# Help me find a new alarm clock! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-new-alarm-clock/380921 "2006-11-18T05:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-new-alarm-clock/380921/1 "2006-11-18T05:47:55Z")
Here are my only requirements: A nice big red digital display Adjustable snooze I don’t care about radio, cd/mp3 player, dual alarms, atomic-kept time, temperature, barometric pressure (seriously, [what](http://www.atomic-clocks.com/latepralclwe.html)? It’s a neat clock, but way over-gageted). I just want those two things. Any Dopers know of such a thing? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-new-alarm-clock/380921/2 "2006-11-18T18:46:44Z")
I tried a clock like the one you describe, & it **didn’t** work out for me. The LED didplay was too bright. Big LEDs let you _read it_, but if they’re big enough to read without glasses or from across the room, they generate _too much light_ to sleep near. I found that this model > **[Amazon.com: Curve Talking Clock : Home & Kitchen](https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Clock-Elderly-Visually-Impaired/dp/B079TWVSC4)** > > Buy Curve Talking Clock on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders works much better. I had one that lasted 10 years, & I changed the batteries about once a year. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-new-alarm-clock/380921/3 "2006-11-18T18:57:54Z")
well,… [this one](http://www.mcphee.com/items/M6072.html) doesn’t have big red numbers or a snooze option, but it will give you divine inspiration to start your day… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-new-alarm-clock/380921/4 "2006-11-18T20:38:58Z")
Bump: I’d love the same thing, big LED numbers, BUT with seconds in addition to the minutes and hours. Never been able to find one. Only the LCD jobs have seconds, but run with batteries, and can’t read them at night. My kingdom for such an animal. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-new-alarm-clock/380921/5 "2006-11-18T21:54:16Z")
[QUOTE=chappachula] well,.. [this one](http://www.mcphee.com/items/M6072.html) doesn’t have big red numbers or a snooze option, but it will give you divine inspiration to start your day… 🙂 [/QUOTE] Hee! A part of me wants to get that for someone as a white elephant present, but for now I’ll just email that to friends. Spread the love. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-new-alarm-clock/380921/6 "2006-11-18T22:30:34Z")
I swear by [this thing.](http://www.biobrite.com/products.php?category=SunRise%20Clocks) No nasty alarm noise (although there is a gentle beeping if you don’t wake up in time). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-new-alarm-clock/380921/7 "2006-11-19T02:13:52Z")
We got [this one](http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-5/qid=1163902131/ref=sr_1_5/601-8590931-6320114?ie=UTF8&asin=B0002DG130) at Target. It’s got big red LEDs. It doesn’t have an adjustable snooze but it does have two separate alarms that you can set. It also comes with a backup battery already installed, so when you plug it in it already has the correct time, you just have to adjust it for the correct time zone you live in. And it automatically resets for daylight savings time.