Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This review is for the Wake Up Light Sunrise Alarm Clock for Kids, Heavy Sleepers, Bedroom, with Sunrise Simulation, Sleep Aid, Dual Alarms, FM Radio, Snooze, Nightlight, Daylight, 7 Colors, 7 Natural Sounds, Ideal for Gift sold by Jall Store I needed a reliable clock not tied to my smart phone and it's flaky battery and really wanted to try a sunrise clock but didn't want to spend over $100 to discover I didn't like them. So here I am... Overall, I'm enjoying the concept. The light output is more than enough and the light color range is also nice (soft warm glow to bright white which you can limit when you set the alarm). I initially chose use a 20 minute wake up cycle (light only, full spectrum, no sound), and I've woken a few times just 5-10 min into the cycle (no alarm sound). Absolutely love those days. I've also slept through it because my pillow was over my head... Since, I really can't afford to not wake up on time, I decided to utilize the build in alarm sounds. Glancing through the list, Ocean caught my eye. I though Ocean would be nice, and at first, it sounded fantastic. Crashing waves, rhythmic - not too fast, and not too slow, not high pitched - just a good ocean wave crashing on beach sound. I though I'd found the perfect match to my sunrise - yes, Zen was in my grasp. Then a few seconds into the track the @#$@ seagulls start squawking. Seriously, why? Have you ever spent time around Seagulls, they're loud, obnoxious and they'll steal anything they can carry. That's not what I want to wake up to in the morning. What's next, soundtracks for a crowded beach, or maybe a sinking supertanker blasting it's horn or a lighthouse fog horn at point blank range so my ears can bleed? You had one job... Unfortunately, the other offerings followed the same pattern - all seemed just as harsh (too high pitched, disruptive and not in tune with a soft sunrise IMO). - birds chirping in the morning - yes, I know birds chirp in the morning. At my house, they're in a tree, over 20 yards away and not trying to be reproduced out of an alarm clock speaker less than a foot from my ears. - stream sound (like a steady peaceful river flow sound) - again too high pitched and too fast IMO. - windbells - I'm just going to stop you there and note in this case word combo should be wind CHIMES - as in mid-high pitched chimes and not those lovely lower pitched bells that your verbiage implies - piano music - Not even once in my life have I wished to wake to a piano (or for that matter drums, trumpets or triangles) Ok, I'm a bit over the top on these alarm sounds, but you get the point. I'm not a fan of this part of the clock. There's a lot of opportunity for improvement. My answer was to set alarm 1 with no sound, alarm 2 follows later with sound... If alarm 1 doesn't gently wake me like it should, alarm 2 certainly will, but I'm going to have a rushed morning.. Does it have an FM radio, yes. Will you want to use it - I seriously doubt it. Per JALL's reply in the Q/A section of this product when asked about the Radio: Please know that when you hold the radio button down, the clock will scan all the available stations automatically and save them as P-01/P-02/P-03 and so on ( up to 10 channels ). You don't need to do anything until it finishes the process. After finishing, the clock radio will select P-01 channel by default. If you want to change channel, please hold "+"/"-" to select P-02/P-03 and another channel Just 10 channels? no way to delete unwanted channels to keep scanning the higher frequencies to reach the channel you want? Where I live, 10 channels doesn't even reach the first decent rock or country station. However, I'm pretty sure this isn't the new digital FM frequency tuners, so 10 might just cover it all in a few more years. Despite what I feel are failures in the extra features, from a basic standpoint - an alarm clock that simulates sunrise & a 30 min sunset it works, and it works quite well. Yes, better alarm sounds and a functional radio tuner would have been nice, but I'm still happy with my purchase. They also include a bunch of labels/stickers so you can choose to label the clock controls (or not), and you can choose if you want them to be seen when the lamp is glowing or just put them on the opaque body (other side of the inputs). So, for these reasons, I'll give it 4 stars and keep using it until something better comes along.