Verilux Rise & Shine Natural Alarm Clock Deluxe Bedside Lamp, Ivory
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Customer Reviews of Verilux Rise & Shine Natural Alarm Clock Deluxe Bedside Lamp, Ivory
Customer Review: A solid product
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall, I am finding this a helpful product, with a few glitches.
The good:
- the Sleep function is very helpful - you can set the light to dim over several time periods.
- the alarm has worked great - I've had no problems setting it or resetting it.
- the multi-color time display is a bit much for me, but setting it to one color was easy.
Less good:
- the bulbs are expensive to replace.
- the light makes a loud humming sound at lower light levels. Usually, this wakes me up, and it can be distracting during the 'sleep' function. It's still better than my old alarm clock though.
- they've done their best, but the design just doesn't do anything for me. I think it's kind of ugly.
- when you hit 'snooze', the light flips off, which startled me awake. This might be a good thing.
I haven't tried:
- any of the sounds
- the radio
I use this clock daily to get up, and I'm finding I get up easier and in a better mood than when I used a CD player alarm clock. If it weren't right next to my bed, I might not notice the humming sound so much.
Customer Review: LOVE this Lamp!
Summary: 5 Stars
Although I'm an early riser by nature, I was tired of being blasted awake by the loud, disruptive "BEEP-BEEP-BEEP" of my old alarm clock, and then feeling blinded when I turned on my old light. This lamp is the solution! At first, I'll admit, I did wake up as soon as the light clicked on (I'm a very light sleeper) but after a week I got used to it, and now it's ideal. I like to get up at 5 a.m., 5:15 at the latest. So I have the alarm set for 5:15 and have the light and sound (birds) set to start at 4:45. I find that the light/sounds have been going on for about 10-15 minutes before they rouse me out of my sleep, which means I wind up waking up seemingly "on my own" at 4:55 or 5:00--PERFECT!!!
Also: I like to read before going to sleep, but don't want to stay up more than a half-hour or so. So I set the light & sound (crickets) for 30 minutes, and they both gradually fade, lulling me to sleep.
Again, although I'm an "early bird" anyway, it still makes a WORLD of difference to be awakened GENTLY in the morning. No more harsh sounds and no more having to have my eyes adjust to glaring light!
I HIGHLY recommend this lamp!!!!
Customer Review: Sunrise Lamp
Summary: 4 Stars
Good product. Very bright. The bulb is a DC halogen capsule just like a headlight on a car and the brightness is comperable to having a car's highbeam inside a lampshade. The incandesent 'bulb' is tinted to adjust the color slightly, but otherwise purely aestetic.
Good features, particularly the timer that gently increases the brightness for some time in the morning.
Build quality could be better. I'd much prefer the dimmer knob to be an actual knob. Instead you turn it 45deg left/right and it presses a button to dim/brighten. Also it requires more force than it should to turn on/off and I've knocked the lamp over a few times because you need to support it from behind to activate the switch.
Everything else (radio, alarm timer, clock, lamp, et.al.) works exactly as you would expect it to.
Overall I'm very pleased with the lamp and the effect. I can't stand waking up before dawn and the lamp removes the startling irritating response that my alarm clock creates. Instead of being angry and resistant and snoozing I am already alert and aware when the alarm goes off and just roll right out of bed.
Customer Review: Good idea, poor execution - Save your money
Summary: 1 Stars
I loved the idea of this product. The thought of gently waking to gradually increasing light or sound was very appealing. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work out as planned. Here are my issues:
* The light comes on very abruptly, not gradually. Yes, it does increase in brightness, but the initial "on" is very bright...enough to wake me immediately rather than gradually.
* The lamp itself is noisy. When the light comes on, it has a very noticeable buzzing noise that contributes to waking me immediately, instead of gradually.
* The display is VERY bright, even when turned down to the low setting. It's literally bright enough to cast shadows throughout the bedroom. There's no way to turn it off. I had to tape a piece of dark plastic over the front of the lamp to dim it enough that it wouldn't keep the room unnaturally bright at night.
In short, I have not received any of the supposed benefits of gradually waking. This, in practice, is no different than any other alarm clock.
Customer Review: Wake Up Sleepy Head!
Summary: 4 Stars
My husband and I have a horrible time getting up when it is still dark outside so we decided to try the Verilux Rise and Shine. He did the homework on it and I ordered it. After setting it up, all it would do was make this horrible screaming sound...one of our boys asked if we had a portal to hell in our bedroom, it was that bad. However, I called the company and they immediately knew what the problem was and sent a new one to us. I love waking up to a lighted room and like the sounds. I do think that the LED is too bright if you like to sleep in a dark room, as I do...even when you put it on dim and switch it to the red setting. Also a bit hard to read...I would suggest that Verilux include a cd player at the price that you pay so you could personalize it a bit because the radio is not really playable. Love the light and the rain sound though. The company is great to work with and is very receptive to any comments and suggestions. If you have to get up early in the winter, this is an excellent investment.