Fantastic clock for every hard of hearing and heavy sleeper
Whether you're a heavy sleeper or deaf/hard of hearing, this is a great clock. I'm hard of hearing and sleep on my "good" side. I have always found it difficult to wake to alarm clocks without oversleeping by more than 15 minutes (sometimes an hour!). While the beeping on this clock isn't loud enough to wake me, the buzzing and vibration from the pillow shaker certainly does without fail! In fact the vibration starts a split second before the beeping does. I like the fact that I can choose between vibration, alarm sound or both. It's nice to switch to vibration only on mornings my husband doesn't need to get up before me. This clock also has TWO alarms which is nice when I want to set a second alarm if I should happen to take a nap.... I won't be messing with my primary alarm. There is also a 24 hour cancel button, as well as just turning the alarm off. The snooze is nice & big. The only part I found difficult about the alarm is turning it on...once you press one of the alarm buttons and the time starts to flash, you need to press it again to turn the alarm on. To turn the alarm off, press & hold until the alarm indicator is off. Another great feature is the DST button!!! If you live in an area that changes the clocks forward & backward in spring & fall this great feature makes time change FAST and EASY! Just press the DST button and you move either forward or backward one hour. When in DST time, the DST indicator will be on. Just be sure that when you set the time that you do it right...when you press DST to turn off DST time, your new time will roll back one hour. I love it!!! Setting the regular time and alarms was pretty easy as well...just move through the hour and minutes individually...no need to cycle through the entire 24 hours just to get the exact time (then hope you don't go over a few minutes & need to start over!). Only cycling through 12 numbers twice for hours and 60 numbers for minutes. It's a breeze the way it ought to be! Another added thing that's nice to have is a USB port in the back for plugging in things to be charged. I have my cell phone charger plugged in. I don't know how long it takes to charge because I charge overnight. One other downside is the numbers are VERY bright even on level 1 (levels 1-5). I put mine on level 1 then simply flip my clock over on its face to block out the light. IF I want to see the time at night, I just lift it to glance at it. However, during the day, I turn it to level 3 or higher and it's easy to see the blue numbers across the room. This is also quite flat and very easy to pack in a suitcase for traveling. Just plug it in to an electrical outlet. One thing I suggest is slipping the vibration cord through a paper binder then clipping the binder to the head or side edge of the to of mattress so that your vibration device doesn't fall off the mattress & go all the way to the floor when you adjust your pillows or fall off if you are inclining an adjustable bed. IF you have a muscle aches, put the vibration where it hurts & run the vibration alarm (not the noise alarm) for a few seconds. It's been 2 or 3 weeks and this clock hasn't failed to wake me yet. Read more




















