I never really used to have a problem with getting up in the morning. I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a morning person as I wasn’t overly chipper upon rising, but I wasn’t a grouch either. I never hit the snooze, never went back to sleep, I just turned my alarm off and got out of bed. Then I met someone. Someone who likes to sleep in and whose best friend is the snooze button. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I sleep late now, but I have trouble getting out of bed in the morning and I have been known to slap the snooze button a couple times a day. Basically, my morning wake-up ethic has been destroyed by the notion that there’s this great thing out there, and it’s called sleep. I mean, who wants to be jolted awake by some annoying beeping sound, over and over?
The Wake-up Light (Amazon, $199.99) knows that while sleep is precious, so is the ability to afford food and shelter, so you better get your ass out of bed and to work on time. So this baby isn’t going to mess around when it comes to waking you up, but it will go about it in a gentler way. See, instead of harsh beeping noises that rip you from your latest REM cycle, this alarm clock uses light to wake you. Starting 30 minutes prior to your selected wake-up time, the light slowly gets brighter and brighter, simulating natural light coming into the room. In case that’s a little too subtle for you (even though the light does get quite bright), you can also set an auditory alarm that also gradually increases in volume. The auditory alarm can be in the form of a beeping noise, one of the four preloaded nature sounds, FM radio, or even songs from your iPod. When you’re not using the light to wake up or slowly drift off to sleep with its dusk simulation, it has 20 different brightness settings that allows it to double as a bedside lamp. And if that’s not already enough to blow your mind, it has a detachable iPod/iPhone dock so you can charge and play music.
Christmas is coming up, you know, and I just wanted to tell you that I might really enjoy one of these. In case you were wondering.
5 out of 5 stars.
Specs:
-Dimensions: 5.5″ x 12.6″ x 9.4″
-Gradually wakes you up by light for a more pleasant feeling
-20 different brightness settings for use as bedside lamp
-Detachable iPod/iPhone dock allows for charging and playing music
-Dusk simulation helps your drift to sleep by gradually dimming light and sound
-Optional FM radio
-4 nature sounds
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