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Alarm Clock
Thursday, 24 November 2011 04:51In preparation for the coming sleep treatment I got myself one of these bastards, the Sonic Bomb alarm clock. It's loud, it's bouncy, it flashes... maybe it's supposed to give you a heart attack thereby eliminating the need to ever get out of bed again? Nah, I'm jesting, but I doubt it's a very pleasant way to wake up. Anyway...
Good points:
- loud and clear
- can switch between:
- alarm+vibrating
- only alarm
- only vibrating
- alarm off
Bad points:
- snooze button
- can adjust led display high or low, but not off
I love there's a battery backup, eliminating most chances of it not going off when supposed to. It would've been nice if the 9v battery would be inserted like in a fire alarm instead of the press on top kind, but that's a minor frustration.
In case it has to work on just battery the led display won't shine, so I can't see why it shouldn't be an option on the light adjustment beside low and high. From experience alone I know I'm gonna need a completely dark bedroom if this is going to have a chance, so I had to tape over the display. I still see the top three flashing lights when it goes off though (which is a good thing cause then I can find it).
Now... why is there a snooze button? I don't get it. You make this insanely loud, annoying sounding, flashing, vibrating alarm clearly meant for people having a hard time getting out of bed and then you put a huge, red snooze button on top?!? What the fuck? I fail to see the logic here. I'm convinced you gotta be batshit to use it though, who'd want to go through all that twice in one day?
All in all I hope it'll get me up in the morning when the time comes.
