What is the best bedside clock?

Living with sleeplessness
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Hi all,

We were just talking about having phones in the bedroom and the issues that creates when living with sleeplessness already.

Anyway, long story short, if I don’t have my phone as my alarm clock I need to go back to a normal bedside clock and I haven’t had one of those in years!

I was wondering if any of you had found any gems?

Few rules:
Cannot tick :slight_smile:
Cannot make any noise really…
Is completely dark (unless touched?)
Is easy to adjust the alarm time
Alarm is not stupidly loud giving me a heart attack each time it goes off

All suggestions are welcome!

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I wonder if a perfect alarm clock like this exists :laughing:

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Alexa, I use it for alarm, audible etc, can be set to go into night mode so completely dark.

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To me there is nothing worst than here a ticking sound in a room … I have been known to remove batteries in clocks or even clocks when visiting friends and family … some find the ticking sound deeply calming and relaxing … I can’t think of anything worst!

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Mine is an old clock radio so the screen doesn’t dim. I suppose you could turn it away from you or lay it face down instead. It’s on the top of my headboard so I don’t see it unless I look up.

I’ve accidentally flipped the switch to standard instead of radio for the alarm before so that’s freaked me out. Sometimes I’m awakened to a great song so I sing or jam along to wake up.

I only use my phone as an alarm on vacation. I don’t want to mess with the clock in the room.

@triplethreat3 what sounds do you wake up to on Alexa?

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I use an old fashioned one.
Need to press a button on top to light up- and alarm goes off with a sound that is disturbing but not shocking.

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@triplethreat3 whenever I think of an Alexa, I think of Jeff Bezos’s head and him listening in to everything I say and I really don’t feel comfortable inviting him into my bedroom :laughing:

@BrandNewMe I really don’t like any light sources in my bedroom.

So it sounds like @laurent.rossier might be the best option so far

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I got one off amazon that when you touch it it reflects the time onto the ceiling not sure how the alarm works

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mine is a really simple one… one standard sound only. It’s completely dark unless you hit on top and same goes for the snooze function.
Because of the super limited capabilities, the 2 AAA batteries kind of last a life-time :slight_smile:

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I got a new alarm clock for the same reason I found by having my phone as the alarm it wasn’t good for me. I brough lt a sad alarm clock from amazon it has been great no sound, you can dim the light and the alarm sound can be changed to different calming sounds like beach etc

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Thrilled to have you here in the treehouse @richard.branchette ! Let me know if you love your alarm. I keep on using my iPhone but the trouble is that it does more things than an alarm and that all means more distractions at bed!!

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It is honestly really good I love the sad function also so when it is dark I can try and mimic sun light. I found having my phone detracting as I would wake-up in the night look at my phone to check the time then see I have a notification on my phone and respond to it. Then I would end up spending my time on my phone than I would have intended. Atleast with the clock I saw instantly the time the go back to sleep

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Have you got a link (preferably not Amazon boo hiss) to the clock @richard.branchette ? I’d love to take a closer look at it :slight_smile:

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If course unfortunately it was through amazon :sweat_smile: we got it in the black friday sale

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Thanks for sharing the link! I make an effort to find other retailers besides Amazon, but once you share the link it’s easy to find elsewhere :slight_smile:

£42 on bargainfox.com, now there’s a site I hadn’t heard of before :grinning:

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Oh wow that is a good price it’s definitely worth a try :blush:

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@Kaveh I’m with you on that! The ticking sound is a nightmare!

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Nothing worse than that noise whilst you’re trying to sleep :weary: thats why the only actual clock i have is in my living room :see_no_evil::see_no_evil: also welcome to the treehouse :slight_smile:

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