BioBrite Digital SunRise Alarm Clock (Model 88628W) With White Noise

by BioBrite

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 10 x 7 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• ASIN: B0002VJE0O
• Item model number: 88628W
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,408 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 12, 2004

Product Description

The Digital SunRise Alarm Clock - Sleep Model gnetly awakens you to a simulated sunrise rather than jarring you awake with a loud noise. Waking to the SunRise Clock helps you start the day in a better mood and feeling more refreshed. The clock's light slowly begins to shine before your wake up time, gradually illuminating the room and becoming brighter until it is time for you to awaken. This model offers a number of additional programmable features including: The ability to set different dawn and dusk cycles ranging from 15 to 90 minutes each, display brightness controls, an automatic nite lite, "snooze" feature, a white noise feature which masks distracting outside noises, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BioBrite is wonderful!, December 27, 2005

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Sarah (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BioBrite Digital SunRise Alarm Clock (Model 88628W) With White Noise (Electronics)

I personally have always hated the dreaded "beep-beep" of the alarm clock as I'm sure many of you do as well. I switched to the radio to wake me years ago. I found this equally annoying. I realized that on days that I do not have to work, I wake up naturally to the rising of the sun. So, low and behold, let's try the BioBrite!

I'll admit I was skeptical at first. I tried it on a non-work day without the "beep" that you can use in addition to the simulated sunrise. Wow. I woke right up. I felt very refreshed and not scared out of my mind by a horrifying "beep" or morning radio D.J. cracking some off-the-wall joke. You can even snooze the sunrise and make it come back in 9 minutes! Yes, I fell back asleep and woke again in 9 minutes.

This also has a white noise feature for sleeping through the pesky lawn blowers on weekends as well as a security feature that will turn the light on randomly between 4pm and 11pm when you're out of town.

Note that using only the sunrise feature to wake you may not work for everyone, you may need to also use the little beep that gradually increases in volume as the light brightens. My husband and my dog are oblivious to the sunrise even though it wakes me up immediately.

So, my advice is to try it out when you don't have to get up and see what works best for you.

The only issue I have is that there is no battery back-up in case of a power outage. You didn't want to go to work that day anyway, did you?

Sweet dreams and happy waking!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Nice and Does A Lot of Things, March 8, 2006

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Marie - See all my reviews

This review is from: BioBrite Digital SunRise Alarm Clock (Model 88628W) With White Noise (Electronics)

I had a Soleil Sunrise clock before this and it was just a night light. The BioBrite is a 60 watt bulb--a real light. I also love the other features:

* Dimmable bedside light for reading or soft lighting
* Security option so light comes on at random intervals from 4-11pm as if the house is occupied
* Nightlight option
* LCD display fades to low level when it is in night mode

I have the one with white noise and it is wonderful.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars One-in-a-million glitch, August 1, 2006

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Adi (Greater Seattle area, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BioBrite Digital SunRise Alarm Clock (Model 88628W) With White Noise (Electronics)

UPDATE: In April 2006 I sent the clock in a second time, and BioBrite replaced the clock entirely. I now have a white noise model. However, this clock is now randomly making static noise like a hand radio stuck on a bad signal! The noise is random and wakes me up or scares me while I lie in bed. I do not have the noise feature on. Now, I have to call BioBrite again, pay to ship the clock again, and pray a working clock can be acquired!

I bought the clock in late 2005. The clock's "Sun Rise" was not fading up or down constantly and the bulb was flickering sporadically. I sent the clock in for service early 2006 and the BioBrite company replaced the Display Board; however, the clock is still not working correctly. I am very disappointed and quite furious every morning the clock fails. Rather than waking peacefully to a slow "sun rise", I wake up to what I feel is more like a strobe light. I have spent close to $150.00 on this clock including shipping back for service. I don't feel this clock was made to act the way it has with me, I am sure it's just a 1-in-a-million glitch, but it's not amusing.

I cannot wait for the clock to work consistently ... when it does work it's the most wonderful way to wake up I have ever experienced. In the past I've had the most difficult time waking up in the morning and I was chronically late before this clock. It has been a great tool, even if it worked just the first few nights; those mornings waking up with this clock when it worked were enough to motivate my wake patterns!