PHILIPS Wake-up Light HF3520 - Radiouhr

Love this light/alarm. I find it really easy to use, unlike some others who've complained about it's small buttons, etc. It was simple to set up, I never had to look at the user guide twice. The light is nice and bright if you want it to be, or cosy and warm if you like that. I usually have it set around 13 - 14. I'm a big fan of the cute woodland birds chirping me into wakefulness. I use this in conjunction with the Sleep Cycle app and so over a half hour period I find a have been pleasantly woken and have noticed a difference in my day - mostly that I'm less tired. But it is definitely easier to wake up to light and gentle sounds in the darkness of winter. If only if could turn on my central heating before I get up. I'm in Australia and Phillips do not sell this light here as they obviously think its constant sunshine & laughter, and I found it almost impossible to find a seller who would ship here. I finally found one seller in Germany and so it was easy enough to buy a Euro to AUS adapter. All in all I'm super happy with this light, it's costly, but I absolutely dread cold dark mornings.

So I won’t lie I actually purchased this item elsewhere recently that doesn’t even offer a website, but it’s so good I can’t keep my mouth shut about it. My husband and I both deal with nervous system disruption and disorders. Working on the natural circadian rhythm is apparently very helpful for regulating your body and helps with the symptoms we both deal with regularly-depression,anxiety,pain,exhaustion, etc. My husband wakes up for work at 3:30 am. It is absolute TORTURE on my body to wake up outside of my natural pattern sends me into adrenal dumps etc. He is an incredibly heavy sleeper and very hard to wake up in the mornings. Like I have to shake this man every 5-15 minutes for an hour to make sure he’s actually awake and processing his alarm going off. We had adapted to using our cell phone alarms for so long we just continued to use what we knew and suffered through it until I came across this bad boy. LIFE. CHANGING. Within 3 uses of only the light/radio function for waking up- he no longer chooses to press the prolong function to get five more minutes of sleep. He wakes up naturally with the light without me having to try to wake him up. He hops right up out of bed and gets ready for his day. I’m mind blown. Unfortunately the clock I picked up isn’t functioning properly with the nature noises so I can’t tell you if that’s beneficial or not but I’d literally buy this lamp/clock 5 times over for the alarm, light, and fm function alone. The price is worth it for literal suffering we no longer face every morning trying to get up easier. It looks very sleek on the bedside table it would fit pretty much any decor I’d think. This thing has been a life saver, I’m no longer getting sick every morning and he is truly adapting so well to it I want to cry LOL if you have someone in your life, maybe you, that struggles to wake up in the mornings-get this. Dont even think twice about it!

No instructions with this and it isn’t all it was talked up to be

This is the best dawn simulator you will get, but, hmmmm. Weaknesses: • It's not that bright; • It's controls are hard to understand; • it lacks a good weekend/day-off setting; • It could do with a more modern radio. Philips could do a lot to improve this light. For example, Philips makes it's Hue range of smart lightbulbs - and it would be nice to be able to manage them with this dawn simulator, slowly lighting the whole room (or red-shifting when it's time to sleep, with a sleep radio function.) A DAB radio would also be nice, as would a remote speaker and streaming. Finally an app so it could be managed, like the Hue lightbulbs from a phone would be nice - and the "Holy Grail" - a hotel version where you could easily set it to deal with jet lag.

I've been putting off writing a review because I wanted to be sure of my opinion. My previous alarm clock was a bog standard £25 Philips one. It was a no frills item and did the job. However I HATE getting out of bed on a morning. I'm one of these people that has 8 alarms set on my mobile phone (that is hidden across the bedroom so I have to physically get out of bed to silence it) along with alarms set on my alarm clock. I'd recently managed to kill my old alarm clock when vacuuming behind the bed (the vacuum ate the wire) so figured I'd check out amazon since I'm a prime member and get the free delivery. I'd set out with a £30 budget but once browsing amazon I discovered the wonders and promises of these wake up light alarm clocks and the £30 budget went out of the window. So. First impressions. It is nicely constructed and has a reasonable weight to it. As another reviewer has said it wouldn't look out of place in an Apple showroom. In terms of build quality I don't see any issues. For me (I'm 28 and quite into tech) it is very easy to use and operate. Although I did have to sit for 10 minutes with the user manual to figure out how to change the alarm sound effects, alarm volume and wake up light brightness. When it comes to the wake up light alarm feature. It really does work! I don't spring out of bed on a morning full of beans. But I no longer need multiple alarms and I no longer fall back asleep after the alarm has sounded. There have been a few days where I wasn't quite sure if the wakeup light had woken me up before the alarm had sounded or if I'd been woken by family members clattering about the house. I have mine set so that the gradual sunrise effect starts 30 mins before the alarm sounds... by the time the 30 minutes is up the sunrise has completed, the sound effects start and the light is burning a hole in your eyelids if you have it set to its brightest setting and on a bedside unit. There was one day where the wake up light feature didn't really work because I'd slept facing away from it... however once the alarm itself started to sound I woke up and stayed awake because the bedroom was light from the wake up light feature. This morning confirmed it for me. At first I thought I was dreaming. It was one of those weird half dreams where you're half asleep and half awake. I was dreaming I was stood on a hill watching the sun rise, but then I mentally woke up a bit more and realised it wasn't a dream and what I was seeing was the light from the alarm clock, through my eyelids, nearing its brightest setting prior to the alarm sounding. I opened my eyes and woke up properly just as the alarm started with the sound of birds tweeting. I felt refreshed and properly awake.... something that never usually happens for me at 5am! In a nutshell.... For me it does work and I'm very happy with it. Yes it is expensive at £120 but it makes waking up on a dark winters morning much easier. It is nicely constructed and knowing what I know now, if I was to go back in time I'd have no hesitations in buying this item again.

Light is for my wife, she loves it. Is working as advertised, helping during the shorter days of winter. Was easy to set-up and program. Great buy.

Funziona benissimo, lo uso tutti le notti/giorni. Ha due sveglie impostabili separatamente, io ne uso una per la mattina e una che modifico raramente per altre occasioni di sonnellini pomeridiani. Il risveglio risulta effettivamente più piacevole in quanto simula l'alba in un arco di tempo che prestabilisci tu, fino a 45 minuti di possibilità, con i colori che iniziano col rosso caldo e piano piano cambiano fino al bianco giallo luce forte. Alla fine del ciclo di luce parte la suoneria, selezionabile tra 5 tipi diversi. Io personalmente ho scelto di svegliarmi con la radio sul canale preferito. E' incredibile come nel 80-90 per centro delle volte io venga svegliato dalla luce ancora prima che la suoneria parta. funziona davvero bene sotto questo punto di vista. Infine l'opzione della simulazione del tramonto è geniale, io la uso ogni notte appena percepisco che posso dormire schiaccio il bottone e parte il count down (io imposto 35 miniui) in cui piano piano la luce diventa sempre più flebile e io in genere mi addormento prima che diventi tutto buio. Il touch screen è molto reattivo basta toccarlo per far partire lo snooze quando parte la sveglia. I tasti per sveglia e tramonto sono posti sul lato del prodotto e vanno schiacciati, ma è molto semplice. Mentre sullo schermino sono presenti alcuni tasti touch molto reattivi e funzionali. Io lo uso anche come lampadina, puoi regolare la luminosità in ogni momento. E' una figata ve lo assicuro! Insomma ottimo prodotto, vale i soldi spesi, lo consiglio soprattutto per chi è costretto a svegliarsi presto quando ancora il sole non è sbucato o che è solito tirare giù sempre le tapparelle! Unica nota dolente non ha un sistema a batteria quindi se salta la luce in genere perdi i settaggi dell'orario e devi reimpostarli. Per il resto lo consiglio vivamente!

pros i have been using it for almost 7 months now. and the alarm really has by FAR exceeded the expectations.. much much much better than phone alarm .... i used to be a Heavy Sleeper but now i normally wakeup just by the light and up 5 to10 mins before the alarm goes off. if you wake up everyday on time, fresh and energised your entire day becomes more productive... (i take 7 to 8 hours sleep though so in order for this device to work best you need to follow good sleep hygiene) CONS I have seen some Amazon reviews that the product may become faulty in 2 to 4 years but its too early for me to confirm/deny that claim.. so far after 3 months of usage i am literally loving it .... will update if it breaks down overll 100000000 % recommended if you are a heavy sleeper ... in my case its def worth the price.... i would be very happy to pay 5x the price if i had to ... for me, this alarm clock is really Life Changing.....

Ich habe wegen des hohen Preises lange mit dem Kauf gezögert. Jetzt habe ich den Wecker seit einigen Wochen und bin total begeistert. Er hilft mir wirklich besser beim Wachwerden als erwartet. Man wird sehr entspannt wach, wenn das Licht es schafft, einen aus dem Schlaf zu wecken, bevor der Klingelton ansetzt. Es hat schon fast etwas von Urlaub, wenn man so geweckt wird - auch im Winter um 10 vor 6! (Wenn man allerdings das Licht gedanklich einfach in seinen Traum einbaut statt aufzuwachen - ist mir schon einmal passiert - dann wird man doch vom Weckton aus dem Schlaf gerissen ;-) Da hilft auch der sanfte Weckton nicht.) Die Sorge, dass Licht und sanfter Ton nicht ausreichen würden, mich zu wecken, hat sich als unbegründet herausgestellt. Das Design ist sehr hübsch; die Bedienung intuitiv und auch im Dunkeln superleicht durchzuführen. Die beiden Weckfunktionen sind ganz einfach ein-, an- und auszustellen. Ich weiß nicht, was manche da bemängeln, da es echt kein Aufwand ist. Der Radioklang ist in Ordnung. Besonders gefallen mir die sanften Rottöne bei der dunklen Beleuchtung. Einfach schön! So gehen wir nun jeden Abend mit 15 Minuten "Sonnenuntergang" schlafen und wachen morgens mit 20 Minuten "Sonnenaufgang" auf. Ich möchte diesen tollen Wecker nicht mehr missen! Einfach traumhaft! Man kann den Wecker sehr individuell einstellen (Helligkeit, Lautstärke, Zeitdauer). Ein paar mehr Klingeltöne wären noch schön gewesen. Auch klasse finde ich, dass man beim Sonnenuntergang das Radio hinzuschalten kann, das dann tatsächlich über den eingestellten Zeitraum immer leiser und leiser wird. Klare Kaufempfehlung für alle Morgenmuffel! Zu zwei häufig genannten Kritikpunkten möchte ich noch ergänzen: 1. Kein Batteriefach: Also ich kann mich ehrlich nicht erinnern, wann ich das letzte Mal einen längeren Stromausfall miterlebt habe. Bei den Leuten, für die das ein großes Problem ist, frage ich mich, wo die leben. Eine kurze Unterbrechung (mind. 3 Sekunden) überstehen die Einstellungen übrigens durchaus. Ich musste mal die Steckdose wechseln und das ging problemlos. 2. Die Weckfunktion: Wenn hier geschrieben wird, man müsse jeden Tag den Wecker neu einstellen, gibt das m. E. ein falsches Bild. Das läuft normalerweise so ab: Wecker wird hell, Vogelgezwitscher, man tippt ihn an für die Snooze-Funktion, ein paar Minuten später drückt man 1x auf die Wecktaste, um die Weckfunktion zu unterbrechen, und ein zweites Mal, um den Wecker neu zu aktivieren. Es wird wieder die vorige Weckzeit angezeigt, was man, wenn man sie nicht ändern möchte, einfach ignoriert. Fertig. Also ist es wirklich nicht so, als wäre da viel Aufwand involviert... Am Freitag drücke ich einmal auf Weckfunktion 1 (aus) und einmal auf Weckfunktion 2 (an), so dass ich am Wochenende erst etwas später geweckt werde. Wie gesagt, beide Weckfunktionen behalten sich die Weckzeit und können mit einem Tastendruck aktiviert oder deaktiviert werden.