Alarm Clock Usability
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- mg33
Have any of you ever replaced an alarm clock you had for years with a new one and just found it to be a nightmare?
I've had the same one since I was 18, and I'm almost 31 now. Replaced it last week with a new one with an ipod dock and all sorts of waterfall, beach, ambient tones for falling asleep.
And the one night I used it it was horrible. Big full display screen (as opposed to just the numbers lit up.) and even the dimmer was too bright. like having a stadium next to me.
Couldn't set both the radio for alarm 1 and the buzz for alarm 2 like my old one, and more than anything the button arrangement just made no sense. You don't put the power button anywhere near the snooze button!
Anyhow, this is a totally random thread but I'm curious if anyone else has had to get used to a new one. Such an afterthought of an item until you change it. I need to look for a new one now and this one is so good looking, but a bit too pricey:
- doesnotexist0
use your iphone and lay it face down?
I haven't used an alarm clock in a few years now, I seem to wake up on my own when I need to.
- ********0
did you read what the clock did and didn't do before you bought it or did you just see woodgrain and jump?
i've had my alarm clock for at least a decade. it's gone everywhere with me. why don't we get rid of these more often?
- I don't have the one above. I bought one at bed bath and beyond.mg33
- SteveJobs0
i use my iphone now as my alarm. i swear, every morning when it goes off i reach over and see the word "snooze" and in my sleepy, disoriented state, can't for the life of me figure out what the word means - such a wierd word..
snooze
- acescence0
i haven't woken up to an alarm clock in 17 years
- ********0
i've been asleep my whole life.
- fyoucher10
My dog licks me in the face with breath that smells like ass at 6:30am every morning...like clock work.
- brandelec0
it wasn't broke. yet you fixed it.
- univers0
Same exact problem when I bought this one..
- locustsloth0
Before i had a cell phone, whenever i was stayig somewhere where i didn't have an alarm clock, i would just repeat to myself
1) what time it currently was
2) How many hours it was until i needed to wake up
3) The time i wanted to wake upSo, for example, i would say to myself "It's 11pm now, i'm going to sleep for 7 hours. i'm going to wake up at 6am" over and over, at least 5-10 times.
i was amazed how effective it was, though i know i couldn't rely on it all the time. FFS i barely rememebr hitting snooze on my current alarm the 3 or 4 times i do before i wake up.
Also, kids are a fairly reliable alarm clock.
- hans_glib0
waking up to sound is so last century
try one of these and experience the power of waking to light!
this mutha also has that wave/wind sound for falling asleep if that's your bag. and mp3 connectivity or some such nonsense
- studderine0
mg33 yous crazy.
