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(More customer reviews)I've been looking for an ideal alarm clock for awhile--something reletively small with easy-to-reach controls and a large LCD display with an on-demand backlight that illuminates well and evenly in the dark. AND I want an alarm that can be set to have the snooze button disable the alarm until the same time next day. (I don't use the snooze feature, and get frustrated with alarms that make me manually switch the alarm off, and then switch it back on for the next morning's alarm.)
This alarm clock ALMOST fit my criteria...
-Decent-sized display.
-Evenly-lit backlight....the only problem is that when you view it in the dark with the backlight on, it COMPLETELY fades out when viewed from slightly below straight-on. And since it is angled upward, if your night-stand is even to your bed, the LCD will be unreadable at night with the backlight on unless you reach over, pick up the alarm, and tilt it to a viewable angle.
-The instruction manual SAYS it has an alarm mode and a snooze mode. In the alarm mode, supposedly hitting the snooze button will disable the alarm until the next morning. HOWEVER--It doesn't work like it says in the manual. In that mode, it works exactly like it does in the regular snooze alarm mode--the alarm goes back off in a few minutes, and you eventually have to physically turn off the alarm, and then reactivate it later for the next night---exactly what I didn't want to do. And it's NOT because I'm not following the instructions in the manual--I am.
Otherwise, it's a nice little alarm. Atomic feature works as advertised. The crescendo alarm is nice, but not very loud. And it's small, and has a small footprint.
I may keep it because it's cheap, but I'll still keep poking around for a more ideal alarm.
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From Equity by La Crosse's SkyScan collection of atomic clocks, this bedside clock not only keeps the precise time, but also informs users of the date and the current indoor temperature. The clock's internal antenna picks up the NIST WWVB radio signal from the U.S. atomic clock in Fort Collins, Colorado, and sets itself accordingly for increased accuracy. Updating daily, the clock adjusts for Daylight Savings Time. The clock also features a snooze alarm for morning wake-up alerts.
The bedside clock displays the hour, minute, and second in easy-to-read, large digits on its LCD screen, while a blue backlight illuminates for nighttime viewing. To synchronize for atomic time, the user sets the clock by selecting the appropriate time zone option; the clock provides Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, and Alaska time zone settings. Allow up to 72 hours for initial synchronization with the U.S. atomic clock. For operation outside these time zones, the clock benefits from a manual reset option. Both 12-hour and 24-hour displays are available. Equipped with a perpetual calendar through the year 2049, the clock also informs the user of the date. Temperatures are conveyed to a tenth of a degree in the lower right corner of the screen. This item requires two AAA batteries to power the clock. The clock weighs 3 pounds upon shipping
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