minimally-sized alarm clock?
Mar 13, 2011, 1:27 pm
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minimally-sized alarm clock?
I am looking for a small, LOUD alarm clock mainly for my travels in Asia. Anyone have a favorite? Let me emphasize again that it must be LOUD as I need to sleep with earplugs so it's got to penetrate that. I have a Brookstone sound machine type alarm that isn't loud enough. And I no longer need the white noise generator part so I am look for something that is smaller as well.
Mar 14, 2011, 3:23 am
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Is it genuinely volume, or is it finding an annoying enough noise to cut through your sleep? For me, the ability to program what sound is used is the biggest advantage to a cell/smartphone.
Mar 14, 2011, 9:20 am
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The problem, of course, with using a cell phone (and I do), is that you need to be sure it is charged and will not run down before it is supposed to wake you up.
Ask PGA golfer Jim Furyk about that
Ask PGA golfer Jim Furyk about that
Mar 14, 2011, 10:25 am
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Don't people plug their phones in at night anyway? I always do...never understood why people wouldn't.
Mar 14, 2011, 10:34 am
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So do I. However, I almost missed a flight one time when my phone...crashed. Sometime between the time I went to bed and the time I woke up in a start, my BB Curve crashed. Only time in 3+ years that it crashed.
A hotel wake-up call set for 5 minutes after my phone would have solved that problem
My iPhone decided to wake me up 1 hour early last time (in NA) that we changed the clocks back...
A hotel wake-up call set for 5 minutes after my phone would have solved that problem
My iPhone decided to wake me up 1 hour early last time (in NA) that we changed the clocks back...
Mar 14, 2011, 12:33 pm
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Some phones (or some alarm clock applications, if you're dealing with smartphones) have a "sound alarm even if phone is silenced" option.
Mar 14, 2011, 12:48 pm
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I'm also interested in the OP's question.
I don't carry my cellphone because I don't use it abroad. I do always take (and need) an alarm clock. I'm always either staying in hostels or camping or staying somewhere without reliable power. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a reliable, light, durable compact alarm clock. Each one I have gotten lasts a couple trips and then fails for some reason.
I do wear a couple watches that have alarms, but they aren't loud enough to do the job.
Maybe I will have to check out the carabiner/watch combos I've seen. They always looked a bit sketchy, but I've thrown away a small fortune on other travel alarms that always break down.
I don't carry my cellphone because I don't use it abroad. I do always take (and need) an alarm clock. I'm always either staying in hostels or camping or staying somewhere without reliable power. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a reliable, light, durable compact alarm clock. Each one I have gotten lasts a couple trips and then fails for some reason.
I do wear a couple watches that have alarms, but they aren't loud enough to do the job.
Maybe I will have to check out the carabiner/watch combos I've seen. They always looked a bit sketchy, but I've thrown away a small fortune on other travel alarms that always break down.
Mar 14, 2011, 1:11 pm
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I have a Nexus One, the T-Mob version that is GSM quad band. But the places I go and the way I travel I basically don't need or want a phone with me. So I leave it at home and just take my tiny Zen Mosiac mp3 player for music on the plane and so forth.
I did find this http://alarmclocksonline.com/TravelBOOM.htm and it seems like it might fit the bill. Supposed to be 90 db which should be plenty loud and it includes a pillow shaker.
I did find this http://alarmclocksonline.com/TravelBOOM.htm and it seems like it might fit the bill. Supposed to be 90 db which should be plenty loud and it includes a pillow shaker.
Mar 14, 2011, 3:38 pm
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I've got a N1 too. I just leave it in airplane mode and use it as a clock/mp3 player when I travel overseas.
Mar 14, 2011, 4:01 pm
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