Need new alarm clock before the old one drives me crazy.
March 3, 2015 7:46 AM Subscribe
So after dropping my beloved alarm clock on the floor one too many times, it has started buzzing, quietly, but enough that my sanity is starting to disappear. Problem is that I love this one, even with the crappy radio part, and it's no longer being made. Can you help me find a new, just as good, if not better option? My husband's and my continued employment appreciate it!
So this Timex clock is what we have now. It's got nice large numbers, which is vital as I'm remarkably blind without my glasses (we are talking -9.0, -10.0 prescription here), a dual alarm clock function so I can keep our standard one as alarm one and just screw around with alarm two for the occasional times we need something different, allows us to wake to music (crappy radio, but I'm not picky about the music as long as it isn't a buzzer), and has a setting that allows us to set the alarm for just weekdays or all week, etc, which is key so that I don't have to ever remember to turn it off or on. However, I can't figure out what to google to find something with all of this anymore. Dual alarms is easy, large numbers also easy. But the weekday/all week programmable is stymieing me. Any other features would be pluses as long as they don't interfere with the actual functioning of the important things.
I know most people just use their phones for this sort of thing these days, but I find mine just doesn't work well for me (for one, it's hard to find when sleepy and with no glasses on). Help me find something so I can trade out my little buzzing sanity killer, but still wake up every day! Thanks!
So this Timex clock is what we have now. It's got nice large numbers, which is vital as I'm remarkably blind without my glasses (we are talking -9.0, -10.0 prescription here), a dual alarm clock function so I can keep our standard one as alarm one and just screw around with alarm two for the occasional times we need something different, allows us to wake to music (crappy radio, but I'm not picky about the music as long as it isn't a buzzer), and has a setting that allows us to set the alarm for just weekdays or all week, etc, which is key so that I don't have to ever remember to turn it off or on. However, I can't figure out what to google to find something with all of this anymore. Dual alarms is easy, large numbers also easy. But the weekday/all week programmable is stymieing me. Any other features would be pluses as long as they don't interfere with the actual functioning of the important things.
I know most people just use their phones for this sort of thing these days, but I find mine just doesn't work well for me (for one, it's hard to find when sleepy and with no glasses on). Help me find something so I can trade out my little buzzing sanity killer, but still wake up every day! Thanks!
Set an eBay purchase alert for the exact clock model you're replacing. There are a few completed listings showing up, though no current active listings -- I'd imagine you'll have an identical replacement in hand within a couple weeks.
posted by killdevil at 7:55 AM on March 3, 2015
posted by killdevil at 7:55 AM on March 3, 2015
I found the same link as Slinga. That seems to the identical clock you have now for $34.99, shipped.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:58 AM on March 3, 2015
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:58 AM on March 3, 2015
I actually spent an inordinate amount of time researching alarm clocks and buying and returning them. This is the one I settled on: the Soundfreaq Sound Rise. Yes, it's expensive as alarm clocks go. It's got two alarms with flexible date-setting options (weekdays only, weekends only, specific days of week). Pretty good radio reception and audio quality.
posted by adamrice at 9:55 AM on March 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by adamrice at 9:55 AM on March 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
Oh man! I have this clock. I had no clue that they don't make it anymore. Let me know if you can't get one from ebay - I like mine but I don't think that I'm attached as you are.
posted by destructive cactus at 2:40 PM on March 3, 2015
posted by destructive cactus at 2:40 PM on March 3, 2015
Buzzing? Can you elaborate? Maybe that's repairable. Does the buzz stop if you hold the radio?
The page you linked to has a link to purchase a refurbed one. Why not buy that one?
posted by at at 5:31 PM on March 3, 2015
The page you linked to has a link to purchase a refurbed one. Why not buy that one?
posted by at at 5:31 PM on March 3, 2015
Response by poster: Thanks guys! I may just try to purchase it off eBay, but in some ways I was hoping there was a new, improved version out there as the radio on this one does really suck.
As far as what the buzzing is, I have no clue. Honestly I don't have time to look into it much. It just makes a fairly quiet low electronic sort of buzzing sound that sometimes is improved if I balance it on its side, though that is becoming less and less reliable as time goes on. I assume in dropping it on the floor I knocked something loose in there that is now vibrating and creating the buzzing sound. Given that I am a bit hard on things like this, I'm hesitant to buy any refurbished ones (plus all I saw at the time was $75 one that is way more than I'm spending on this alarm clock).
posted by katers890 at 8:55 PM on March 3, 2015
As far as what the buzzing is, I have no clue. Honestly I don't have time to look into it much. It just makes a fairly quiet low electronic sort of buzzing sound that sometimes is improved if I balance it on its side, though that is becoming less and less reliable as time goes on. I assume in dropping it on the floor I knocked something loose in there that is now vibrating and creating the buzzing sound. Given that I am a bit hard on things like this, I'm hesitant to buy any refurbished ones (plus all I saw at the time was $75 one that is way more than I'm spending on this alarm clock).
posted by katers890 at 8:55 PM on March 3, 2015
Fix it. Probably the transformer broke loose. Open it up, use some silicone caulk to stick it to the frame, then close it back up and wait a day for it to cure.
posted by flimflam at 12:42 PM on March 4, 2015
posted by flimflam at 12:42 PM on March 4, 2015
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posted by Slinga at 7:48 AM on March 3, 2015 [2 favorites]