hOmeLabs Sunrise Alarm Clock - Digital LED Clock with 6 Colour Switch and FM Radio for Bedrooms - with Nature Sounds Sunset Simulation Touch Control - With Snooze Function

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The WiiM has all the necessary buttons and leaves the rarely touched settings for the app, unlike the Casper above. As the light dims gradually according to your set time interval, over the course of, say, 15 or 30 minutes, you can choose from seven “wind-down” programs to go with it, complete with breathing exercises and relaxation sounds. The downside is that if you don't already have light fixtures in your bedroom, it's an expensive way to build a sunrise-and-sunset system.

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Adjustability is an important consideration for sunrise alarm clocks, and you’ll generally find most sunrise alarms have at least a few options for brightness and color hue. To rouse you, itpairs ocean sounds or birdsong with gradually increasing light that begins 30 minutes before the alarm sounds. The light on this one is brighter than most lights at 315 lux with 5 additional brightness settings. There are a great range of realistic sounds to choose from, or you can wake up to an FM radio station. Even at its peak, the light doesn’t quite fill the room—it’s only 130 lux, compared with our main pick’s 300 and the entry-level Philips’s 200.

It earns extra points in our book for its “RelaxBreathe” feature, a collection of light-guided breathing and relaxation exercises designed to help you transition into sleep. The touchscreen clock face offers 12-hour and 24-hour views and lets you switch on the FM radio anytime you fancy. So instead of adding to that stress with loud, triggering bells and ringtones, some people are choosing to wake up with sunrise alarm clocks — a. The instructions are clear and it’s easy to set up, plus we really like the fact you can turn off the LED display, so it doesn’t keep kids awake. You can choose from five different alarm sounds if you need a little extra stimulation to get you up.But whichever type of light you choose, make sure that the quality of light is good so that you can wake up in the most natural fashion. There are a good range of sounds, but I felt that they sounded a little tinny compared to the other lights on test. Overall, our wake-up experience with the Bluetooth-connected Philips SmartSleep HF3670 felt no different from the one we had with our main pick.

A sunrise alarm clock makes waking up at the same time each day easier to do, and because it reinforces the circadian rhythm, it also makes it easier to fall asleep at the same time,” she says. Designed with practicality in mind, it features an elegant, see-through design and left hinge glass front door with a durable stainless steel frame. A rubberized foundation keeps the hOmelabs clock from slipping off the nightstand despite its light weight, and it comes with a 30-month warranty if you register the product—the coverage is six months longer than that of the other models we tried.It’s designed to help your curb that nighttime smartphone habit, with sunset-emulating light that you can set to fade over a period of time. To help you start your mornings on the right foot, we rounded up seven of the best sunrise alarm clocks. The more upscale Philips SmartSleep model (below) barely beats it out in the quality of light, but the HF3520 has the second-nicest light quality in this roundup.