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: I can wake up in the morning!
Summary: 4 Stars
Washington State, 90 inches of rain per year, gray skies, SAD. I bought this lamp despite some negative reviews hoping for the best and I'm so glad I did! I have been able to wake up in the morning and not feel like a zombie for the first time in my life. I find the sounds help me not fall back asleep in the morning, yet their gradual increase of volume is not jarring. I did not think I ever had trouble falling asleep, but find the gradual dimming of the light allows me to fall asleep quickly instead of reading too late. Setting the alarms is a bit complicated at first and I was very glad to have read the review about screwing the light bulb in tightly. I had to call the company to ask how to adjust the brightness and they were very helpful, pleasant, and the problem was solved in less than a minute. I highly recommend this lamp for SAD sufferers.
Carol in Grays Harbor
Customer Review: This Dawn Simulator is no dim bulb!
Summary: 5 Stars
I researched long and hard and finally chose this one. The FS Natural Alarm Clock gives you many options. It does what the "info blurb" says it will do. It is great to go to sleep to a babbling brook and chirping crickets and awake to a lighted room and the sound of roosters and farm noises. If you don't like sounds, or the radio, mixed in, you can use the dawn simulator only. The options are many.
The Dawn Sim does have a couple of flaws. In the winter it can build up a static charge and then things do not work properly. Just unplug it, take out the batteries (for backup), and let it sit for an hour or two. Put everything back together and voilà! It works again.
The only other flaw is that you go through bulbs fairly fast. They are a little pricey and you can get them from only one place. So buy a couple of extra bulbs to keep ahead of the game.
Customer Review: Very cool!
Summary: 4 Stars
Just started using this lamp.
It is a great concept and I love that Im not waking up in the dark.
Reminds me of when I was a kid and used to get to wake up after the sun had risen.
(Not like these days when I wake up at 5:30 or 6:00 am because I have ten thousand things Im supposed to be doing as an adult...)
The lamp is well built.
My only complaints are that the white version isnt really white.
It's an unfortunate color of putty, like a PC from 1992.
Im returning mine for the graphite version.
The other complaint is that the read out panel is difficult to read.
The contrast is insufficient.
Im still using my previous alarm clock to tell the time.
Outside of those two things I love the lamp.
Customer Review: Not impressed
Summary: 2 Stars
Like the idea, but in reality doesn't work so great for me.
Pros: Like the nightlight color effect on the clock. Reallly does help me fall asleep a bit quicker. You can set the light to turn down gradually at night along with music, sound effects, etc.. Nice selection of sound effects.
Cons: Light way too dim on highest setting, therefore doesn't get bright enough to make a "nice sunny day" re-enactment. That's my biggest complaint, just not bright enough. Bulbs are expensive. After the first week of waking up to the birds, I wanted to kill birds. The sound gets very annoying after awhile. Way too expensive. Very bulky. Cheap ugly plastic shade.
In the end, just not worth the money. Maybe for 50 bucks I'd give it 3 stars.
Customer Review: 2 lamps and neither worked
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this for my wife as a Christmas present. The concept is a great one and probably the only reason for 2 stars instead of 1. The first lamp did not work out of the box. All of the features of the lamp (sounds, radio etc) worked fine but the light did not come one. So we returned the lamp for a replacement. Once the second lamp arrived we were so excited that we plugged it in immediately. The light on this lamp did work. HOWEVER, when the alarm function was used, the light would not come on. You could turn the light on manually, but when you set the alarm only the sounds would work. We have returned the lamp for a refund and are now looking for other options. The quality of this lamp is just not worth the high price, and after 2 tries we are done.