I've been using various alarm clocks for decades and I've never had to look at the owners manual -TWICE- to figure out how to set the time and other functions * Takes two buttons to completely shut off when alarm goes off-one for the light and one for the beep alarm (and you kind of have to hold the clock while pushing them since its SO light). Feels cheap * Controls are ridiculously non-intuitive. Cons: * Too light, its easily knocked over. My thoughts: Pros: * Nice, bright light which can be adjusted if too bright. That part is hard to test right now because its getting light pretty early, but WINTER IS COMING so I'll get a better idea of how effective the light is. I purchased this, thinking that waking up 'naturally' with light would be better. I had an older alarm clock (coincidentally also Philips) and it was a dock for an iPod but it died a year or two ago so I've just been using my cell phone. Mostly I'm disappointed with the quality and user-friendliness. Oh don't get me wrong, I think it works as intended and the light is very bright so that isn't the problem. Review:Overall, the word I'd use to describe my feelings on this clock as disappointed. Read moreĭate:Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2017 There's also someone on Youtube who took the whole thing apart if you're interested - If I find a cheap easy solution for the backup battery I'll make sure to post it here. I covered the speaker with a small but thick piece of rubber (you need mass to block sound, anything thick and dense will work, not cloth or cotton or fluffy stuff) and you can easily apply a sticker to cover the hole you just made. As you can hear in the video, by covering the speaker with your finger the sound decreases by 60-70%.
The risk of touching other electronics is very small, as there is a good gap between the cover that you are cutting and the electronic board. Thus, I used a dremel (anything else can be used - a hot knife etc - be creative!) and cut a round hole around the speaker. Instead of covering the whole clock with a scarf of pads or whatever I and other people used, I decided to "kill the sound" as it exits the speaker, at the source. but that didn't really work and I found a better solution (there is another customer who completely removed the speaker but I need it, just in low volume): - this clock has a simple piezo speaker (see video and pics), which means that the sound is coming out of a very small hole. Like everyone else, I tried muffling it with cloth, tape etc. The main problem that other customers seem to have, just like me, is that there is no adjustment for the piercing beeping volume. I'm still thinking about a solution to create my own power backup. It has no backup battery and if the power flickers for a half a second your settings are gone. The clock has two main cons (I also tried other clocks on the market in the same range and, unfortunately, I had to come back to this one because of the positive features - ease of use, quality of light, screen dimming and light dimming options etc.): So, the main cons: 1. Review:Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Date:Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2017
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