5/6/2023 0 Comments Light alarm clock![]() We liked that you can charge it and then use it wirelessly – especially because the flex provided is pretty short. Along with the sunrise and sunset features, you can change the colour of the light to match your mood, listen to FM radio and use it as a Bluetooth speaker. This wake-up light offers a little more bang for your buck than the others we tried. No light is ever going to be able to cure us of that. We found this function really useful, as we are addicted to snooze. But you can snooze the light by simply tapping the top of it, and then it will start again in nine minutes. No gentle natural sounds here though, we’re afraid. You have the option of also adding a (slightly irritating) beep that strikes when it’s the alarm time. The sunrise function is easy to set – pick an alarm time, and then say what brightness you want the light to achieve at wake up. It’s a simple function to use – just hit a button when you’re 30 minutes out from wanting to go to sleep. We aren’t sure about that, but it was nice to tuck up in bed and for the light to gradually dim, reminding us to put our book (or phone!) down and get to sleep. The sunset feature gradually fades the light out of the room, so you slowly unwind – apparently it helps promote melatonin. Buy now £68.35 .ukĪs well as waking you up in the morning by mimicking a sunrise, this product also helps you prepare for bedtime. ![]() You can use this via the mains plug, or insert batteries for more flexibility. We really liked the snooze function on this one, which is lacking in some others. When the light setting is being used, it grows in intensity over 30 minutes, hitting maximum brightness at the alarm time. And there are six nice, calming audio experiences to choose from including running water, woodland, crashing waves and a few musical ones (we’re not sure they’re actually “natural” sounds, but fine, whatever). The wake-up element of the light comes with three options – light and natural sound, just light or just natural sounds. To adjust the brightness you have to tap a certain spot at the back, which we found hard to find in the dead of night. You can use the Lexon as a regular light – it’s easy to switch on and off using a touch spot on the bottom. The top of the display has a subtle marble effect, and that’s the kind of attention to detail we can get behind. The time is displayed on an LED behind a metal grey mesh, and the light is a dish on top. We liked the Eighties aesthetic of this alarm clock. All this is wrapped up in a smart little package – the grey tweedy fabric underneath is a nice touch, and it looks great on our bedside table. As the name suggests, there’s also an FM radio built into the shine 300, and you can set up to five presets. We found this handy, rather than having to keep cycling through the options. It also displays not just the time but the day too, as well as what time your alarm is set to. ![]() The digital display lets you set the language, and then it’s fairly simple to set up the alarm, sunset and sound functions. Anyway, you’re sure to find a sound that floats your boat. There are also 15 wake-up and wind-down sounds to choose from, including, inexplicably, someone playing ping pong. This means it will fit in with most lifestyles, and we found it helped instil a better bedtime routine when we set it to a 90-minute sunset. However, you can also adjust the duration of the sunset and sunrise to anything between 15 and 90 minutes. A jump up from the glow 150 (£99, ), the shine 300 has both sunset and sunrise functions.
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