• Reviews around light (3.79 of 5)

    hOmeLabs Sunrise Alarm Clock - Digital LED Clock with 6 Color Switch and FM Radio for Bedrooms - Multiple Nature Sounds Sunset Simulation & Touch Control - with Snooze Function for Heavy Sleepers

    • light!The light is also good for before bed reading and to have a decent light next to the bed that is not horribly bright and I love that the time can be dimmed to black
    • I often wake up with the increasingly bright light, before the actual alarm goes off
    • He likes a light at night by his bedside and I like darkness.
    • He is hearing impaired so the gentle light and variety of noises helped him choose a sound he could hear!
    • Love this night light
    • I have this clock across the room on a stand (to force me to get up and turn the alarm off in the morning) so the light is not very effective at "naturally" waking me up
    • The alarm function seems to work properly, but I wish the light could go a little brighter.
    • ahead of time.- Harsh light
    • That's a shame: I would mind a soft bluish light
    • The lights were pretty, but the time does not stay on display
    • The clock puts off just enough light, we love the radio and light options
    • Knowing that the light will start brightening half an hour before the alarm goes off is a great piece of mind when you wake up in the middle of the night wondering if it's almost time to get up!.
    • I often find myself hitting snooze in a panic, which kills the light and I fall back asleep.
    • Pretty lights and colors but has stopped telling the time.
    • Although we also haven't seen that you can dim the light when it's on the colors
    • She loves that this clock has different lights and likes to use it as her night light in the evening.
    • The light is a little too bright for me as well
    • I found the light to be irritating instead of it leading to a peaceful gradual rise
    • The sunrise feature works great, it isn't super bright which is great if you have a very dark room, and I really like the fact is steadily grows from a dim to a brighter light 30 minutes before your alarm goes off
    • Such a great bedside light to have
    • The light can be dim all the way to very bright (almost too bright)
    • n’t stand how bright the lights are
    • maybe I missed it in the settings - is the ability to dim the light manually
    • It was easy to set up and full of several options from selecting multiple colors brightening to dimming the lights.
    • I love the light for just having some brightness in the room without turning on lamps and things
    • The slowly brightening light has been a huge help for me as well
    • The light is great to help wake me up.
    • The only color other than the "natural light" is green; also the natural light is bright if you hold it close to your face, but it won't light up the room the way natural sunlight does (which this claims it does)- the instructions say to put it 10-18 inches away from your head (and if you don't have an outlet close to your bed, you're outta luck since the cord is only about 2-3 feet long)
    • Wow the light is wayyyyy to bright
    • So this is a great clock/alarm as long as you are ok with loud sounds and bright lights
    • She loves the pink light the most.
    • I would also like the light to remain on for a minute while I get out of bed so I can find the light to the room
    • He doesn't realize it has a sunset feature on which gradually dims the light
    • This clock can tell time, and has an adjustable light that has color options, but I would not recommend using this as an alarm clock
    • The slow wakeup light is pretty nice.
    • Light is too bright...and it doesn't allow you to dial in radio stations.
    • It's nothing more than an annoying alarm clock with a bright light.
    • The alarm doesn't stay set and caused me to be woken up at 11:30pm to a bright light, not a gentle emerging sunlight
    • The button placement and icons were just WAY too non-intuitiveI'm a heavy sleeper, so it says something that I found the lowest radio alarm volume too loudActual light was fine
    • The light is a soft glow and doesn’t really illuminate the room
    • I either roll over to face the other side of the bed to ignore it, or it does not produce enough light to wake me ups when facing it
    • Learning to do simple things like setting the alarm requires focus, reading glasses, good lighting, and an excellent memory.
    • The light on it works great as a comfort for him, and also for me to see when I am going in and out of his room in the night
    • The light on it works great as a comfort for him, and also for me to see when I am going in and out of his room in the night
    • The clock makes it easier to get up by gently waking you with the gradually brightening light
    • Overall, I highly recommend this light, especially if you can grab it on super
    • The alarm just doesn’t go off/light up half the time, and I wake up and check to see if the alarm was on, and sure enough it was
    • I find it easier to wake up to this gentle light that gradually inscreases in brightness.
    • The gradual light definitely makes it easier to get up on dark winter mornings
    • One of them has blown a light for the minutes on the clock after only a month
    • I adore the soft wake up light
    • Also, the *only* choice for the alarm is the bright light
    • Unfortunately, I was facing the clock the first morning that I used it, and was almost blinded by the bright light that came on 30 minutes before the alarm was set.
    • Poor button placement, low quality sounds, but dependable and the light is dope
    • The light isn't all that bright, not enough to fill a room
    • It's bright enough to give enough light at night but not too much where it keeps them awake
    • This clock gradually brightens its light to wake you gently
    • I want to be gently woken up not have a bright light shining in my face and a loud noise.
    • It has a snooze button, it has the option to wake up to the singing bird sound, and the light is nice and bright.
    • Again, I hate sleeping with lights on so even the lights showing the time would irritate me when I was trying to sleep, but once I figured out how to turn the display
    • Great for reading, especially if it's next to someone who is already sleeping and doesn't want bright lights
    • The light really does work to wake me up
    • I love the light that it has on it.
    • The only reason I'm not returning it, or giving it 1 star is because the LED lights are fun, the shape of the clock is appealing, and the numbers are large enough to read for us old folks.
    • Given the whiteness of LED light, it's very jarring, not gentle.2
    • Would be nice to have an option to reduce the brightness even further; the bright light of the clock during the night is off-putting.
    • The light from the time display is kind of bright but you can turn it off so it is completely dark at night
    • so I don't have to turn off the light then stumble across the room in the dark
    • Even on its lowest settings, the light is BRIGHT (including the clock display) and the sound is LOUD
    • Nice bright light.
    • It gives him the soft light he likes at bedtime and has worked great at getting him out of bed
    • so having an option to dim the light on this clock is perfect for me
    • Pros; soft yellow light is perfect for waking me up
    • I would like the light to stay on to keep waking to, and just have the noise sound in intervals
    • My husband and I start each morning yelling at this godforsaken alarm clock as it screams the most petty excuse for an ocean sound and suddenly bathe the entire bedroom in a harshly bright light, making sure that you're going to have the worst possible start to the day
    • The light on the clock slowly gets brighter as it gets close to your alarm going off, my husband really enjoys this feature
    • I also like how the clock display can be turned off - very helpful as I don't like any light when I am sleeping.
    • Light is nice and warm yellow to wake up to.
    • Great light settings
    • This clock has a nice, adjustable light that he can move around and be a night owl, and I can get some good sleep with some darkness – win/win.
    • The white light is very nice and soothing, it's not harsh in any way, it gets quite bright
    • The slow light up feature makes wake up smoother.
    • nice light, but buttons are hard to use.
    • very cool clock....love the LED color lights
    • The lights are so bright and don’t dim, the alarm is hard to set, and you only have the option of setting one alarm
    • While light is bright and colorful, sound is awful and canned.
    • Great sound, light is awesomely bright, nice that it has a back up battery
    • Great sound, light is awesomely bright, nice that it has a back up battery
    • The light becoming brighter is not very gradual.
    • Was a little to bright in the colored colors, but perfect in the dimming light setting
    • The one thing I wish I could change would be that when you hit snooze the light goes off and that just defeats the purpose to me.
    • However, within just a few weeks of use, the LED light displaying the time became inconsistent
    • I had the multi-color LED lights on before I went to bed to help me wind down
    • I like the sunset feature and the morning light
    • I like the ability to dim or brighten the light or the display
    • Electronic light suppresses the production of melatonin
    • I like that it has a light on it.
    • The light gets gradually brighter which wakes me up slowly.
    • My problem was that the light from the time at night was like a spotlight lighting up the entire room.
    • If your not sure if this style of clock is for you this is the one to get, it's a very nice light and a great clock.
    • I don't like light when I sleep,
    • The light isn't all that bright, not enough to fill a room
    • But the problem is that the light is so bright you may as well have a table lamp on with an LED in it all night
    • The main issue is the light from the clock numbers is SO bright - even on the low setting - that it illuminated my
    • Ahhh the soothing sounds and awaking to a warm light is amazing compared to a standard alarm.
    • It's great to have a gentle light on an alarm that wakes you up
    • The light is not very bright and actually caused me to sleep through the alarm and late for work
    • I actually enjoy the added feature of a wind-down light that if you like to limit the time you fiddle on your phone/electronics in the bed or just enjoy gradually having a light fade to complete
    • I also appreciate that you can dim the light as it's quite bright.
    • The light is a soft glow and doesn’t really illuminate the room
    • The lighting up may disrupt people who sleep in darkened rooms, but idk
    • I like the 6 different lights, nature sounds and different sounds for the alram.
    • Nice light and price.
    • The light can be as bright or as dim as you like
    • I like the light and how it wakes me
    • So this is a great clock/alarm as long as you are ok with loud sounds and bright lights
    • The light is not too bright and is great as a nightlight for my kids
    • This caught my eye initially because I liked the idea of a gentle light slowing coming on to gently rouse you in the morning
    • With a huge display for the time, and multi color LED lights, he is in love with it.
    • The light can be dim all the way to very bright (almost too bright)
    • The soft light is a much better way to wake up in the dark.
    • The light still works so it can be used as a
    • It brightens up the room with the LED light, you can set an alarm and choose different alarm music.
    • Maybe if I had a large bedroom, but in my room, the light which begins 30 minutes before the alarm sounds, hits my eyes like the white lights on a cop car on a dark highway
    • This could come in handy for my daughter who needs some light in her room to fall asleep
    • Easily enough light to dress by.
    • But the brightening light is super awesome
    • But the brightening light is super awesome
    • I change her alarm modes periodically (music, nature sounds etc) and she loves that she gets a "pre-warning" to the alarm going off with the slow lighting up feature (sunrise).
    • The light gradually gets brighter for a half an hour but then turns off shortly after the alarm time
    • Does everything it says it would be perfect if you could dim the color lights, only one dimmable is the white light
    • As an alarm clock and a light, it is decent
    • On two separate mornings only the light came on but the sound alarm failed to go off.
    • It's nice to wake up to calm noises in addition to the calm light, but I have to set another alarm on my phone because just this is easy to sleep through
    • What a nice light it gives off as the alarm time approaches
    • This isn't user-friendly for a teenage child; my daughter says it is hard to work, the light is too bright, and the sound is low quality.
    • Not a very loud ringer and if rhe sun is shining through your blinds, what purpose is the lighting?!
    • Its also great because my dog can't see very well and this serves as the perfect night light when he gets on and off the bed in the middle of the night.
    • , I love all the sound options and how it lights up!
    • Love the bedtime light, I set it, her in bed, journal or whatever, and I dont have to get up to turn the light off.
    • Also, as a breastfeeding mama, i love the dim light for feeding time in the middle of the night so we don't have to turn all the lights on or feed in the dark!
    • Perfect alarm clock/ night light for my daughter.
    • The lights can be bright even when adjusted lower, it all depends on preference.
    • It was super easy to set up and I like the low lighting it provides as well
    • This light is very harsh, and it is in kind of a focused beam
    • The light and sounds brighten slowly to allow for a more peaceful transition of waking up.
    • the light really mimics natural sunlight and eases you to wake up time.
    • Also, you can dim the soft white light but once you push the button to cycle through the other lights, there are extremely bright and there doesn't seem to be a way to change the brightness for the other color lights
    • Also, the actual light itself is pretty bright
    • The light makes it so much more pleasant to wake up!
    • For $20 it might seem like a good deal to see if a wake-up light is right for you, but it fails to function as a basic alarm clock.
    • The time display is large and can be dimmed so not too bright but the outer light is way too bright to be used as a nightlight if that is your goal
    • The gentle light allows you to begin waking up and ease into your morning
    • I like the bedtime feature where you can set the light to dim over a set time frame (15 min, 30 min, etc.)
    • It also is a very bright light even on the lowest setting but you can turn the light off completely!
    • The gradual light, sunrise feature is also pretty cool
    • The light is very soothing and not at all harsh
    • but of course I wouldn't trust just the light if I needed to be up at a specific time to catch a flight or something, and would use my cell phone alarm
    • The dimmest light is bright enough to make it look like daylight in my kids’ rooms
    • I love the soft light.
    • That light is INTENSE in the darkness and startled me awake
    • The light is cool and it works as a good lamp but that’s about it.
    • People who want some more light and live in darker/greyer places like Oregon (I live there) might appreciate more than others
    • the light is perfect and wakes me up before the radio kicks on
    • I love the gradual light alarm clock
    • So happy I bought this - I usually wake up a couple minutes before the alarm sounds because the light gradually gets brighter for the 30 minutes leading up to the alarm.
    • I bought this for my kids' room and they love the colored lights and the modern design.
    • I love the light up building to the alarm
    • The light gradually brightening is
    • I would recommend this light over several others sold on Amazon, including the much pricier ones.
    • Three months later, the number lights are blown and she can hardly tell the time on it
    • The light is way too bright
    • wife loves the graduated lighting in the morning.
    • I can very easily ignore a light for 10-15 minutes total and a calming sound for 5
    • It works pretty well as a lamp, as well, lighting up a ~225 sq ft room at the max setting fairly effectively.
    • This alarm clock has great ambient lighting.
    • The dimmest light is bright enough to make it look like daylight in my kids’ rooms
    • The light is very soothing and not at all harsh
    • ’s light while I sleep, so I’m not bothered by the illuminated clock at night
    • i like the round light that simulates sunset/sunrise as you wake up or go to sleep.
    • I wish there were a true dim setting where it was just enough light to be able to see the time, but not so much it feels like a light is shining in my eyes
    • The light up feature helps ease my way to getting up with my alarm.
    • The wake up light is quite bright and a great feature
    • The light is bright enough that I don't have to leave his light on, yet soft enough that he can still sleep
    • My kids favorite part are all the fun colors you can change the LED light to.
    • but I do love the gradual light for waking up.
    • But you can also set a timer so that the light goes off after my son falls asleep.
    • Also, you can dim the soft white light but once you push the button to cycle through the other lights, there are extremely bright and there doesn't seem to be a way to change the brightness for the other color lights
    • We were pleasantly awakened at 4:15am with a bright light shining on our faces and the sound of singing birds
    • a little hard to set up but got use to itnice bright lights if you like your room nice and bright at night which my daughter is a little afraid of the dark
    • However, I wish you could dim the coloured lights (there seems to only be one brightness for those) and the speaker distorts the alarm sounds at anything louder than the lowest setting.
    • The first morning I went from a completely dark room to a bright light in my face.
    • We also love the retro look and the color changing lights.
    • 30 minutes before the alarm time, the light comes on fairly bright, and then gets brighter.
    • It's like waking up to a natural sunrise, so the light gradually gets brighter.
    • Love the colors and how the light gradually getting brighter usually wakes me up before the alarm sound
    • Also, as a breastfeeding mama, i love the dim light for feeding time in the middle of the night so we don't have to turn all the lights on or feed in the dark!
    • She loves the light for reading at night, on the dresser next to the bed it is just enough light.
    • Love the night light and large numbers.
    • I love how the light gets brighter as the time approaches for you to get up.
    • This clock does double-duty and has many fun lighting options
    • I have two of these alarm clocks and I love them for their ease of use, the sleep timer and the wake light
    • The wakeup function is perfect, and the light is plenty bright
    • While the white light is very nice as a soft bedside lamp, you have to cycle through the colored light to turn it
    • Returned this as the light wasn't bright enough when placed at the foot of the bed
    • The lights in some of the digits have burned out and it is impossible to tell what time it is.
    • The lights are fun but gentle on the eyes
    • n’t lose it.
    • n’t work