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alarm-fi?

post #1 of 43
12/31/08 at 6:04am
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any takers?

what do you use to get yourself up in the morning? I need something new, and obnoxiously loud (we're talking hearing loss here folks)


basically, I need an alarm clock that you can love to hate, you know, the good kind, that will wake you up no matter what, and you just hate it that much more


I'm looking at this one on ThinkGeek:
ThinkGeek :: Neverlate 7-day Alarm Clock

but I'm not seeing SPL output #'s, and I want something triple digit or higher (....yes, it has come to that)


so, any suggestions?
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post #2 of 43
12/31/08 at 6:47am
I would invest in one of those pillow shakers before I risked my hearing. I see there are some 120 dB alarm clocks around, I'm betting 20 seconds of that a day would lead to permanent hearing loss, likely accompanied by tinnitus.
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post #3 of 43
12/31/08 at 7:01am
A small Q&Q alarm clock by the bet.
Of which I usually wake up by the first little beep.
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post #4 of 43
12/31/08 at 7:43am
the bell alarms that you wind up are so incredibly annoying that i've thrown several across the room and ended up damaging the wall more than the clock itself...
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post #5 of 43
12/31/08 at 7:54am
I have three levels of alarm:

A Pioneer digital timer which turns on a lamp.

In case of power failure, I also use a battery-powered digital alarm: beep!

99% of the time, I'm awake and up long before either go off.

Laz
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post #6 of 43
12/31/08 at 8:26am
Thread Starter 
wow, so apparently I'm the only one that has trouble getting up in the morning....


*sigh*

i think i'm gonna try the neverlate thing, if not, theres that ninja alarm with 113 dB output + bed shaker, see if that solves my problem
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post #7 of 43
12/31/08 at 8:42am
I have a crappy Sony clock radio and my wife. If the clock radio doesn't wake me up, the wife does.

Failing that, I have a 2nd alarm set on the Sony which beeps in the most unpleasant way and really wakes you up.
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post #8 of 43
12/31/08 at 8:50am
Don't go above 105db, its not good for you. Put the alarm the other side of the room, it physically makes you get up to turn it off.
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post #9 of 43
12/31/08 at 11:32am
i got one of those ones designed for the deaf, has a strobe light on it and vibrating pad for putting under ur pillow. Geemarc Telecom

i got the shake n wake, just about **** myself the first time it went off, highly effective
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post #10 of 43
12/31/08 at 12:04pm
I'm sorta like Kramer. When I set my alarm clock, some how I end up setting some internal alarm clock and wake up 10-30 minuets before it goes off.
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post #11 of 43
12/31/08 at 12:10pm
Cheap little Timex indiglo travel clock. However, it has fallen on the floor so many times one of the wires came off of the speaker I opened it up, and looks to be a quick solder job I'll do that in the new year. No sense in using it whilst I am on VACATION!
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post #12 of 43
12/31/08 at 1:14pm
I use a Squeezebox 3 attacched to some cheapo JBL computer speakers. Random song every weekday morning, as loud as is needed to wake me (the alarm starts low and increases in volume)
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post #13 of 43
12/31/08 at 1:20pm
I just use my 'phone. There are some nasty high-pitch tones knocking about that you could use as the alarm call. Place across the room as already mentioned... you WILL get up.

Or at least forfeit the pillow throwing it across the room.
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post #14 of 43
12/31/08 at 1:23pm
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Originally Posted by Karl H View Post
I just use my 'phone. There are some nasty high-pitch tones knocking about that you could use as the alarm call. Place across the room as already mentioned... you WILL get up.

Or at least forfeit the pillow throwing it across the room.
In more extreme cases, reaching for the 12-bore shotgun next to your bed, opening a lazy eye and shooting in a roughly similar direction to the alarm clock. Lets just hope your mum doesn't poke her head round the door giving you an earful at the same time. - That might hit 2 birds with one stone.
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post #15 of 43
12/31/08 at 3:41pm
I'm hopeless. Sometimes I hit the snooze button 5 times and still not realize that I'm late. I use my cell phone AND alarm clock.
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