Alarm broke :-(
I received this alarm clock as a gift, and I was happy to get it because I live in NW Washington where it is gray, dark, rainy, and dreary for 5 months out of the year. This winter was especially bad and I was having a super hard time getting up in the morning. I had this unbelievably loud and obnoxious alarm clock that I would hit the snooze button on 8 times every morning.<br /><br />What I loved about this alarm clock is that the alarm would gradually sound, starting out very quiet and gradually getting louder. I would still wake up with the quietest setting, however. Also, the light that goes on before the alarm is nice and seems to make me feel more awake and ready to get up and start the day. Sometimes the light wakes me up before the alarm does.<br /><br />But, just the other day, the alarm started malfunctioning and now when it goes off, it immediately goes to the loudest setting (which is exactly what I hated about my old alarm clock). If I hit snooze, the next time it goes off it's just a quick "chirp," which is definitely not enough to wake me if I were to fall back asleep. I have no idea how to fix this and I will probably have to go back to using my old alarm clock, which sucks. Even though the light still wakes me up with this clock, I don't want to use it if the alarm isn't dependable.<br /><br />Otherwise, I liked this clock. It is somewhat cheap quality (buttons, etc.), but it's not bad. The settings really aren't that complicated if you just take 2 seconds to read the manual and go through them. The LED screen is a tad bright, but it doesn't bother me. The radio is pretty crappy sounding, but I don't use it anyway. My only other complaint is that the snooze is a little too easy to activate, some days I would wake up wondering why I only remembered waving my hand in front of the snooze thing twice, yet I had overslept by 3 or 4 snooze cycles.
Rating: 3 stars