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Does my ideal alarm clock/radio exist?

Balonious Assault — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:00:51 -0800

Does my ideal alarm clock/radio exist? I've been searching for years for a bedside alarm clock/radio with the following features:

1. Can play one radio station while going to sleep and play a different station when the alarm goes off in the morning. Sometimes I like to listen to George Noory while drifting off to sleep, but I never want to wake up to the political hate radio that the same station plays in the morning.
2. Adjustable "snooze button" time. Sometimes a 9 minute snooze interval is great. Sometimes 20 minutes would be better.
3. Can set a different alarm time for each day of the week. If I find myself working a schedule that allows me to sleep in an extra few hours on Wednesdays, I don't want to have to reset my alarm every Wednesday, then set it back again every Thursday.
4. Gradually increasing alarm (radio) volume.

I realize I could set something up with a computer or multiple alarms & radios to get a system that has all those features. I also realize that there all kinds of other alarms and features that work for other people. I don't want to wake up to a buzzer. I don't have a problem getting up in the morning so I don't want an alarm that forces me to get out of bed by being on the other side of the room, rolling off my night stand, or flying around the room. I just want a single alarm clock/radio unit that has that particular set of features. I've found several that have most of them, but I want one that has them all. If you know of such a thing I'd love to hear about it. Thanks.

DRRRINNGGGG! zzzzzzzz DRRRINNGGGG! zzzzzzzz DRRRINNGGGG! Okay, Okay.

Cantdosleepy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:24:36 -0800

Do those 5-minute snoozes your alarm clock gives you make you more tired once you're actually up? When I force myself to get out of bed at the first ring of the clock, I find I'm usually more alert for the first few hours of the day. If I give myself a quarter-hour of snooze-button-jamming (and of, how those extra minutes in bed feel so good yet so bad) then things are a bit more dazed.

Should I cut out the snoozing entirely? This isn't a late-for-work question, I'm just interested to know if those snatched minutes confuse the human brain. Are alarm clock companies caving to snooze-button demanders like an Edinburgh chippie frying my Snickers?

Interested in both anecdotal wakeup chat and scientific knowledge.

Is the Sleeptracker for me?

jacquilynne — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:27:48 -0800

Does the Sleeptracker watch actually work? I've searched and found countless links on MeFi to the Sleeptracker watch, as a suggestion for people struggling to get up in the morning. That's all well and good, but I didn't get the impression that anyone had actually, you know, tried it.

So, has anyone tried it? Did it work?

I find there are definitely spots in my morning when I'm already awake, or at least more awake than other times. If I get up during those times, my day goes better than if I wait for my alarm or snooze to go off. If the Sleeptracker is successful at finding those times, I think it could really help me. But is it?

Find me an alarm clock that doesn't suck.

jimmy0x52 — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:55:05 -0800

AlarmClockFilter: I'm picky about exactly what I need for an alarm clock and I'd like to harness your collective searching powers to find what I want Much like in this post I need an alarm clock with a certain set of features. Unlike this post, my features are different (some the same).

Also - all the links in that previous post seem to not work..

Requirements:

Digital Face

Face must be always lit - i.e. no button required to see it at night

Battery backup (so power outages don't require resets)

Alarm that stays on until turned off - NOT an alarm that turns off once 8:01 hits if it's set for 8:00

LED or similar - NOT an LCD. I don't like having to get my head in the right position just to see the screen

Would like:

Projects time onto the roof

The ability to set alarm and clock time seperate - none of this 'hold the clock button and press up and down' or vice-versa business

That's about it. Size isn't really a factor. I like green LED's but really any color is fine.

Oh - and the clocks with most of these features with the blue backlit faces - I have one. The alarm a) doesn't stay on past 8:00 and b) the face can only be looked at direct on because it's an LCD.

night-owls need not apply

Oddly — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:08:51 -0800

How do I become a morning person? I can't seem to get out of bed before I absolutely have to (or later). When I do get up early, I really enjoy taking the extra time to ease into the day, but I just can't seem to make a habit of it.

Early risers: what's the rush to get out of a warm, cozy bed?