RCA RP5400 Smart Snooze Dual Wake AM/FM Clock Radio by RCA
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Digital camera reviews of RCA RP5400 Smart Snooze Dual Wake AM/FM Clock Radio
Digital camera Review: LOOK NO FURTHER
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are reading this review, you may have already spent hours looking for a mysteriously elusive product: the decent clock radio. Look no further.
I spent months searching for clock radio that would fit my (seemingly simple) needs. I finally found this one, put it to the test and am impressed with the results. The product is so good that I'm writing my first-ever review. I hope you find it helpful.
Product pros:
- numbers are big enough to read without glasses
- soft green doesn't illuminate the whole bedroom
- dimmer switch available
- grad-u-wake feature: the only buzzer I've experienced that isn't jarring/ugly
- small footprint on the nightstand
- programmable nap & snooze durations
- dual alarms can both be set to radio or buzzer
- adequate radio quality
- simple, easy, inexpensive
Product cons:
- none
Finally someone got all the features right. See for yourself! Bonsoir.
Digital camera Review: Less is more: The Perfect Alarm Clock
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been looking for a good clock for years, and found this here. Here is what I like about it:
* Large numbers readable from the other side of the bed without lighting up the room.
* The indispensable nap function (absent on many higher models).
* Simple styling does not add to or alter decor.
* Easy to set without 15 buttons like my last clock.
* Any button works as snooze. What is special about a 9-minute snooze?
* Gradual alarm volume starts soft and increases over time, no more fire-alarms!
* Two independent alarms to avoid resetting for a special wake-up time.
* The radio tunes well and sounds adequate, but who wants to fall asleep or wake up to jarring commercials?
* The price! $10 on amazon is a great value.
This is perfect to use as an alarm. If you want a sound system to play music, consider a separate sound system, but still use this as your alarm.
Digital camera Review: Lots of USEFUL features.
Summary: 5 Stars
Works as advertised. Very pleased.
Pros:
Inexpensive for so many useful feature: Dual alarm. Dimness control. Battery backup. Nap feature. Programmable snooze (other alarms like Sony Dream Machines have a variable snooze, but it increases the time after each press. Very annoying. You can control it but you have to wait several seconds to do so. This will wake you out of your half-asleep state and make the snooze worthless). Gradual volume increase for alarm.
Cons:
I do shift work and have to wake up at variable times. This makes the dual alarm useful. this also makes the nap feature great as I like to take a short nap before my shifts at night. So my complaint (very minor) is I sometimes prefer a longer nap and end up having to set one of the alarms. Also setting the alarms is a bit slow.
Digital camera Review: Lots of features for a little 4 Stars
I really like the "ramp-up" alarm tone; it helps me wake up without feeling startled. It's a very firm beep tone which increases in volume. I believe it would wake up even heavy sleepers at it's peak sound level. It reaches the loud level about 40 seconds after it starts beeping.The forward and backward buttons make it easy to set the time and alarm time. Another nice feature is programming your own snooze-button time.
It has a low profile and looks attractive. I have minimal space on the headboard, and this fits very well, being only about 6-1/2" wide.
The green LED display is bright enough if you like it bright. This model has a low-brightness switch, which dims the display if you want. It is still easily readable on the low setting too.
Don't expect to tune in many weaker radio stations, after all, this is a lower priced radio . The speaker is mono, and just good enough to fall asleep to. One thing that does bother me a bit......below a certain volume the radio cuts out completely. I like to play the radio at very low volumes and cannot do that on this one.
Digital camera Review: Love it
Summary: 5 Stars
We really like this alarm clock. The display is low-light so it doesn't disturb your sleep, there's 2 alarms, and we like how the buzzer starts out soft so you aren't startled awake. Also so you can turn it off before it wakes up the kids. The controls are simple and easy. The display is large, but the whole thing is small and fits nicely on a nightstand.