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Kitchen timers, twelve stop at 99 minutes and five say how loud

By Khizar Published 6 Oct 2026

The short answer

Prices in GBPeach row carries the day it was read

Best overall, and it says how loud Kitchen Timer, Digital Visual Magnetic Clock The square black timer with red M, S and start buttons, counting minutes and seconds to 99:59, with a clock mode, a magnet and a fold out stand. Its own panel gives the alarm as 67 to 96 decibels, one of only five listings that put a number on loudness. 7.3cm by 6.6cm and 50g by its own photograph. The same timer is sold under a second listing here with the same photographs £3.46checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

When 99 minutes is not enough Kitchen Timer, Alarm Clock, Home Cooking A square timer with an hour button as well as minutes and seconds, so it counts in hours, with start, clear and a mode button for the clock. 74mm by 69mm by 21mm and one AAA battery by its own panel, with a magnet and a desktop stand. The one for a slow roast, a long prove or a stew £4.08checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

Twist to set, and it says how long its batteries last ABUN Digital Kitchen Timer A black disc you twist to set, on three AAA batteries, not included. It is one of only two listings here that say how long a battery lasts: more than three months at a 30 minute countdown a day, by its own photograph. It sleeps after five seconds of nothing and has a stand that tilts to 90 degrees. Four digits, so 99 minutes at most £4.81checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

Clockwork, no battery, and stay in the room Magnetic Kitchen Timer Manual Countdown A wind up dome with a key shaped knob, 7.6cm across and 6.5cm tall, in red, green or cream, with a strong magnet underneath. It counts to 60 minutes and its own photograph says the bell rings for three to four seconds, so it is for a timer you are standing near. The same dome is sold under two other listings here with the same photographs £5.55checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

Shows the hour going, for a child or across a room Visual Timer Mechanical Magnetic Clock Alarm A clockwork visual timer. On the white one a red wedge shows how much of the hour is left, which a child can read before they can read a clock, and which you can see from across the kitchen. The green, pink and blue ones carry a cartoon panda, rabbit or penguin. 60 minutes, a magnet and a desktop stand, and its own photograph says the movement needs no battery £6.17checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

Three volumes with numbers, and charged by USB LED Digital Kitchen Timer USB Rechargeable A twist to set disc that prints its three alarm settings in decibels by its own photograph, mute, 60 to 70 and 80 to 90, on a switch on the back. It charges by USB from a built in lithium battery, so there are no cells to buy, and it has a magnet and a fold out bracket to stand it on the worktop. Four digits, so 99 minutes at most. The quiet setting is the one for an office or a sleeping house £12.51checked 18 Oct 2026 Check price opens in a new tab

Twenty seven kitchen timers from one search and the order export, none of them handled here. The thing on the fridge that tells you the oven is done.

Twelve cannot count past 99 minutes. Five say how loud they are.

Which you are buying

What the photographs show	Listings
A clockwork timer, a dome, a visual dial or stainless steel	7
A square LCD timer counting minutes and seconds	5
A square LCD timer with an hour button	2
A twist to set LED disc	7
A visual digital timer, a traffic light, a ring or a hexagon	3
Not a kitchen timer: two thermometer clocks and a 999 day countdown	3

The square LCD timer is the classic, three buttons and a magnet. The twist to set discs do the same job with one knob and a bright screen. The clockwork ones need no battery and ring a bell instead of beeping.

The longest time

A screen with two digits of minutes and two of seconds stops at 99 minutes 59 seconds. Twelve of the timers here have that screen: the five square timers and the seven twist to set discs. That covers almost everything in a kitchen, and not a slow roast, a ham or a long bread prove.

Two square timers add an hour button. A visual digital timer with an orange ring goes to 11 hours 59 minutes, and a traffic light timer for children to 199 minutes. The clockwork ones stop at 60.

How loud

Plenty of titles say loud, and five listings give a number. Two listings of one square timer print 67 to 96 decibels. Two twist to set discs print three settings, mute, 60 to 70 and 80 to 90. The traffic light timer prints a slider from 80 to 95. A number on the alarm is the nearest thing here to knowing whether you will hear it from the next room.

The clockwork bells are the other end. Their own photographs say three to four seconds of ringing on the domes and three to five on a stainless dial, and then they stop. One stainless dial says its alarm can be heard within about ten metres, the only other figure on any bell here.

Batteries

The digital timers take either cells or a charge. One square timer prints one AAA cell and one disc three, while a rechargeable disc, the orange ring timer and the traffic light timer charge by USB. Two listings say how long a battery lasts: more than three months at a 30 minute countdown a day for the disc on AAA cells, and 60 hours of use from a 4.5 hour charge for the traffic light timer. The clockwork timers need none, and the dome’s own instructions ask for care: wind past 55 first, then back to the time, and never force the dial backwards past zero.

What was left out, and why

The two thermometer clocks are room thermometers with an alarm, and the 999 day countdown is for an exam or a holiday, not dinner. The traffic light timer, the orange ring timer and the hexagon flip timer are good at what they do, and cost more than most timers here. The other two listings of the picked dome and the second listing of the square black timer are the same timers as the picks. Another disc prints the same three volume settings as the rechargeable pick, and a second listing of that pick shares its photographs without the volume panel. The panda timer, the pastel square timer with an hour button and the other discs say less about time and volume than the picks.

Side by side

Prices in GBP. Each row carries the date its price was read.

Product	Price	Why it is here	Where to buyLink
Best overall, and it says how loud Kitchen Timer, Digital Visual Magnetic Clock	£3.46checked 18 Oct 2026	The square black timer with red M, S and start buttons, counting minutes and seconds to 99:59, with a clock mode, a magnet and a fold out stand. Its own panel gives the alarm as 67 to 96 decibels, one of only five listings that put a number on loudness. 7.3cm by 6.6cm and 50g by its own photograph. The same timer is sold under a second listing here with the same photographs	Check opens in a new tab
When 99 minutes is not enough Kitchen Timer, Alarm Clock, Home Cooking	£4.08checked 18 Oct 2026	A square timer with an hour button as well as minutes and seconds, so it counts in hours, with start, clear and a mode button for the clock. 74mm by 69mm by 21mm and one AAA battery by its own panel, with a magnet and a desktop stand. The one for a slow roast, a long prove or a stew	Check opens in a new tab
Twist to set, and it says how long its batteries last ABUN Digital Kitchen Timer, Visual with LED Display	£4.81checked 18 Oct 2026	A black disc you twist to set, on three AAA batteries, not included. It is one of only two listings here that say how long a battery lasts: more than three months at a 30 minute countdown a day, by its own photograph. It sleeps after five seconds of nothing and has a stand that tilts to 90 degrees. Four digits, so 99 minutes at most	Check opens in a new tab

What is good

What you can settle before you buy

Check the longest time. A four digit minutes and seconds screen cannot count past 99 minutes 59 seconds, which is short of a slow roast or a long prove. Two square timers here have an hour button, and one visual timer goes to 11 hours 59 minutes.
Loud is a number on five. Two listings print 67 to 96 decibels, two print three settings from mute to 80 to 90, and one prints 80 to 95. The rest just say loud.
Clockwork needs no battery. Seven wind up timers here run on a spring and ring at the end. The dome's printed instructions say to wind it past 55 minutes first and then back to the time, and never to turn it backwards past zero.
A magnet and a stand. Most have a magnet on the back, and the square ones a stand as well, so the timer can live on the fridge or the worktop.

What is not great

What to read twice

The bell is short. The clockwork domes ring for three to four seconds by their own photographs, and a stainless one for three to five. Out of the room, that is easy to miss.
Three listings are one dome. The same wind up dome with a key shaped knob, in the same photographs, is sold under three listings at different prices, and two more pairs of listings share their photographs.
Three are not kitchen timers. Two are a room thermometer clock with a humidity reading, and one counts down 999 days to an exam.
Two say how long a battery lasts. One disc gives more than three months at a 30 minute countdown a day on three AAA cells, and the traffic light timer 60 hours of use from a 4.5 hour charge. The rest give a battery type at best.