Question of the week: do you still use an alarm clock?

[The Inspector]

Alarm clocks are far better, they need not be strident and are far safer. My mobile seldom tells the correct time and RF transmission sources should be kept well away from your head.

[Steve B]

i have 2 alarm clocks and an angry girlfriend it i dont get up

[lost eden]

PDA plays me a nice MP3 & gently vibrates the mattress for me every morning Girlfriend requires a bit more coaxing to stir, unless I chose a particularily bad song...

[TiG]

2 Alarm clocks here too, an 11 year hang up from being late for work once at age 17.

Never again

TiG

[=TcQi=]

Nope. I use neither a phone, nor a "radio alarm clock".

I use a program called MCE alarm clock which is a plugin for MCE2005 and plays any of a range of mp3's I select at random.

It's great getting woken up to the thud of bass and stuff from some funky breaks or some dirty D&B

I used to have something very similar - I think it was one fo the "plus!" packs for WMP. Out of interest can you set it to wake your computer out of standby?


=TcQi=

[DeSean]

I have to use 2 mobile phones (i'm not a drug dealer, one has no network!)

Tried using the PC, but I couldnt find a reasonable solution. Plus 250 watts seems a bit excessive for something to wake you up...

[piranha]

Use my mobile phone as an alarm clock; but always have to check the settings twice as using it gives me little confidence.

[dave87]

Alarm clocks are far better, they need not be strident and are far safer. My mobile seldom tells the correct time and RF transmission sources should be kept well away from your head.

Interesting viewpoint...


Mobiles - well we seem glued to them during the day, so I fail to see having them a foot further away at night will make any significant difference to the health risks....

[pauldarkside]

I set my mobile phone's alarm if I really need to be up early. That's extremely rare though as working from home means I can get up when I'm ready - although I'm usually awake by 9am anyway

[Workaholic]

Use both my phone and either phone radio or my computer - outlook coupled with a wav music file as my waking times can vary for when I'm in work...

Retail means everyday's different!

[Agent]

Woken by my BananaPhone

[TheAnimus]

Nabaztag - Nabaztag

woken by the robotic rabbit!

(even thou this is a bit of a thread revival)

[Craig321]

Mobile phone FTW

[Parm]

Personally, I've a really nice oregon scientific alarm clock. But, I still use my mobile phone when I need an alarm - just find it easier to set, and turn off in the mornings!

[tigerboyce]

i have an alarm clock, but most of the time im awake naturally before it goes off