Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Usability clearly wasn't kept in mind by the people who designed this. First off, what I like about it: It does exactly what's advertised. It not only wakes you up by slowly ramping up the brightness while changing colors, it does a cool sunset as well. I love that. It's downhill from there. First, this is a clock radio. So for some reason they made it round. I don't know about you, but when I'm first waking up, being careful not to knock over the round, unstable, clock isn't exactly the easiest thing. It *will* fall over if you use it. It has a mixture of buttons around the edges and a touch screen on the front. The buttons are absurd. Try finding a specific button with a bright light blasting in your eyes. Eyes that have just woken up. Yeah. It has two alarms. Great. But it doesn't know what day of the week it is, so you have to manually set them when the weekend comes around. And don't forget to switch back come Monday! I have a 7 year-old clock radio that not only does this better, it even knows when to switch to DST. Which leads to the real "what on earth were they thinking?!?" moment: If the power goes out, there's no battery backup. This is 2017, guys. A gimmick does not make a good alarm clock by itself. First, it needs to have the basics covered. Usability is paramount! I would recommend turning this into a cube with physical buttons on top that are easy to find, even with your eyes closed. Automatic time setting. Automatic knowledge of the day of the week and when DST begins and ends. This is the bare minimum for the $100+ range. My alarm clock that I bought from Target in 2009 has these, and it was about $50. I'm returning this before I knock it off the night stand. It's incredibly unstable.