Sunrise Alarm Clock for Heavy Sleepers, Wake Up Light with Sunrise/Sun…

Charges your phone–and other great features
I haven’t done extensive research on all similar products, but from what I can tell, the one distinguishing feature from such products in a similar price range is that this clock has a USB port to charge your phone. So rather than have to pick what thing to lose from my bedside outlet, I can just replace my phone charger with this clock. This helps put this light clock over others for me.Downside: charging though the clock is slower than my normal adapter. But when I’m just leaving it through the night, no big deal.The rest of the features seem to be the same as similar products, but I’ll comment on them anyway because I really enjoy them. And if these features weren’t there, it’d be harder to pick this clock over other clocks despite having the charger function.1) You can turn off the LED lights that display the time. If you just want the waking light functionality but don’t like small red lights glaring in the darkness, reminding you how it’s this late and you still haven’t fallen asleep, you can turn it off (and back on) with a couple clicks of a button.2) You can turn off the alarm sound and just use the waking light on its own. I like the preset sounds, but maybe sometimes you just want the light to slowly reveal itself rather than it be accompanied by a sudden sound.3) Makes a good lamp, and I enjoy the additional color light show feature.4) I don’t really think I’ll use the FM radio feature that much or at all, but it does automatically scan and preset ALL radio stations that have some signal. So you can just scroll through the stations that actually air something (though it does pick up poor quality ones too) rather than scroll through the channels that air nothing.5) You can use a 24-hour setting rather than AM/PM. I’ve always liked not using AM/PM.6) It’s kind of…cute.Those features stood out most to me and made this a great clock. But just to mention some more: two alarm presets, can set brightness of alarm light, can set volume of alarm sound, a sleep mode (light will dim instead of brighten), 9-minute snooze, and some more fine-grained settings I don’t want to bother listing that allow you to really customize things to your preferences. Oh, and there’s a battery that preserves your settings if you ever have to unplug the clock (though I actually haven’t checked this function).Downsides:1) I think I’ll always need the instruction booklet because there are so many features and settings that use the same buttons. I may have used it enough now to know how to work everything, or at least the functions I primarily use, but there really is a lot. Single click this, double click that, long-hold this. That kind of stuff. You kind of have to learn the clock; I had to refer to the booklet for the first more than a few times. God help you if you forget how to set something you want in the future and don’t have the booklet. (I still like the features themselves.)2) Even though the radio scans all the channels, scrolling through them is a pain in the butt. You have to long hold a button to move through the presets. As soon as I found a decent station I just left it there. Regular click is reserved for radio volume. Not sure why they couldn’t use the same buttons that control alarm volume, but I don’t know anything about how hard that sort of wiring or whatever is.That’s it. It’s a great clock.

Awesome alternative to annoying phone alarm
I love waking up to a nice natural sound and light rather than that cranking iPhone alarm. The light is wonderful especially in the winter months. Took away a star because it isnt the most user friendly in terms of set up, but once you get it set up the way you want, it’s just 1 button to turn on/off the alarm.

It’s ok.
I would much prefer the “lowest” light setting to be a bit darker because it’s actually bright enough to wake me up. I realize this may not be the case with everyone, so you might give this 5 stars whereas I am only giving it 3 for this reason only. If it weren’t for that, I’d give it 5 stars.Once you get the hang of what all the buttons do, it’s pretty easy to set the alarms. You can have TWO alarms set at a time. The light can be set to come on 10, 20, or 30 minutes prior to the noise of your choice [or not at all]. You may set the light to come on at any brightness available, and assuming you do not choose the brightest option, the light will gradually go from whatever you set it at to the brightest option in the 10, 20, or 30 minutes of time until the alarm with the sound of your choice comes on. You have a few options for the alarm [I like the birds], including the radio, and can set that at the volume of your choice.There’s also a sound for NIGHT that works in the opposite direction as the sound/light for the morning … it can be set for up to 2 hours, and after half of the set time it gets a bit more quiet [the light might reduce faster than that – I’m not sure because I do not use the light option for the night setting]. This is a separate button on the right side of the clock, and is easy to push if you want it to keep going … or if you wake up in the middle of the night and want it to start.I LOVE that the digital clock has 3 display settings: bright, medium, nothing. I choose nothing because I prefer my room as dark as possible.I think this would be a nice clock for a child’s bedroom. It seems like it would be a peaceful way for a child to go to sleep and wake up. 🙂 My children are all adults, so I have recommended this for my grandchildren.

You can’t ignore it as it lights up when the alarm goes off. I lovd the customization options for sounds, light, volume, time intervals, etc. It’s also awesome as a bedside lamp and has many different colour options. Highly recommend!

Our Philips just died & I had become completely reliant on the light alarm. There are a lot of alternatives now but the price points are high. I bought this because it had (almost) everything I wanted (dual alarm, sunrise setting & FM radio as alarm). I also wanted battery backup for our frequent power outages & it advertises as such but I don’t see any way to replace batteries (hence 4 star). The only other thing that I wish it did is have the alarm music begin gradually (low to higher volume) as the lowest setting is still pretty loud but no such luck. It’s been a week & I’m already used to it so I guess that’s fine too. Overall good value for money (on sale for $35), we’ll see how long this one lasts

Very fun and cool product, easy to use and just as described