Review on ⏰ Sony ICF-C318 Dual Alarm Clock Radio with Automatic Time Set (White) - Discontinued by Manufacturer by Jacob Jefferson

Advantages: - Reliable alarm setting (the most important thing in an alarm clock) - Remembers the time AND sounds the alarm at the correct time, even without power - Adjustable brightness - Adjustable snooze duration - Automatic DST adjustment - Semi-gradual alarm (soft beeps that get faster and more insistent the longer you ignore the alarm) Cons: - so-so radio quality (fair for the price though) - no gradual wake-up to music - somewhat tricky initial setup, if You need to adjust the time, time zone, or daylight saving time settings. Bad alarm clocks have cost me many hundreds of dollars in missed flights etc over the years. And by "bad" I basically mean alarm clocks that can too easily be set to the wrong time or alarm wrong, or that have bad radio tuners that drift over time and eventually mute between stations, which are things like that . Будильники со сложной или программной настройкой будильника, или несколько переключателей, которые нужно итановат. д. Я жалуюсь, но если вы меняете часовые пояса, страдаете от красн$ Other chronic problems with clock radios include: too bright displays, odd aesthetic design that doesn't lend itself well to bedside customization, poor button placement or small and finicky buttons, poor snooze time (fixed at five minutes? come on!), obnoxious/not gradual buzzers waking everyone in the house, stupid time setting with a few button presses of a procedure, really stupid display solutions (e.g. display), etc. -- I love Tivoli Audio radios, but their radio clock is terrible: great radio, terrible alarm clock. My ideal alarm clock should have the simplest and most idiotic time setting, adjustable brightness, adjustable snooze, the ability to choose between loud/silent/gradual alarms on both radio and radio. Buzzer, as well as high-quality radio and tuner. An alarm clock is an important device used by people who are either falling asleep or just waking up. There are hundreds of models, they exist forever, and their manufacture is not expensive. Why is it so hard to find one that doesn't have obvious design flaws right out of the box? Well, this one is pretty close. It's also cheap, but I'm not judging it by the price. To be honest, I don't think the bar is set that high when you can buy a clock radio from the dollar store. This should be the base level, not the crème de la crème. At the moment, after looking at many of them, this seems to be the best.