[2023 New] Xflyee Chess Clock - Digital Chess Timer, Available for Portable Timer for Board Games and Chess with Bonus and Delayed Countdown Function

A full featured clock with everything needed for every form of chess I know about. It has a crisp, clear, readable screen, with enough digits to always display seconds. It has a reset button that works without having to flip the clock over, turn it off and back on, the way many other inexpensive game clocks do. Like most inexpensive clocks the alarm defaults to ‘off’ (many tournaments prefer that), but the alarm can be switched back on or off at any time during the game if needed. It has a move counter, time delay and increment (bonus time) capability, tournament play with multi-period games and timings, a count-up from 0 capability, and the ability to pause and reset the time (if necessary) during the course of the game. Each player can have different timing values set if needed; useful if you want to apply a ‘handicap’ for a strong opponent.Programming seems straightforward and may be done by picking one of the 42 example timing presets, using one that’s close to what’s needed, and then modifying that one to suit your needs if necessary… your modified game setting then is saved in the user-modified ‘F’ bank and can be recalled later. It seems that only one modified setting can be stored; every time you edit a preset it overlays any previous modification held in the ‘F’ bank… It’s a shame there aren’t a few more memory slots to save edited versions of favorite presets. You may also save one additional stored setting that you create from scratch without starting from a preset. I’ll post a photo from the user manual showing the 42 preset timing rule models that are available to use or modify. Speaking of the manual; it’s not great but is sufficient if one reads its fractured english carefully while experimenting with various clock settings; but decoding it requires more dedication than it should. Also, a summary of all of the presets is clearly printed on the bottom of the clock… very helpful.A slight caveat: the first clock I ordered functioned, but had an operating defect. The left-side clock activation lever-position (on the top) was slightly balky and would not always turn on the other players clock reliably… it *did* work if a pronounced firm press was consistently done, but a light, soft press would not engage the clock reliably. Since this could be a problem if there was uncertainty about the other player’s clock getting switched on (especially during hurried moves), I submitted a return/exchange request. That went smoothly and two days later I had the replacement which seems to work just as expected.From what I can see, this clock seems to offer the best combination of features-at-a-low-price currently available.

Great clock for chess in the park, informal tournaments and timed chess with friends and family. It’s easy to program and has nice features for the price point. Although it feels light in the hand, it is not a cheaply made product. Additionally, I always appreciate included batteries to get one started which this product includes. I also appreciate the box. It came in, which has a magnetic lid and is sturdy enough to protect and carry this item around in.

This clock is very basic, light and feels flimsy, but a the price, I cannot complain. Totally worth what I paid for it. I would give it 3 stars if it cost more. But at $26, Damn great deal and totally deserving of the 5 stars. Really, at $26, no bitching and moaning. Does the job and works great!It has standard times already preset. There are the menu items in the back + programming instructions. Press the middle button for a few seconds to put it programming mode, select the preset time you want to play with by pushing "-" or "+", 01 setting for 5 minutes blitz, 02 for 2 minutes rapid, 03 for 45 minutes, etc to 42, "F" for user programable, "00" for user-setting. Very basic user programming and user setting for custom times. It took me a few tries to get the user programming, I guess I should have read the manual.if you want to spend more, go head, but you can't beat the functionality at this price.

This clock works perfectly, never any issues with time adjustments. It's easy to operate and clean.

My initial impression on the Xflyee clock is that it's a very good chess clock. It's the same as the PS-1688 (Pursun) just sold under a different name. It's very similar to the Wholesale Chess Advanced/Leap PQ9912 clock but has several key advantages over that clock (numbers 1 and 6 in my list below) The Xflyee clock has a number of positive features including:1. The clock times the game accurately (believe it or not, not all digital clocks time the game accurately).2. The lever on the clock works well (on some clocks, the lever or buttons don't work very well).3. For time controls with delay, it shows the delay countdown in digits that are big enough to easily see (some clocks just have something like the word "delay" or the colons flash at you during the delay countdown or show the delay countdown in very small digits which are hard to easily see. Clocks that do one of these things make it hard to know when your delay time will end and when your main time will start counting down. This can be a big issue if you are in serious time pressure).4. For time controls with increment, it adds the increment time to your display in the preferred "add-after" method which is where the increment time is added to your display right when you press your clock. This way you can always tell how much time you will have for your next move if you are in serious time pressure (some clocks add the increment time to your display in the less preferred "add-before" method which is where the increment time isn't added to your display until your opponent presses their clock).5. It shows seconds at all times.6. The number of moves made are shown on the screen at all times, regardless of which way you set the clock in note 7 (on many clocks, you have to press a button on the clock if you want to see the number of moves made and the number of moves made will no longer be shown once you stop pressing that button). Having the number of moves made shown on the screen at all times makes it much more likely that the players will realize if the move counter has become inaccurate.7. For time controls with more than one period, the move counter can be turned on or off (to turn the move counter off, set the number of moves to 00). If the move counter is on, the subsequent time control is added independently for each player once their time in the current time control runs out and only if the prescribed number of moves in the first time control were met. If the move counter is off, the subsequent time control is added independently for each player once their time in the current time control runs out, regardless of if the prescribed number of moves in the current time control were met. For time controls with more than one period, it also shows what time period you are in on the screen.8. While the clock doesn't "freeze" in increment time controls which is necessary for a clock to get FIDE certification, at the end of the day the clock accommodates what the FIDE rules really want which is to avoid a situation where both players have run out of time and you can't tell who ran out of time first. The clock shows who ran out of time first by showing a flag on their side of the clock. By not freezing and allowing both sides of the clock to run out of time, it accommodates US Chess rules as well.9. The clock is very easy to set.10. The clocks sells for a great price for the number of features it has (and the batteries are included).11. If the clock is paused, you can start either side of the clock when unpausing the clock. Also, the clock rounds the seconds on the base time up on the screen so if the time remaining is more than zero but less than one second, the time on the screen will show one second to make it clear the player still has some time left (some clocks don't let you start either players side of the clock when unpausing the clock and/or round the time down on the screen which causes the clock to show all zeros and makes it look like the time has expired when in reality there is still some time left).A couple of minor improvements I think would be good for a future edition of the clock are:1. The maximum amount of increment and delay you can set the clock for is 59 seconds. There are a few tournaments that use a 60 second increment or delay so I think it would be good if the clock allowed an increment and delay of 60 seconds.2. Some of the increment presets give the increment for move one and some do not. For example, preset 8, G/5;inc3, gives each player 5:03 for the first move while preset 7, G/3;inc2, gives each player 3:00 for the first move. Under FIDE and US Chess rules, the players get the increment time for move one so I think it would be better if all the increment presets automatically gave the increment time for move one.3. For time controls with delay, the delay time covers up the base time during the delay countdown. I think it would be better if the delay time didn't cover up the base time so you can always see how much time total time you have remaining for a move if you are in serious time pressure.4. I could be wrong but it doesn't appear there is any way to adjust the move counter once the game has started.5. There is a problem with time controls that have multiple periods with the increment time only on the sudden death time control. For example, Preset 21 is 40/120,20/50,SD/15 (forty moves in two hours followed by twenty moves in fifty minutes followed by the rest of the game in 15 minutes) with a 30 second increment only on the sudden death time control. This happens to be the time control the 2021 World Championship match will be played with. The clock starts giving Black the 30 second increment once he has completed move 60 but doesn't start giving White the 30 second increment until he has completed move 61. if you try setting the clock manually for 40/120,20/50,SD/15-with inc30 only on the SD 15, it will start giving the increment time only when the main time in the first two periods have run out, regardless of how many moves were made. This is such a rare type of time control that most people will probably never play with it so I don't see this as a deal breaker on the clock for most people.