Gets the job done
I have a hard time waking up in the morning.  What I really wanted was the gradual light feature, which works well for me.  Then I use another alarm clock to acutally wake me up, as the nature sounds are too soothing for me at moderate levels (so I sleep through them) and too annoying for my husband at higher levels (so I don't use them).  The gradually increasing light doesn't hurt my eyes like sudden light does, so by the time the other alarm goes off, I'm ready to wake up.  The radio is preprogrammed to pick up 30 stations, but only picks up one station with a lot of static, so I don't use it at all.  Manually adjusting the station finder is not an option.  Some of the nature sounds aren't very natural sounding, so I don't use them either.  But a couple of the bird sounds are pleasant.  I would like, however, if they were on a longer repeat loop, as it only lasts a few seconds and then repeats over and over again, which is fairly monotonous.  I can't use the snooze feature, as it also turns the light off, and when the alarm comes back on, the light doesn't, which defeats the purpose for me, as I need the light to help me wake up.  When you set the alarm, you have to be careful to make sure it's also turned on (a separate operation), or it won't work.  Given these restrictions, it's not all it claims to be, but it gets the job done for me.
Rating: 4 stars