Philips HF3490 Wake-up Light with Dock for iPod
- Gradually wakes you up by light for a more pleasant feeling
- 20 different brightness settings allows you to use as a bedside lamp
- Detachable dock to charge your iPod/iPhone and play your favorite music
- Optional FM radio, 4 nature sounds
- Dusk simulation helps you drift to sleep by gradually dimming light and sound
Product Description
Introducing the new Philips Wake-up Light, a more pleasant and natural way to wake-up in the morning. Light gradually increases for 30 minutes before your wake up time to gently prepare your body to wake up and feel more energetic at the start of your day. With optional FM radio, nature sounds or music from your iPod or iPhone, waking up will be a pleasant experience. Its innovative design includes a light that can be adjusted to 20 different brightness settings, making the product suitable to use as a lamp in any bedroom. A detachable dock for your iPod or iPhone allows you to charge your device as well as play your favorite music. At the end of your day, set the dusk simulator to drift you off to sleep by gradually dimming the light and sound.
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I prepurchased this light alarm from Amazon and was very keen to receive it. But, when it finally arrived, I was very disappointed to find that, regardless of which alarm setting I chose on the Philips, the moment I place my iPhone 3GS in the dock the Philips would start before a live audience all the music stored on my iPhone. The only method I exposed to stop this was to erase all music from my iPhone.
I contacted Philips and they immediately sent me a replacement, which, sadly, did exactly the same thing. I would recommend the model without the dock, but not this model.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is an exceptional way to wake up. It’s full spectrum lighting that gently wakes you, naturally. You can listen to your favorite I-Pod music, birds chirping, or even the banal radio to bring you into the day in a lovely way.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have a new puppy and, so, in addition to needing to get up for work daily, I need to be up for our early morning walk. This light is a revelation. It gently illuminates, so that by the time the alarm starts to sound (it also ramps up gently), the room is light and bright — even at times of the year when sunrise is very late! It makes getting up so much simpler for people like me, who are not natural morning people. This is a fantastic product that does what it says, and more as there are some extras to use if one wishes, and it is worth every penny.
Rating: 5 / 5
My second one of these has just failed after 3 months – the initially one failed surrounded by a week and Amazon replaced it. Reading other reviews I am not alone in having these tribulations. The product is designed in such a way that the bulb cannot be replaced by the consumer.
On the excellent side it is a fantastic way to wake up and it really does work – just not for long enough. Given the price don’t waste your money on something that is clearly this unreliable – buy a different product with a replaceable bulb or stick with what you’ve got.
Rating: 1 / 5
I have a horrible time waking up in the morning so I plotting this would be the perfect alarm clock for me. I perviously owned the iHome alarm clock with ipod dock, but really wanted the light feature. The modern design is fantastic. The gental ramp up in light 30 minutes before the alarm is set is the perfect amount of time for me.
The ipod dock is fantastic and is what sold me. If you set to use the ipod as the wake up alarm, it will start with whatever song and playlist you last stopped at. This is much surpass than the iHome, which no matter where you stopped the music on your ipod at night, it would always start with the very initially song alphabetically on your ipod and play from there. The philips alarm clock allows you to listen to anything you want upon waking.
There are a few drawbacks though:
- I found that the light woke me up perfectly….for about 3 days. After that, I got used to it and while it still helps me wake up a small bit, mornings are still rough. I reckon the light would be much more effective if it was an actual full-spectrum bulb, or at least a bulb with a blueish cast. I may replace the bulb myself, but at the price I paid, I would have expected a surpass bulb to start with. Its usually noted in light therapy research that full spectrum is best and blue spectrum is surpass. I would have expected Philips to know this.
- The speaker in the back is a bit unfortunate. The sound quality is not fantastic and the quality issue is only in part due to the rear speaker. Its just not a very excellent speaker. Putting it in the back only makes it work.
- The nature sounds are nice. Some of them have loops that are far to small, though, and only end up being annoying.
- The buttons on the side, although sleek, are very hard to work with. Setting the alarm and clock, turning the alarm on or off, tuning the radio, etc. take patience and focus…even after owning the clock for a few months.
Overall, it’s nice, but a bit overpriced.
Rating: 3 / 5