![]() ![]() If that’s all your after this is a great option for you. It does do one thing though: wake you up at a specific time every morning. It doesn’t let you set a second alarm or customize anything other than the brightness of the dominant red numbers and the volume of the alarm (for this you have two options: soft or loud). It has only a handful of buttons and limited features. When it comes to the Travelwey, simplicity is the game. Best overall – Travelwey Home LED Alarm Clock Price – $14 We used each alarm to wake us up at least two nights, and combined our notes of the experience as it progressed. Best alarm clocks – quick summary Best overall That’s why we have tried ten of the most popular alarm clocks on the market to help you decide, evaluating a variety of factors, from prices to features. Do for those looking to decrease their screen time, old-fashioned alarm clocks could be a handy solution.īut what features do you need? This will be different for every preference. A study has shown use of a smartphone as an alarm is correlated with an 80% greater mobile phone use in everyday life. Most people just use their smartphones as their alarm clock, but this has its pitfalls. Source: The sample for this review was provided by USCCE.No one really LOVES their alarm clock right? Unless you’re one of those insufferable morning people, and apparently they don’t need alarm clocks anyway, because they just get up by themselves.ĭespite their role of awakening us from our slumber and attempting to lure us out of our warm cosy beds, the way we wake up is key to starting the day in the right way and being as effective and efficient as possible. I have it on volume level set on 13 out of 16. Wow, that alarm clock cuts through my Mack’s ear plugs quite nicely. I offered to send the clock to Lynn Lopez who said that she has problems waking up when using regular alarm clocks. I just don’t want to use it □ Update 1/17/22 If I wasn’t already spoiled by that, I’d like the USCCE Digital Clock Radio just fine. In the past, I have done the same thing using Amazon Alexa routines. I have created a special shortcut automation on my iPhone that speaks the weather, speaks any appointments for the day, and then plays a 5 minute breaking news podcast each morning. But for techies like me, is it a worthy alternative to a smartphone as a morning alarm? For me personally, no. The USCCE Digital Clock Radio is a clock radio with enough extra features to make it an affordable bedside companion. Add the ability to set the snooze length.2 alarms that can be set for M-F, Weekends, Everyday.The sound quality out of the radio’s speaker won’t blow you away but it’s decent enough for a clock radio. I was able to pull in all the normal stations in my area. The USCCE Digital Clock Radio’s built-in FM radio works as expected. The display does show if an alarm is set to OFF which is good, but if you don’t check the alarm status each night before you go to bed, you might oversleep if the alarm was set to off when you were expecting it to be on. If an alarm is going off and in your groggy stupor, you happen to press the alarm button twice instead of just once, that alarm will be turned completely off and won’t go off again the next day. The problem I have with this is that the buttons are small and if you accidentally press the wrong alarm button it will actually completely turn off that alarm so it won’t fire again until you toggle it back on. To completely turn off an alarm while it is buzzing, you have to press the respecive alarm 1 or alarm 2 button once. If you have the alarm set to the radio, it will play for 1 hour before turning off. If you don’t snooze the alarm, it will buzz/play for 15 minutes before automatically going off. When an alarm goes off, you can press the large snooze button/dial which will turn off the alarm for 9 minutes before it goes off again. ![]() There’s even a chirping bird/nature tone. ![]() There are 2 traditional (annoying) buzzy/beepy alarm tones and 2 “nice” tones that are more melodic. The USCCE Digital Clock Radio’s display shows the day of the week, the current time, temperature, and info for the two alarms.įor the alarms, you can choose between 5 alarm tones or an FM radio station. You can actually turn the display brightness level down to 0% if you want it to be completely turned off at night. And here it is set to one of the dimmest levels. ![]()
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