray]

Times Expedition has audible and vibration alarm called Hydra mode. I use it exactly for your wished goal. Inexpensive too.

Ray Foss
Lisbon, CT

[Lynne Fitz]

I had an old Timex Ironman, which worked quite well - set and forget. When it finally gave it up, I found an interval timer app for my phone and set it to go off ever 15 minutes. Worked reasonably well, and, since I had the phone anyway, it wasn't something extra to be carried.

[Peter Mathews]

I like having a watch. I have had a couple of Timex Ironmans. I use mine all the time not just on the bike. I find it easier to use the watch than the phone on the bike, it is also more weatherproof.  The only downside for me is that the alarm isn't as loud as my phone so at sleep stops I tend to use both ;-)

Peter

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On 11 July 2014 09:47, Lynne Fitz <fitz...@comcast.net> wrote:

I had an old Timex Ironman, which worked quite well - set and forget.  When it finally gave it up, I found an interval timer app for my phone and set it to go off ever 15 minutes.  Worked reasonably well, and, since I had the phone anyway, it wasn't something extra to be carried.

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[Flo Lang]

Just so no one thinks I'm more rude than I truly am - thank you :)

I will very seriously consider the watch options. I always ride with a watch anyway, and want to keep phone useage down to minimum (let's be honest - I'm going to use my old Nokia indestructible for long randonees anyway, as I only need to charge it three weeks before the event). I'm happy to learn that I'm apparently not the only one, so there was specialized equipment made :)