I always have trouble getting out of bed early. To get a reasonable result, my phone always had to wake me up. With this I started every day on the wrong foot. I had already heard via the internet that light can have a positive influence on your sleep rhythm, making it easier to get up. With this setting I bought this alarm clock.
Since I use this alarm clock, waking up and getting out of bed is no longer a super annoying task. I still prefer to lie down for half an hour, but I don't start off on the wrong foot every day and I'm very satisfied with that.
This is mainly due to the beautiful colors that the lamp radiates. The light goes very smoothly from super warm white (almost red) to just warm white. This warm white light could have been a bit cooler in my opinion to give that extra boost that you so much need in the morning. Unlike the phillips hue lamps, this lighting can be dimmed to very, very deep. This is really handy for the relaxation feature where a sunset is simulated but you probably haven't fallen asleep yet when "the sun has set." In this case it would be very annoying to be suddenly startled awake by the light that suddenly goes out. In conclusion for the light: It is really beautiful and THE reason to buy this alarm clock. At full brightness it could have been a bit cooler.
Although there is a speaker in the alarm clock, I strongly advise against using it. I've never heard such a bad speaker for anything other than Christmas trinkets or cheap children's toys. Both high and low tones cannot be produced and at volumes higher than 1% you can already hear crackling. It's really only acceptable to listen in on the news from the radio when you're up. And since there are so few expansion options for the sounds that are on it, I would only use it for this. There are only 2 natural sounds on the alarm clock. And these are such short walks that you will be tired of them after 2 weeks. I am very sorry that there are no expandability options to use your own music/sounds. I wouldn't even have minded so much if I had to pay phillips extra for the sounds. I know you can use the aux input on the back but the speaker is so bad you might as well use your phone's speaker. That probably sounds better.
I find it very unfortunate that there are no expansion options at all in the line of wake lights. You cannot integrate anything with phillips hue. You cannot sync your wakelight with your phone's alarm clock. And there is no synchronization with any of the many open smart systems going around right now. At least not as far as I know.
Since the alarm clock is made of white plastic, it also attracts some floating dirt. This is very easy to clean with a cloth due to the smooth surface, so this is not really a big minus.
The integrated phone charger is well thought out. Since my phone is normally next to my bed to charge at night. Now 1 less block is needed in the wall that is wasting electricity all day for nothing.
The negatives I mentioned were already known before my purchase because of other online reviews. Still I decided to buy this wake light. Because of the beautiful colors and good dimmability, which in my opinion make a wake light, a wake light. In my opinion, this is the only one on the market and I think that is a shame because there are still many points for improvement that can be made.
