Customer Reviews for Philips - SmartSleep Wake-up Light - White/Gray
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Complete junk
on March 24, 2017
Posted by: CROD
The light generated by the alarm clock isn't bright enough to really wake you up. It takes up a lot of room, too. But with makes me say this alarm clock is junk is that after three months it stopped working correctly. It turns off and on on its own, as if it were haunted.
Falling asleep, and waking up, or really enjoyable. A well thought out product
on March 16, 2017
Posted by: T1Gardener
Gender:Female
Verified Purchase:Yes
From the gently dimming light at night, to the gradual increase of light at wake up time, it seems it is a more natural way of falling asleep and waking up. I like the choices of wake up sounds. I've been sleeping better since I got the light and am very happy with this product. Highly recommend it.
Pros: variable light time on and brightness adjustments.
Love the light. Buttons are so subtle though. Would be helpful if they were just a bit more prominent, maybe just the middle button on each the light and radio could be a bit more prominent. Strange though, I come home and the light is on,random, or the radio is on, just by itself. This is a bit irritating.
I love the functionality of this product. It's made both waking up AND going to bed more enjoyable. I used to wake up startled by my alarms going back as far as I can remember. Haven't had that happen so yet since I've begun using the wake-up light. I also like the sleep function.
Only downside is it is a bit lighter than I am used to so I end up pushing it around my bedside table when turning it on, off, setting it.
I returned the product after two weeks. A dated design with cumbersome mix of features. Device seems to be trying to prolong its life in the product line -- while something new and better is being developed. No integration with Hue, no App support, awkward buttons to locate and it takes up your entire bedside table. And, to top it off, the clock LED is small and hard to read: remember not everyone sleeps with their glasses on so at least make it big enough to read.
This is a good wake-up lamp and light with fm. Radio. It looks and works as advertised. It's quite different and unique and kind of fun watching it go through the dimming process. Has a great look and doesn't take up much space.
Product functions very well, the gradually increasing brightness has made waking up in the morning much less jarring, and I'm less prone to snoozing the alarm multiple times. The gradually decreasing light function is also nice and allows you to gradually drift off as the light dims rather than moving around to turn off a fully bright light right before trying to fall asleep.
The design looks really good, however I wish some of the buttons were slightly easier to feel when fumbling in the dark, but aesthetically, I do appreciate how clean the product looks, and the touch-only buttons on the front do make for a really slick design.
Learning how to operate the light is quite easy after reading through the directions, but does take a little practice to remember how to operate it smoothly or to access the more in depth functions, but it's not rocket science if you read the operating instructions.
Having the radio option is great, of course if there were an option to connect via bluetooth for music would be ideal, but regardless, I'd absolutely buy it again and have recommended it to others.
Pros: design, light quality, easier to wake up, fm radio, gradual dimming