I agree with that a sunrise alarm clock is delightful. Absolutely my
"last alarm clock".
Mine doesn't make any sound and allows any lamp to be plugged into it,
so it is a lovely as the lamp you choose (if you hide the box).
It is a small black box (~3inx5inx2in), with a red digital clock, 6
buttons, and a socket for your lamp. It is easy to set and you can carry
it with you when you travel (except of course, in CA, you also have to
bring an incandescent light bulb as well because hotels can only use
flourescents these days). It also works in reverse -- you press a button
to bring the light up to full brightness and it slowly decreases the
brightness until it is off. I always read in bed and used to wake up
with a start at 3AM after I had fallen asleep with the light on and
suddenly turned over into full light on my face.
My husband gave this to me for a Christmas present last year and
splurged on the one that allows me to set the durations of sunrise and
sunset. The standard duration is 45 minutes (non-programmable in the
cheaper model). He and I both thought that being able to set the
duration would be important. I found that 45 min isn't bad for me, but I
believe I set it to 1 hour for sundown and 30 minutes for sun rise just
because I could. They picked a reasonable default and now that I've used
it for 18 months I don't think I would recommend paying the extra $50.
This one is called the SunUp Indoor Dawn simulator (the SunRizr is the
cheaper one that has a fixed duration).
It is available at http://www.indoorsun.com/Pages/lightingpeople.html
Bonnie
Bruce Esrig wrote:
The sunrise alarm clock is rather wonderful. We have one with a round orb
and a strong white light. We clipped one of the wires inside, so it just
glows for an hour without ringing at all. If you're willing to admit that
it's daytime, it makes waking up a natural experience.
The ultimate user experience is to have no alarm clock. It works if your
internal clock tends to run early, or if you can get yourself to wake up at
some regular time. It might be worth experimenting with. If it works, it
works really well. Once awake, you can pad over to an ordinary un-alarming
clock to find out what time it is.
You might still need an ordinary alarm clock on days when you have to get up
*really* early.
Best wishes,
Bruce
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Todd Moy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I found a "sunrise" alarm clock at a yard sale a few years back. Basically,
it's a clock/lamp that slowly brightens in the minutes leading up to your
awake time. A bit after that, a typical alarm will softly ring and build in
intensity.
It's quite nice since you don't wake up in fight-or-flight response :).
Similar ones can be found by doing a google search for "alarms clocks for
the deaf." Here's an example from HammacherSchlemmer, though not the one I
own: http://tinyurl.com/5x8bwk
Unfortunately, the ones I've seen are quite ugly.
-Todd
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Michael Micheletti <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've had a Zen Alarm Clock for some years now:
http://www.now-zen.com/cgi-bin/orders/shop.pl?ACTION=ENTER+SHOP&thispage=zenclocks&AFFILIATE=google73&ORDER_ID=%21ORDERID%21
I love it, but then I'm a left coast tree-hugger from the Pacific
Northwest, your mileage may vary. The tall triangular versions are
better than the little portable ones with the lids IMHO.
Michael Micheletti
On 6/20/08, Jonathan Abbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There was a list discussion a couple years ago about alarm clocks...
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=5934
...and it made me wonder-- what do usability-sensitive people use for
alarm
clocks?
I'm at a point where I'm ready to buy the last alarm clock I'll ever
need,
so for argument's sake, let's say money is no object. What's the most
delightful alarm clock experience you've had?
-Jon
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