Swan STM201N Vintage Teasmade with a Traditional Dial Clock, Rapid Boil and Alarm, 600ml, 850W, White

Excellent product, dial not too light, boils quietly and quickly. Keeps perfect time.

Love it! Compact and easy to use. I was a little worried after reading mixed reviews, however I can’t fault it. No issues at all. Alarm not too loud, water noise wakes me but again not too loud, light dims. Easy to set, fill and use. Good that you can put things on top. Nice clean yet retro design. Looks way better than I imagined. Able to start my day in peace before venturing downstairs. What’s not to love.

I have had teasmades for the last 50 years to enjoy a morning cuppa in bed. Previous models (initially Goblin teasmade in 1972) lasted 17 years. My most recent teasmade before this purchase was a Swan compact teasmade, probably 15 years old, that still functions but recently started to tick so noisily that we decided to replace it. A few weeks ago, I took delivery of my first Swan Vintage teasmade. There was such poor quality control on this item. The hour and minute hands were not in synchrony such that when the minute hand was on 12, the hour hand was pointing to about 25 minutes to the full hour. The alarm was difficult to set, probably due to the lack of synchrony of the clock fingers. The teasmade made tea & the alarm went off on the first morning but almost an hour later than we wanted it. We adjusted the alarm setting and the next day, when the clock reached this time, the red light for tea & alarm function went out, the alarm only light stayed on & the teasmade did nothing - no tea nor alarm wake up. I contacted Swan & the lady in customer service informed me I must set the teasmade up just after 7pm the previous night if I wanted it to sound the alarm and make the tea at 6.50 am. the following morning as the teasmade works on a 12 hour cycle. In 50 years of successfully using a teasmade, I have usually set it around 11pm going to bed but instead I followed her instructions. I put water in the chamber, teabag in the pot, pot firmly positioned on its stand against the sensor and both switches pressed to the "set" position with red lights illuminated. Just 50 minutes later, the teasmade made the tea at almost 8pm the same evening so the advice I got from Swan was rubbish!! I contacted Amazon & returned this defective teasmade I had for less than a week & took delivery of a replacement one on 3rd August. Once again, the hour and minute fingers on the clock were not fully synchronised (have Swan abandoned all quality control for these China manufactured products?) but this time they were only 12 minutes out rather than 25 minutes. We made the required adjustments in setting the alarm for 6.30 am wanting it to go off at 6.50 am & this proved right. I set the teasmade at 11pm going to bed and at 6.50 am the next morning, we were woken with the alarm & a cup of tea. This worked perfectly for 3 days. Then on the 4th morning, when it reached 6.50 am, the red light for "alarm and tea" went out, the teasmade neither made any tea nor did the alarm go off, despite the second red light for alarm only still being pressed to the "set" position & illuminated. I pressed the combined tea and alarm switch down to the "tea now" position & it made tea so at least we had a drink but no alarm wake up. This has happened each day for the past three days, so now we are returning a second defective Swan vintage teasmade to Amazon for a refund and no longer wish to own such a poor quality item. To say we are bitterly disappointed is an understatement, especially given that in over 50 years we have only ever purchased 3 or 4 teasmade and always had a functioning product to wake us in the morning with a nice cup of tea. We have decided to revert back to our 15 years old noisy Swan Compact teasmade which at least sounds the alarm at the right time & makes a cup of tea, even though the very loud tick (which it only recently started to do) keeps us awake. We will buy ear plugs & enjoy a working teasmade.Would I recommend this product - definitely not. If you want to have this product as a non-functioning ornament at the side of the bed, then maybe purchase it on that understanding. Or if you are happy to have a product that might only work for a couple of days, then this is ideal for you.

This is my third Swan teas maid each one lasts about 3 years, I use it everyday and wouldn't be with out it. This model is much improved on the last the best yet. It occupies less space on the bedside table and fits better due to its more boxy shape. The integrated tray on top on genius again saving space as cups van be kept on top. The tea pot locates into the set position more easily than the previous model and a red light indicates it is set. It makes great tea two mugs. On the negative side although the clock light has a dimmer the light is still bright enough to wake you in the night and spills out the side as well ad the front so I need to put a screen around it. Why don't swan make it with a switch off the light switch as this is such frequent feed back from purchasers.Also my last model had an led clock and was silent. This one has anaudible tick but I am sure I will get used to that. Great price, and delivered bang on time, yey for tea in the morning again.

Disappointed with performance. Had since August 24. Very hit and miss as to whether it will work at set time so turn it on when I wake. On reflection should have bought a small kettle.

Works well so far but I hope it lasts longer than the last one!

The unventor should have got a Nobel. Best thing in the morning next to Wogan.

The clue is that the box and the instruction booklet show a significantly large picture of the Birmingham factory used until 2006. Now the Swan product is made somewhere in the back streets of China and is no more a Vintage Teasmade than fly in the air! There is obviously minimal quality control at the factory. The first product delivered to us lost hours each day, was difficult to set the alarm and ticked as loud as Big Ben. The light is ridiculous because you cannot switch it off, it can only be dimmed to become a very annoying night light but is completely useless as a bedside light. Needless to say this teasmade was returned and a replacement was sent. At least this new teasmade kept good time, it was much quieter and in all fairness did make a good pot of tea. However the original design problems remained. The clock face is oval and hence the setting of the short alarm finger with any accuracy is a bit difficult. The light control is a knob underneath the tray which is normally loaded with tea cups and sits across the top of the kettle so it is virtually impossible to operate in the morning gloom. We have cut a piece of cardboard which now sits in front of the clock face to cut out the night light which is a fundamentally ridiculous design and have to use a small torch on dark mornings !!. Even the tea tray is finished with an ultra high gloss with the result that anything on the tray slides around as if on ice and can be quite dangerous for anybody with anything other than a steady hand. Overall this product needs some intelligent redesign but is does make a good pot of tea. Unfortunately there are no similar products on the market otherwise we would have considered an alternative. We could have tried to find a genuine vintage teasmade like we have previously used for many years but there is always the risk of buying a pre-owned electrical product. Overall, with our operational modifications we have learned to live with this teasmade for the sake of a good morning cup of tea but we are keeping an eye open for a better product in due course.