MedCenter 4 Alarm Medication Reminder - 7021-0

It was easy to set up, and the manual was helpful, but everything resets back to default settings if I try replacing the batteries.

Bought this for my mother who lives alone and forgets to take her meds. It reminds her twice a day (can be set for additional prompts) to take her meds by telling her in words it's time to take them.

I am Melissa, I used my husbands account to order this. The package arrived exactly when they said it would. Everything was intact and was nice that it included batteries, however it doesn't come with a power cord, but has a plug in the back, so you can purchase that separately. I happened to have the right power cord at home, but I had to exchange the batteries that it came with, with rechargeable batteries, before using the power cord, otherwise it would have ruined the clock with the regular AA's, could even have been a fire hazard too, so be sure to do the same if you get a power cord for it. The instructions were simple to follow and love that it gives you the option of either a beep alarm or voice. I chose the voice and thought the volume was perfect, both my n'laws are hard of hearing so now they will hear the voice alarm to take their medication. They take their meds twice a day, so I only had to use 2 of the 4 alarms, you can set the other 2 alarms to OFF. I like that it shows the day of the week too, they have a calendar in every room , but never know what day it is, so this is perfect in every way, I hope it has a good shelf life, will keep you posted if it doesn't. Worth the money in my opinion.

First up no cable in the package. Easy to use, battery operation so be expensive over time. Excellent speaker quality. Arrived 2 days early

I have found a gem in this clock. I almost didn't get it because of the review saying it was so hard to set and the one that said it didn't talk to you but decided to give it a try anyway. Glad I did. If you have trouble setting it, get your grandchildren to give it a try. They can do miracles. It alarms up to 4 times a day to tell you to take medication. I have found many of the reviews on Amazon about this clock to be incorrect. It does have a talk mode which tells you the day and date and says to take your early morning meds, or evening meds. We only have those two set so not sure what it says for the mid morning or early afternoon meds. You can turn those reminders off, which some of the reviews say you can’t do. You can also set it to just alarm and not talk about taking meds if you want it for another purpose. Cost is just under 30.00, but I have been well please. It helps me remind others and myself to take meds. One thing I do like is that if you are in the other end of the house when it alarms, it will announce a couple of times and then stop and announce again in about 5 minutes when you are closer to it to turn it off. It continues this process for about 30 minutes before permanently ceasing the alarm process. It is very loud. We can hear it upstairs from the kitchen. I was very surprise on how loud it is. Would be great to awake a hard sleeper however it would be telling them to take medication but it announces the day, date and time each time also and seems to have a built in snooze feature. I was afraid about how hard it would be to set, but I was able to work my way through it. It might be you would need to get someone else to help you set it up the first time if you aren’t good with technology, but it would be worth the effort has been my experience. One reviewer said their dementia mother didn’t mind this clock telling her to take her meds the way she did the reviewer telling her. Interesting thought. Oh, it is battery driven so very portable. Easy to shut off. Red button is only one you have to be concerned with after it is set up. Once you depress the red button, it says "Alarm acknowledged." One review seemed to think that was the only words it spoke but that is not so. It will announce if set correctly. I've only had this clock for a couple of months, but see it will be packed with us along with meds when we travel since that is a time when we are most likely to forget. Someone asked why I didn't just set the smart phone as a reminder. I tried that and found it to be very aggravating as it would go off in church and everywhere. Just looking at this clock is a reminder in itself at times. If I am out watering the plants, my phone would go off and by the time I was back inside, I would have completely forgotten and miss my meds. This thing continues to give little reminders for about 30 minutes off and on so you don't miss it.