Sunrise alarm clocks

Sarahsaver

it is possible to get curtains that open electronically so i think it would therefore be possible to set them up so they open at a time to suit you. Getting all a bit wallace and gromit this!

Badgergal

Except - my curtains being open at 6.30am in the pitch black wouldn't do me much good, haha!

I think I might take the plunge, this website does refunds.

Murtle

I've got the £99.99 Lumie light. We love it here, and always use the sunset mode to go to sleep to, and the sunrise to wake up to. It works for us during the long winter. Price wise, I got mine when boots were doing triple points, you can also get money off vouchers sometimes for their online shopping and delivery was free because of the price!

Bennifred

Here's another vote for the Lumie (£100 ish) sunrise clock. We've had one for several years and it does make getting up more bearable, eapecially in the winter. No more being jolted awake, heart racing! I tend to "come to" just before the alarm time nowadays.

Ted_Hutchinson

Click here £14.99

It is natural for us to respond to the rising sun by slowing waking up, which probably explains why it is so difficult to wake up on a dark winter's morning.

When a noisy alarm clock startles us awake we can feel irritable and weary all day.

This new Rise and Shine alarm clock imitates the sunrise effect by your bedside gently emitting a glowing light 5 minutes before the alarm time and gradually brightening to wake you naturally.

It also functiions as a normal buzzing alarm clock with snooze and features a large digital display.

Additionally, using the manual override the clock double up as a night light.

Requires 3 x AA batteries or mains adaptor, not included.
This isn't a personal recommendation but as the effect of light on the brain can only be transmitted through the eyes this is as likely as any other to be effective.

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Quackers

Bennifred wrote:

Here's another vote for the Lumie (£100 ish) sunrise clock. We've had one for several years and it does make getting up more bearable, eapecially in the winter. No more being jolted awake, heart racing! I tend to "come to" just before the alarm time nowadays.

Ditto - its fabtastic

And I wake up naturally now just before the alarm goes off - I still press snooze though and nod back off

bylromarha

Savvy_Sue wrote:

I bought a cheap one from Boots and it was hopeless, the light wasn't bright enough AND the wretched clock didn't keep good time either. So I had to take it back.

It played birdsong as you went to sleep if you wanted it to.

So DON'T buy a cheap one from Boots, go for the real thing if you want one. I haven't bothered, but I like the idea of a light on a timerswitch. We sleep with our curtains open, but I hate getting up in the dark.

We bought the Boots one too. Don't make the same mistake.

Sue- didn't you just love the natural sound of the dawn the clock emits?

The great big mechanical errrrrrrrrr as the gradual light rose to full position.

Used to make me smile each morning...ours is now in the loft as there was no back light on the time and I need to be able to see the time in the dark.

Savvy_Sue

bylromarha wrote:

We bought the Boots one too. Don't make the same mistake.

Sue- didn't you just love the natural sound of the dawn the clock emits?

The great big mechanical errrrrrrrrr as the gradual light rose to full position.

Used to make me smile each morning...ours is now in the loft as there was no back light on the time and I need to be able to see the time in the dark.

Oh yes, happy memories! I was actually GLAD it kept such poor time so that I could take it back!

Ted_Hutchinson

As has been suggested by others you may be able to get away with using a time switch to a bedside light set to come on 5 minutes before the alarm clock goes off.

If your bedside light was fitted with a low energy (ie, philips softone) bulb these take about 5 minutes to get up to maximum light output so would be gentler than using a standard bulb (as well as more economical)

It would be helpful if those folk who are finding the expensive lights useful could tell us skinflints how long before the eventual get up call these sunrise lights come on for. If they take longer than 5 mins then it might be better for those using a timer/bedside light to allow a longer time also. Maybe 30 minutes would be best?

Bennifred

My sunrise clock allows you to choose how long before the alarm goes off you want the light to start. I have set mine for 30 minutes - it starts off with an extremely gentle glow and gets brighter and brighter until it is at full power a couple of minutes before the alarm sounds. That way I just gently and gradually come to full conciousness - no shocks! :j