Product Review: The Sunrise Alarm Clock - A Gentler Way to Wake Up
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Do you enjoy being scared awake every morning? Can it possibly be good for anyone to wake up suddenly with their heart pounding?
I have always detested the obnoxious noises that come out of conventional alarm clocks. It seems likely those aural assaults might be a part of why so many people get up cranky every morning. 
I know what I need
I noticed over the years that on days I tried to sleep in, I awoke easily as the sun came up.
This was so consistent that I used to wish someone would design something that would make my bedroom window get brighter and brighter they way it does when the sun's coming up. If I could make the window brighten at the right time, I would be able to wake up, feel good, and not need that unfriendly box on the nightstand.
Finally!
Then one day I saw it! The Sunrise Alarm Clock. Someone had done it!
The price was a little steep, which made me hesitate. Today a Sunrise Alarm Clock runs about $90. I bought mine several years ago and the retail price then was $70. It occurred to me to look on E-bay and sure enough, I found one. I still ended up paying about $60, but I've been using that same Sunrise Alarm Clock ever since and I haven't for a second regretted buying it.
Lots of features
There are several features about the Sunrise Alarm Clock that I really like. And the new models have even more features than the older ones!
Alarm Clock Mode
This is the sunrise function. You set the time that you want to wake up. The Sunrise Alarm Clock has a 5-6 inch white globe containing a light bulb on top of the clock. On my model this globe begins to glow faintly 30 minutes before the time you set to wake up. Over the next 30 minutes the glow becomes brighter and brighter. By the time for which you set the clock, the light is quite bright.
The theory is that the gradually-increasing light triggers you to wake up much the way wild animals wake as the sun comes up. And this is just how it works for me. The new models of Sunrise Alarm Clock allow you to set the brightening interval for anywhere between 15 and 120 minutes.
I have always detested the obnoxious noises that come out of conventional alarm clocks. It seems likely those aural assaults might be a part of why so many people get up cranky every morning.
I know what I need
I noticed over the years that on days I tried to sleep in, I awoke easily as the sun came up.
This was so consistent that I used to wish someone would design something that would make my bedroom window get brighter and brighter they way it does when the sun's coming up. If I could make the window brighten at the right time, I would be able to wake up, feel good, and not need that unfriendly box on the nightstand.
Finally!
Then one day I saw it! The Sunrise Alarm Clock. Someone had done it!
The price was a little steep, which made me hesitate. Today a Sunrise Alarm Clock runs about $90. I bought mine several years ago and the retail price then was $70. It occurred to me to look on E-bay and sure enough, I found one. I still ended up paying about $60, but I've been using that same Sunrise Alarm Clock ever since and I haven't for a second regretted buying it.
Lots of features
There are several features about the Sunrise Alarm Clock that I really like. And the new models have even more features than the older ones!
Alarm Clock Mode
This is the sunrise function. You set the time that you want to wake up. The Sunrise Alarm Clock has a 5-6 inch white globe containing a light bulb on top of the clock. On my model this globe begins to glow faintly 30 minutes before the time you set to wake up. Over the next 30 minutes the glow becomes brighter and brighter. By the time for which you set the clock, the light is quite bright.
The theory is that the gradually-increasing light triggers you to wake up much the way wild animals wake as the sun comes up. And this is just how it works for me. The new models of Sunrise Alarm Clock allow you to set the brightening interval for anywhere between 15 and 120 minutes.
Some people wake up when a light comes on.
Sunrise triggers a natural waking response.
Sunrise triggers a natural waking response.