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A serene alternative to loud alarms, this clock induced a gentler wake-up (a simulated sunrise accompanied by birdsong) than any other clock we tried. Of course, you might not be into this sort of thing, or you could simply pair the sunset feature on our main pick with a white-noise machine, sleep-tracking app, or meditation app. Emulations of analog-style faces often use an LCD screen, and these are also sometimes described as "digital". But if you’re aiming to use the Glow Light as a way to wake up in the morning and don’t care about having a clock or audio alarm, a smart bulb could work just as well and is more cost effective. For those days when you’re really wiped out and you need the sound of an alarm to nudge you awake, the clock has five alarm tones you can choose from: yoga-ish music with chirping birds, chirping only, chirping with a cuckoo, gentle piano music, and ocean waves with seagulls.The snooze button isn’t a physical button, but there’s a touch-sensitive surface that shushes the alarm in nine-minute increments. Casper’s Glow Light is a 3-by-5-inch cylindrical lighting device that the popular mattress brand touts as “a magical light for better sleep. The only way to turn off the alarm sound of this Laser Alarm Clock is to aim a laser beam at the exact center of the target. There’s an adjustable night-light hidden at the base that’s easily turned on and off, using the large button on top of the clock (it also works as the snooze button). Test this out and see if it works for you, I’ve been much better off since I don’t set more than one alarm anymore.
We measured each sunrise alarm clock’s maximum brightness level with a light meter in a pitch black room.
An alarm clock can be a healthy upgrade to a distraction-free bedroom, despite it feeling like a technological downgrade.