11 days ago i posted a review on the black model. Read further down for that review. One week ago I got the Silver model and I am gald I did, Much, much easier to read. And yes, The instructions are tucked away in a secret compartment at the base of the display case; must be a ploy to get you to their website. Bottom line, the silver model is great, have to reset the timer, but heck the thing has a powerful vibration and I can actually read it.
I bought the Black model. The pro side: 1)Does put out a powerful vibration; I find it hard to miss when this big boy goes off, 2) the back light works fine. On the bummer side: 1) the timer doesn't reset; have to reset it all over again after it goes off; 2) The instructions, I could not find them!!! I had to go to the Freestyle website to get them. A week later I found out the instructions are hidden in a compartment WITHIN the base of the display case; did not like what seemed to me a ploy to have buyers visit their website. As far as I was concerned, if I couldn't find the instructions, they were not included. 3) In the black model, the display is very hard to read, if I had known about the display, I never would have bought the watch. I was disappointed.