Wake-up Light

I received my Philips Wake-Up light yesterday and this morning, I woke up immediately when the lamp started lighting up. I didn't want to hit the snooze fifty times and I got up and got going a lot faster than usual. The gradual light is a soothing way to wake up, vs annoying alarms every 5 mins in the dark. The alarm sound is not annoying and is easily silenced by gently tapping the top of the lamp. I'm very happy with how easily I woke up and that I didn't feel like rolling over and going back to sleep, which was a problem with regular alarms. This was a great purchase, and the Wake-Up light is a beautiful addition to my room and decor.

Great to help me get up in the early morning in the dead of winter when it is dark! Very gradual and not too bright ( and I have it set to the brightest setting). Also, was concerned my husband would not like it since he gets up an hour after me. But Ive been using it for several weeks now, and he said he doesnt notice it at all (on my side of the bed). And he is a light sleeper. So that is a true test!!

I'm officially hooked on my Philips Wake Up Light! I bought one for my parents for the holidays and have recommended it to countless friends. I work in film production, which is notorious for odd and long hours. When I have to wake up at 5am one day, then 4pm the next, I rely heavily on my Wake Up Light to help me wake up easily and on time.

[Employee of philipsglobal] I brought this for a friend of mine as Christmas gift and he was very delighted. Wonderful product and his review as of today is HIGH- 10/10. Thank you Philips!!!

CORRECTION to my prior review by "eds72" --------------- You'll never want to return to a conventional alarm clock. The gradually increasing light over 30 minutes followed by a soft-beeping audio alarm makes a comfortable, natural waking environment. The unit is lightweight and of simple design. Good quality. Much better price than previous models. *After using this wake-up alarm a few weeks, I discovered that the orange clock display brightness is indeed dim-able to one of four settings using a button on the side of the unit. Apparently I missed this information in the manual, and was subsequently unable to edit my prior review as "eds72".

I love this light. It took me an awhile to get used to it, but now that I am I love it and don’t want to wake up without it. I even bring it with me when I travel. My only complaint is that the buttons are hard to find and read for me. My eyesight isn’t bad, but I do wear bifocals and the small size and lack of contrast int the buttons here is very challenging.

Light feature is great, but could be brighter. Manual says there is a snooze button on top, but there is not. We use it for my son in concert with another alarm, so would be nice to be able to use just light (and disable alarm sound). Also, it's not clear yet if turning off the light (or alarm sound) when you get up means it won't come on the next day. I think it comes back on, but I'm not the one turning it on/off, so I'm not sure. At any rate, this is not made clear in the manual.

I bought this alarm clock so the winter months would be easier to wake up to. At first, the alarm clock worked like a charm. I was able to get up early and start my day. It didn't take long to find the off button. I've become lazier and the light is not as motivating in the morning. The bird sounds are obnoxious, but if I can figure out how to turn that off and only wake up to the light, I'm thinking that might work for me. I notice that people were complaining about not having a battery back up. When my power went out, the clock did turn off, but when it came back on, the clock was still set up correctly.

Waking to the glow of this device is a much more gentle way of beginning the day than the abrupt buzz or whine of the typical alarm clock. As an object on the nightstand, the light has a nicely appealing shape and smart looking design. The process of setting the time and alarm is unfortunately entirely typical - a nonintuitive multi-step process of pressing cryptically marked buttons that's become the norm for setting digital clocks.

The concept is excellent: wake up to gradually increasing light over 30 minutes, followed by a soft-beeping audio alarm. The unit is lightweight and of simple design. Good quality. Much better price than previous models. However, the orange clock display is too bright at night, ironically offsetting the concept of using light for wake up but dark for sleep. With the unit at my bed-stand, I woke up often during the night noticing the orange glow from the time display. Moving the unit a bit further away to my dresser was better but still too bright at night. I nearly returned the unit until I applied a blank white mailing-address label across the time display. This dimmed the brightness yet the time is still readable day or night. Now I can sleep at night and still benefit from the intended use described above.