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.

La qualité de ce produit est remarquable. Qualité de la lumière comparé à un modèle plus basique que j'avais avant : celui-ci ressemble parfaitement à un lever/ coucher de soleil avec sa lumière orangée au début puis de plus en plus blanche. Il est facile à utiliser avec des boutons conviviaux et légers au toucher. Discret – pas de gros bruits à chaque touche – on peut ajuster tous les sons, les niveaux de luminosité y compris pour l'horloge que l'on peut même rendre invisible (au début, j'hésitais sur le design à cause de cette horloge lumineuse, mais au final on peut en faire ce que l'on veut et même allumée, allumée, elle est visible sans projeter de la lumière dans la pièce.) Les sons associés au lever du soleil sont naturels, agréables, apaisants. On peut l'éteindre d'un seul toucher du bout des doigts sur la lampe, qui ne devient pas brûlante.Tout est parfaitement pensé pour facilité d'utilisation et haute qualité de rendu. Recommandé à 100%, aucun regret d'avoir mis un peu plus pour obtenir cette qualité.

Durante dos años he tenido uno de los anteriores despertadores de Philips de este tipo, el que tenía forma de "volcán", y que por desgracia el teclado dejó de funcionar...algo que para lo que costó, no es que haya sido un gran resultado. Inicialmente opté por comprar un despertador similar de una marca alternativa (el Audiosonic), pero aunque no está mal como producto, tiene algunas cosas que lo hacen un poco inconveniente. De este nuevo Philips, que tiene un tamaño menor que mi anterior "volcán", se puede destacar un diseño bonito y sobrio, he pasao a usarlo como lámpara de la mesa de noche. La regulación de niveles de luz está muy bien escalonada y resulta muy agradable. Si bien como lámpara ofrece 20 niveles de luz, como despertador los saltos son casi "infinitos" produciéndose un incremento suave. Ofrece doble alarma, algo ideal para los que tenemos diferentes horarios, y que mi anterior despertador no ofrecí, que se conectan y desconectan de forma muy simple. Ambas alarmas pueden tener niveles de luz y sonidos diferente. También me ha gustado mucho la opción que tiene para irse a dormir, donde va reduciendo gradualmente el nivel de luz (con el tiempo regulable), facilitando así que nuestro organismo se vaya adaptando a la oscuridad y se ponga en modo dormir. Destacar que a diferencia de antaño donde la luz del despertador se encendía 30 minutos antes de la hora fijada, ahora se puede regular en 20, 25, 30 y 40 minutos. Respecto a la filosofía de despertarse mediante una luz incremental, después de dos años usando este sistema puedo decir que funciona. No me hubiera gastado otra vez un dineral en este despertador si no estuviera del todo convencido. Realmente es muy agradable despertarse antes de que suene la alarma, de una forma relajada. Definitivamente te despiertas mucho mejor. Sin duda es un despertador caro, pero considerando que también se puede usar de lámpara y el buen acabado y funcionamiento, el precio entra en lo aceptable, aunque podría ser un poco más barato.

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.....