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To help you replace your phone’s alarm, we put 15 top-rated alarm clocks to lớn the demo — from analog tickers lớn tech-filled wake-up lights. For a whole month, we mix alarms, let them ring and snoozed (maybe a bit too often) to find the best of the best. After all our tests, four alarm clocks rose above sầu the others.
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Jall Wooden Digital Alarm Cloông xãBest alarm clock overall
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Jall wooden digital alarm clock
The Jall Wooden Digital Alarm Clochồng looks great & has everything you need in an alarm cloông chồng. It"s simple to lớn phối, read, và use, and can wake you dependably with multiple alarms.
$22.99 at Amazon
DreamSky Portable Digital Alarm Clock
Runner-up
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DreamSky portable digital alarm clock
An easy-to-use alarm clochồng without any bells và whistles lớn get in the way, the DreamSky is simple, durable, and highly readable, & will get you out of bed in the morning with a loud beep that isn"t too startling.
$18.99 at Amazon
Philips Wake-Up Light HF35trăng tròn
Best sunrise alarm cloông xã (& best with radio)
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Philips Wake-Up Light HF3520
Able lớn wake you gently with lights that gradually brighten khổng lồ mimic the dawn, the Philips Wake-Up Light HF35đôi mươi is a great sunrise alarm clock and one of the best all-around alarm clocks we tested, with intuitive sầu programming, a wide range of alarm tones and a radio.
$99.95 at Amazon $99.95 at Walmart
Sonic Bomb Dual Extra Loud Alarm Cloông xã with Bed Shaker
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Best alarm clock for heavy sleepers
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Sonic Bomb Dual Extra Loud Alarm Cloông xã with Bed Shaker
With the most intense, abrasive sound of any alarm we tested, a strobe light, & a vibrating puông chồng that you place under your pillow, the Sonic Bomb can awaken even the heaviest sleepers
$32.07 at Amazon
Best alarm cloông xã overall: Jall Wooden Digital Alarm Clock (starting at $22.99; amazon.com)
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Jall Wooden Digital Alarm Clock
The Jall Wooden Digital Alarm Cloông xã has everything you need — & more — in an alarm cloông chồng. It’s simple lớn set, easy lớn read in the dark and has an alarm that is loud but won’t scare you awake. It’s got a polished feel to lớn it, and its wooden kiến thiết gives it a look unlike any other clocks we tested. Plus, at $25, the Jall Wooden Alarm Cloông xã is equipped with incredibly useful features, such as the ability lớn mix multiple alarms, humidity và temperature readings and a feature that puts the display to lớn sleep and automatically wakes it back up if it senses movement or sound.
Right out of the box, this clock was easy to lớn use và thiết đặt was a breeze. It’s got a 5-foot cord that should reach most outlets comfortably, & comes with a CR2032 battery that backs up your settings (although the small plastic latch that opens the battery door snapped off when we pulled too hard, so be careful when you need to lớn switch the battery). The Jall cloông xã has a panel on the backside that houses all the controls, including three small buttons, four switches và a scrolling wheel. To phối the time or alarm, all you have sầu to bởi is press & hold a button & use the wheel to lớn change the numbers on the screen. Setting the time và alarm took us less than a minute when we first plugged it in, which was refreshingly short compared to lớn other clocks. The scroll wheel was especially useful, allowing you to speed through the numbers for hours & minutes instead of repeatedly pressing a button.
Whenever you phối or change your alarm, you have the option to lớn phối two other alarms as well, so you can have three different alarms active at once. You can also choose if you want the alarms khổng lồ go off every day or on weekdays only, which was another pleasant feature that was absent from many of the Jall’s competitors.
Speaking of extra features, this cloông chồng can show you the humidity và temperature of your room, which are actually critical factors to getting restful sleep. You can toggle the dimmable display between showing temperature or the date, as well as a “Sound Control” mode, which turns off the display & automatically turns it bachồng on when movement or sound is detected.
While there are plenty of fun và helpful features of the Jall, one of the most striking aspects is its thiết kế. We tested the “yellow” clochồng, which looks like a nice pine. But it also comes in three other finishes (black, brown và white), all of which have sầu a clean, almost Japandi look. When the clock isn’t plugged in or the display is off, it looks like a solid wooden block. But when switched on, the time appears in a gentle trắng light behind the wood. We can imagine one of its colors matching with nearly any interior decor.
The Jall Wooden Digital Alarm Clochồng looks nice, but we didn’t name it the best alarm cloông xã just because of its looks. First và foremost, the Jall is a solid alarm cloông xã that will comfortably wake you up. It has a tone that isn’t so loud that it makes you jump out of bed, but it also isn’t so quiet that you’ll sleep right through it. The alarm is also adjustable, with five different volume settings, so you can fine-tune the beeps khổng lồ ensure you roll out of bed every time. And if you want to roll bachồng into bed, you can mix the snooze timer for nine minutes by pressing any of the buttons on the bachồng. To turn the alarm fully off, press any button twice.
It didn’t have sầu the best wake-up experience of all the clocks we tested (that title belongs lớn the sunrise clocks we’ll touch on later), nor did it have a terribly jarring alarm that scared us awake (we’ll talk more about those too). Instead, it was a pretty standard alarm that woke us up without incident, và was easy to lớn turn off even with eyes half open. If you’re the clumsy type (or semiconscious from just waking up) and accidentally knoông xã it off the bedside table, there’s no need khổng lồ worry, because it made it through our drop chạy thử without a scratch, thanks to its sturdy & lightweight build.
The Jall Wooden Digital Alarm Clock rightfully earned its place at the top of our menu. Its functionality, simplicity và design really shined.
Runner-up: DreamSky Compact Digital Alarm Clock ($18.99; amazon.com)
The DreamSky Compact Digital Alarm Clock isn’t quite as full-featured as the Jall Wooden Clock, but it checks all the boxes of a great alarm cloông chồng & those in need of an alarm cloông xã without any extra bells or whistles will be more than happy. Small but with a big display, for $18.99 you get an easy-to-use cloông chồng with an adjustable wake-up tone. It’s a solid pick to get you out of bed in the morning.
This cloông xã doesn’t have sầu the additional features the Jall does, instead touting just one alarm & an extra USB port. The DreamSky cloông xã had a simple setup, và with four buttons và two wheels on the baông chồng, along with a snooze button on top, it isn’t too difficult khổng lồ use. Just plug in the clock with its 5-foot, 2-inch cord, pop in two AAA batteries as a backup & mix the time. To vị this, you press and hold a button khổng lồ enter the settings mode, then press the plus (“+”) & minus (“-") buttons to change the time. While you will be mashing some buttons, your fingers won’t get fatigued since you can toggle between the hour và the minutes và go up và down.
The alarm itself is similar khổng lồ the Jall’s, providing a nice và loud beep that isn’t too startling. The beeps increase in tốc độ & volume the longer the alarm goes, & you can adjust the volume so you never accidentally sleep through until noon. The snooze button isn’t really a button but rather a sensor on the top of the cloông chồng that will allow you another nine minutes of zzz’s until it beeps again.
The DreamSky scored extremely well in nearly all of our tests, including durability, appearance and wake-up experience, but what made it one of the top contenders was its big & bright display. The numbers occupy basically the entire display of the DreamSky, instead of just being in a small window lượt thích some other clocks we tested. It’s easy to tell what time it is with the DreamSky, even if it’s the middle of the night và you’re as blind as a bat. This large screen easily made it one of the most readable clocks, tied only with the Magnasonic Projection Alarm Cloông xã, which can project the time onto your ceiling. While we loved its ultra-visible display, the DreamSky has a dial on the bachồng that allows you to fine-tune its brightness all the way down lớn a dark screen that won’t bother you at night.
If you’re looking for a solid alarm cloông xã và don’t need the extra features of the Jall, the DreamSky Compact Digital Alarm Cloông chồng could be the one for you.
Best sunrise alarm cloông chồng (& best with radio): Philips Wake-Up Light HF35trăng tròn ($99.99; amazon.com và walmart.com)
If you want a more soothing & gradual wake-up experience than the standard beep of an alarm cloông xã, the Philips Wake-Up Light HF35đôi mươi is the alarm cloông chồng for you. Its bulbous display slowly brightens to lớn mimic the morning sun và then plays gentle noises, such as chirping birds, to ease you awake. This sunrise alarm cloông chồng gave sầu us one of the most pleasant mornings out of all the clocks we tested, and at $79.95 (cheaper than other sunrise options we tested), it’s a great balance between luxury and price.
If a normal alarm clochồng just doesn’t vì it for you và any beep is too harsh, then a sunrise alarm cloông xã might be the thing you need. Sunrise alarm clocks can help jump-start your circadian system in the morning và can help improve sầu sleep chất lượng. In fact, 92% of Philips Wake-Up Light users say the lights wake them up pleasantly & make it easier lớn get out of bed.
To see if we felt a difference and to find out how sunrise clocks compared to more traditional options, we tested four of them, including three of Philips’ famed Wake-Up Lights. After our testing, we found that the best sunrise alarm cloông chồng — & one of the best all-around alarm clocks — was the Philips Wake-Up Light HF3520.
To be transparent, the title for best sunrise alarm cloông xã was extremely cthua trận between the Philips Wake-Up Light HF3520 và its more expensive sibling, the Philips SmartSleep Connected Sleep và Wake-Up Light. The SmartSleep Connected Light was a fantastic alarm cloông xã and almost took the crown. It has all the features of our winner & more, but during our drop tests the port where you plug in the power cord broke, making it unusable. Even though it scored higher & offers more benefits than the cheaper Philips light, the fact that it broke, not to lớn mention its lofty $199.95 price, make us believe the Philips Wake-Up Light HF3520 is the smarter và better investment.
So let’s get into why this Philips Wake-Up Light really is so great. First & foremost, the wake-up experience was second to none. We live sầu in an apartment lucky enough khổng lồ get some morning light, so even though it probably didn’t impact us as much as someone who has blackout curtains, the light still eased us into lớn the morning, & the pleasant natural noises were a gentle alarm that was a much better experience than the other clocks we tested.
The natural sounds were truly our favorite part of this cloông xã, with tones including waves, chirping birds and a calming piano that increase in volume as you wake up. There are five options to choose from, so you can piông chồng your favorite, or you can even tune the cloông xã to lớn the radio if you prefer.
Besides the outstanding morning routine, the Philips Wake-Up Light has tons of features that many other clocks didn’t have sầu, such as a radio & wake-up profiles that allow you khổng lồ choose a different experience for weekdays và the weekends. Plus, you can use the light as a standard lamp while you’re winding down or reading during the evening.
The setup was also extremely easy, thanks lớn the small screen at the bottom of the light that has little touch sensors so you can quickly navigate through the thực đơn and change the time & alarm settings. Programming the alarm was simple and intuitive sầu, even though you have sầu khổng lồ pick several settings, including your time, brightness, sound & volume.
One aspect of the Philips Wake-Up Light that knocked it down a few points, though, is its sheer kích thước. The face & light itself is about 9 inches in diameter, và the base is quite big at about 4.5 inches, so you’ll have lớn clear out a bit of space to lớn put it next to lớn your bed. And you’ll want khổng lồ make sure it’s cchiến bại lớn your bed, as Philips suggests placing the light 16 to trăng tròn inches from your head.
Since it is such a big alarm cloông chồng, it’s also got some weight lớn it, which made the drop thử nghiệm extra scary. Smaller clocks, such as the Jall and DreamSky, can probably fall off a bedside table dozens of times before anything happens to them, just because they’re so light và the impact is minimal. The Philips, on the other hvà, weighs in at about 2.5 pounds, so the drops had a lot of force behind them, so we could see it breaking after a few more falls.
The Philips Wake-Up Light HF35đôi mươi is quite an investment for an alarm clock at $99.99, but for the price, you’re getting the best wake-up experience on the market that will make your mornings brighter and happier.
Best alarm clochồng for heavy sleepers: Sonic Bomb Dual Extra-Loud Alarm Cloông chồng With Bed Shaker ($32.07, originally $52.95; amazon.com)
We’re not going to lie: We were terrified of the Sonic Bomb Dual Extra-Loud Alarm Clock. Meant for heavy sleepers who aren’t awakened by average alarm clocks, not only is the Sonic Bomb’s alarm tone incredibly loud and unpleasant — it’s one of the most abrasive we tested — but the device drives the point trang chính with a phối of flashing red strobes, and it augments this sensory assault with a “bed shaker,” a vibrating puông chồng that you place under your pillow. When we tested the alarm for the first time on a table, we were shocked to see how violent the buzzing bed shaker actually was. And the manufacturer underscores the clock’s seriousness by offering it in a range of intense designs, including a camo version và one adorned with skulls, in addition to lớn a more typical palette of sedate và bright colors.
But after weeks of putting off testing, we finally put the Sonic Bomb on our nightst& và woke up with it — &, in reality, the experience wasn’t as bad as we had feared, and the additional features — especially the bed shaker — should awaken those who haven’t been able to find an alarm cloông xã that does the job.
Average sleepers should know that the beeps don’t start on full blast, và if those manage khổng lồ awaken you, you have a second lớn brace yourself before the vibrations start. And the strobes aren’t unreasonably bright — not enough to lớn wake you on their own, though bright enough khổng lồ act as an added incentive. The alarm does increase in volume & speed, và we don’t know what kind of person could sleep through that bed shaker if they put it underneath their pillow. And you can mix how long the alarm goes on, from 1 minute to lớn 59 minutes, so if you really need khổng lồ you can make it last a long, long time khổng lồ really make sure you get up. A battery backup keeps the racket going in case of an outage.
So if you have sầu a bad habit of sleeping through multiple alarms and just can’t count on a normal, everyday alarm cloông chồng khổng lồ awaken you, the Sonic Bomb Dual Extra-Loud Alarm Clochồng should be enough khổng lồ wake you up. A couple of caveats: The user interface layout is clunky compared khổng lồ the other clocks we tested, so setting the time and the alarm is more difficult than we’d lượt thích. The bed shaker isn’t wireless (it’s attached with a thin wire), so you’ll have khổng lồ place it so it doesn’t get tangled if you toss và turn in your sleep. Also, the Sonic Bomb is one of the few alarms that broke during our drop tests, so if your reaction to lớn an alarm going off involves throwing it across the room, you may want to lớn look elsewhere.
How we tested
We researched & found top-rated alarm clocks và selected a wide-ranging pool that included 15 digital, analog and sunrise alarm clocks. We opened each alarm cloông chồng & set the time & alarm, playing with all the settings and testing out any and all extra features. We listened lớn the alarms during the day, and woke up lớn each one to lớn get a genuine wake-up experience. Over the duration of one month, here are all the tests we ran:
Performance
Readability: We took note of how visible and legible the numbers or analog hands on the clock were, both in light và in the dark. Ease of setting alarm: We noted how difficult it was khổng lồ mix the alarm on each clock, và how much time it took. Wake-up experience: We tested the alarm and noted the volume, tone, harshness & general experience of waking up to lớn the alarm. Dimmability: We tested how dimmable each cloông chồng was, testing each one in the light và the dark. Snooze: We tested how easy it was to lớn snooze the alarm, and took note if it was customizable and easy khổng lồ mix. Power: We noted if the clock needed batteries, a power cord or both. If it needed a power cord, we measured the cord.
Materials: We felt each alarm clock & judged how nice or cheap it felt, including buttons & dials. Durability: We knocked each alarm clock off the same bedside table five times, noting any damage after each drop. Appearance: We noted its form size & color options, and rated its aesthetics.
Other alarm clocks we tested
Philips SmartSleep Connected Sleep and Wake-Up Light ($199.99, originally $219.99; amazon.com)
Like we said earlier, the Philips SmartSleep Connected Sleep và Wake-Up Light is an outstanding alarm cloông xã. The wake-up experience is just as good as our winner for the best sunrise alarm cloông xã — & this light comes with more features, such as a customizable snooze, more alarms you can mix, relaxation exercises và more. Plus, since the SmartSleep is a smart alarm clochồng, you can control it from an ứng dụng, without any fussing with buttons.
However, on the last drop of our durability chạy thử the clock unfortunately broke. We don’t expect people khổng lồ be dropping their alarm clocks that often, but accidents vị happen, & if you pay so much for something, you want it to lớn last. Even if it didn’t break, the extra $100 you’d have sầu khổng lồ pay over the Philips Wake-Up Light HF35đôi mươi is a lot, and compared to lớn other clocks we tested, which have sầu price tags around $đôi mươi, it was just too high khổng lồ justify. But if you have sầu the extra money và want to buy a sunrise cloông chồng that helps you not only wake up easily but go to lớn sleep faster and help your entire sleep experience, the Philips SmartSleep Connected Wake-Up Light is an amazing device to lớn have in your home page.
Magnasonic Projection Alarm Cloông chồng ($25, originally 29.99; amazon.com)
The Magnasonic alarm clochồng was a nifty & all-around solid cloông chồng that we thoroughly enjoyed testing. It comes with a radio that you can listen khổng lồ or use as your alarm, an aux cord and a projector that displays the time on your ceiling. While the red digits on the ceiling kind of looked like a doomsday clock at first, it’s actually an extremely useful feature if you tover khổng lồ get up in the middle of the night and want to know the time. If you lượt thích the idea of the projector, definitely consider the Magnasonic alarm cloông chồng, as it scored quite well in most of our other tests as well, just not as good as our winners.
Philips SmartSleep HF3500 Wake-Up Light ($49.95; amazon.com)
This smaller sunrise cloông xã from Philips was nice, but its bigger counterparts really outdid this $49.95 option. This cloông xã doesn’t have the natural sounds, & it’s so light và tall that it can easily be knocked over, especially since you have to lớn tap the top khổng lồ snooze it. The beeps of the alarm aren’t too harsh, và the alarm-setting process wasn’t terrible, so if you want a sunrise cloông chồng but don’t want to spkết thúc a ton of money, this could be a great buy.
Travelwey Digital Travel Alarm Cloông xã ($12.97, originally $15.97; amazon.com)
While this itty-bitty alarm cloông xã didn’t score very high, we think it’s actually a fantastic alarm cloông chồng if you travel a lot. It’s so small it can fit in your pocket, plus it unfolds, so you can put it on basically any surface next khổng lồ your bed. It’s battery-powered, so you can take it anywhere, & it has a standard alarm that’s easy to lớn set. There’s nothing fancy about this clock, but if you need just the bare bones to lớn take with you when you’re traveling or camping, the Travelwey Digital Travel Alarm Cloông chồng is a great, portable option.
HomeLabs Sunrise Alarm Clochồng ($24.47; amazon.com)
This Travelwey alarm clock reminded us of a classic childhood alarm clochồng, with the bright red numbers & huge snooze button at the top. The snooze button can function as a light, which is a nice feature other digital clocks didn’t have, but setting the time và alarm was a slow và unforgiving experience. You have to lớn hold one button và press another to lớn phối the time, and you can only increase the digits. So if you miss your time by one minute, you have lớn circle around the full 24-hour cycle to get bachồng to your desired time.
Peakeep Small Battery-Operated Analog Travel Alarm Cloông xã ($10.97; amazon.com)
Peakeep’s small cloông xã scored the highest out of the analog clocks, which scored lower in general due to lớn their lack of visibility in the dark và other features. This cloông xã is the only analog option we tested to lớn have sầu a snooze button, và it was easy to phối the alarm (though not an exact science, since you’re moving an analog hvà instead of entering a digit). It has a light, but like other analog options, it’s only on when you hold it.
RCA Digital Alarm Clock ($14.16, originally $14.99; amazon.com)
The Peakeep Twin Bell Alarm Clochồng had an alarm so loud và shocking that it frightened us up out of bed from the other room. We put it outside the bedroom in the first place because the second h& ticked. And even though we live sầu in New York City and we hear cars drive sầu by our apartment pretty regularly, we couldn’t stvà the sound of a ticking cloông chồng. There wasn’t much good from this cloông xã that could outweigh the ticking & the alarm, so if you want an analog cloông xã, we’d recommend the Jall or the smaller Peakeep.
