BUFFBEE Alarm Clock with Bluetooth Speaker FM Radio for Bedside Gradual Wake-Up Sounds Fully Dimmable Display Ambient Night

Update: After replacing the old one and my review, the company reached out to make it right! Customer service is something important to them. Super impressed and love my new unit! It truly makes a great office radio. Bought this September of 2024- the bluetooth never would work. The screen eventually quit working and now today it won’t go thru all the stations. But it always had good sound and made for a great office radio. So I ordered another one and hopefully it lasts longer. I guess for $25 you do get what you pay for. Read more

Is a nice clock with the Bluetooth working great. The sound is nice and not cheap sounding. If needed, I'd purchase again Read more

Great sound Nice appearance. Clock setting instructions did not work, but clock set automatically when I connected my iPhone through Bluetooth. Read more

I wanted to replace my decades old Sony Dream Machine, and the Buffbee bluetooth clock radio’s ad touting superior sound quality (“stunning Hi-Fi sound”) caught my eye. The Buffbee has a very attractive, compact design and is a perfect fit for the decor in my bedroom. I’m a senior citizen on the cusp of having diminished capacity, but I found the initial setup to be intuitive and the top control panel is conveniently organized. The lighting controls are a nice feature, and I especially like the fact that the buttons on top stay lit when the alarm goes off, so it’s easy to make a selection in a dark room. One of the reasons I bought this model was the ad emphasizing the quality of the speaker. But this turned out to be the only underwhelming feature. I mean it’s perfectly adequate for a clock radio of this size and cost, but the ad oversells this feature. I’m still giving it a 5 star rating because at this price point it would be unrealistic to expect it to sound like there’s a live symphony playing in the background. I set the alarm to play NPR on the radio in the early a.m., so the sound is just fine for the spoken voice. I wouldn’t, however, use it to play music on other stations or through my laptop using the convenient bluetooth feature. I have other dedicated bluetooth speakers for music. To the developers — if in the future you issued a very high end version of this clock radio with a superior speaker, I would have no reservations paying substantially more to purchase another one. Overall, I enthusiastically recommend this clock radio, as long as you don’t have unrealistic expectations regarding the sound quality. Read more

I should not be reviewing this yet only had I one day.so far I like it,pretty easy to set up,easy to see the time.sound quality is very good,the different colored lights are cool. Read more

I love this so much that I bought a second for the guest room. It has a sophisticated look, is small and unobtrustive, but works well. I don't want a phone-charging dock (if you can't be without your phone while you sleep, you have issues). I don't need an entertainment system. If you're looking for music quality this also may not be the device to buy, but all I wanted was a clock for the bedside table. I keep the radio tuned to NPR because all I need is a quick hit of the morning news while I am getting showered and dressed, and for that it's perfect. Love that it links to my phone so the time is always accurate and doesn't require the twice annual head scratching as to how to reset it when daylight saving begins and ends. It's perfect. Read more

Sound broke after around a year. Sound cuts out, and I cannot find a fix. The volume is nothing special either, as anything blue toothed through this device is noticeably quieter than a cheap Bluetooth speaker. The light is neat, but overall that’s the only relevant thing separating this device from any other alarm clock radio from the past 40 years. I figured it was still a decent alarm clock for what I got out of it, but now I’m seeing it’s over $30? Not a chance Read more

Great looking clock! Sounds great, has plenty of bass, and works well with bluetooth. Aesthetically, it's definitely a cut above the rest. Functionality wise..eh.. The 'backlight' for all the buttons only stays on for 5 seconds or less before disappearing, which makes it super hard to navigate in the dark. Key buttons like volume control are 'hidden' amongst the rest; whilst the 'set clock' button for example, which you'd never use in the dark, are located near the top and easier to find. On the plus side, the snooze button is front center and easy to hit, with several brail like nubs to help reassure you're hitting the right button, but the rest are indistinguishably smooth. I sure wish there were some, if not at least a single, nub(s) on either the volume buttons or scanning buttons for the same purpose. Would make a huge difference. The auto preset for radio stations is kind of cool, but that's also the only option it comes with and it's pretty awkward scanning through radio stations to be honest, although it functions well enough I suppose. The biggest drawback though, is that the battery it comes with is designed only to keep track of the time and alarm time setting. Not only will the display go dark if unplugged, but the alarm gets turned off as well. So if the power goes out you're screwed. Definitely not reliable as an alarm clock during a power outage. Although, I suppose it IS advertised as a 'plugged in' clock, so I guess that's on you, but still.. that's pretty essential for an alarm clock. Read more