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I'm replacing an ancient iHome electric clock radio and looking at options. It never worked that well as a radio. It was supposed to be a charging station for my iPod (!), then I upgraded to an iPhone, so it doesn't work as a charger anymore. It's barely reliable as a clock.
So tell me what you use, tech-savvy DLers!
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 15, 2019 2:43 AM |
One of the many benefits of retirement, I let the sun wake me up, I haven't set an alarm in 10 years and schedule no appointment in the morning.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 15, 2019 12:19 AM |
What is the difference between "My smartphone" and "An app on my smartphone"? A wind up isn't "analog" it is "mechanical". There is a German company, Atlanta, that still makes wind up clocks. I have one and put them in my guest bedrooms. The tick tock is a bit loud by comfy feeling. They don't keep the best time. Can't sleep through the loud bell.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 15, 2019 12:22 AM |
I use my Fitbit wearable to wake me up.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 15, 2019 12:26 AM |
Alexa set a six a.m. wake up call. Also works when I got to bed. Alexa play the “Sewers of Paris.” Alexa set a 20 minute sleep timer. Okay I will stop playing in 20 minutes. Or Alexa play thunderstorm sounds. It’s 2019 people. Your smart phone also does the exact same thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 15, 2019 12:34 AM |
I use my old Sharper Image clock radio. They were quite the thing 20 years ago.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 15, 2019 12:42 AM |
"Alexa, set the alarm for 6:15 AM"
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 15, 2019 12:45 AM |
Not retired -- yet -- but I haven't used an alarm clock in decades. I couldn't sleep past about 7:00 am unless something was really wrong.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 15, 2019 1:08 AM |
Alexa is a nasty cunt.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 15, 2019 1:10 AM |
I use my Sonos as my alarm clock through Amazon Alexa. I don’t wake up at the same time most mornings, but it’s a range within about half an hour. I can ask for a snooze - no buttons. Same device turns the lights in my room on and off, along with the overhead fan.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 15, 2019 2:37 AM |
At the local pharmacy before CVS and Walgreens they used to sell a bedroom clock that had an orange glow for the night that was called DIALLIGHT DROWSE-Do any DL Elders remember this?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 15, 2019 2:43 AM |
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