# Do those sunrise alarm clock thingies work for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038 "2015-09-30T14:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038/21 "2015-10-01T16:20:07Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > So you probably wouldn’t want this one: > > 😃 Heh. Though to be a pedant and a killjoy, I’m betting that particular light isn’t very bright. These things, especially older models, typically use something like a 50 W halogen bulb. That’ll be a fair bit brighter than, say, a 40 W incandescent with a lampshade, but that’s a bit short of “nuclear holocaust”. The model I’ve got, the Philips HF3470, advertises 250 lux, but given its bulk I have to tuck it in a corner of my bedside table where a good chunk of its light is blocked. I’d like to get more light – maybe not the 10,000 lux standard light-therapy dose, but splitting the difference (geometrically) to get 1000-2000 lux. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038/22 "2015-10-01T18:26:19Z")
This is the [one](http://www.biobrite.com/shop/88634-sunrise-clock-with-sleep-sounds/)I bought back in 2008. I don’t use the alarm part, just the light. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038/23 "2015-10-01T18:30:26Z")
I wonder if this would work for me , I am hard of hearing and have a hard time finding an alarm that wake me up . I need the Liberty bell in my bedroom to wake me up! LOL! ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038/24 "2015-10-02T00:45:53Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Just to clarify about the “separate settings for separate days” part: there are two alarms, but it’s not programmable or anything. Can it do “alarm on weekdays, no alarm on weekends”? That’s all I need. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038/25 "2015-10-02T14:56:20Z")
Nope. You’d still have to turn it off on Friday and turn it back on Sunday night. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038/26 "2015-10-02T15:44:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This is the [one](http://www.biobrite.com/shop/88634-sunrise-clock-with-sleep-sounds/)I bought back in 2008. I don’t use the alarm part, just the light. Mine is that one’s [cheaper little brother](http://www.biobrite.com/shop/88650-ez-wake-sunrise-clock/). Except mine is opaque grey, not translucent green. I don’t use the alarm either. One small niggle is that it defaults to having the alarm enabled so when I reset it after a power cut I have to remember to disable the alarm. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038/27 "2015-10-02T16:32:30Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Nope. You’d still have to turn it off on Friday and turn it back on Sunday night. Boo. I feel like in this day and age, a $130 alarm clock should understand the concept of a five-day work week. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038/28 "2015-10-02T18:57:39Z")
Well it _does_ have two alarms, so I think it gets the concept. It just apparently thinks that pushing a button twice a week isn’t too much to ask. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038/29 "2015-10-02T23:57:21Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This is the [one](http://www.biobrite.com/shop/88634-sunrise-clock-with-sleep-sounds/)I bought back in 2008. I don’t use the alarm part, just the light. Got one of those for my wife a few years ago. The kids managed to break the globe, and I figured it was a goner. Then I looked at their website and found they sell replacement globes. And the price wasn’t to crazy: $19.95. So I added one to my basket and went to checkout. Shipping was flat rate $20. …to ship this overpriced piece of glass …from Maryland to New Jersey The total came to $41.15 Nope. Sorry. It will be tossed. The funny thing is, if they charged $35 for the globe and $5 for shipping, I might have grumbled, but I would have ordered one. The $20 shipping was egregious. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038/30 "2015-10-03T15:34:12Z")
What a bunch of wimps! I have [Gunnery Sergeant Ermey’s alarm clock](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgH0i-0zreo), and it has never failed me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-those-sunrise-alarm-clock-thingies-work-for-you/733038.md?page=1)