hOmeLabs Sunrise Alarm Clock - Digital LED Clock with 6 Colour Switch and FM Radio for Bedrooms - with Nature Sounds Sunset Simulation Touch Control - With Snooze Function

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cortisol: cortisol also performs many other vital functions including reducing inflammation, regulating blood pressure, and also controlling our sleep/wake cycle. Exposure to simulated daylight in the morning can help boost cortisol in the morning ensuring better overall hormone balance. The Aura features a range of sophisticated light and sound programs which include several dawn and sunset simulation modes. You can set individual sunrise alarms to wake you with a gradual multi-colored dawn simulation effect. The Aura can also provide the same effect in reverse and function as a sunset simulator to help lull you to sleep. You've got a bigger bedroom:the unique design casts gentle light much further than other alarms ide range of alarm sounds means you can vary your mornings.

Audio – Is the light on its own going to be enough to wake you up, or do you need sounds alongside it? If you’re a heavy sleeper then you will probably want sounds to accompany the light, or you might prefer to wake up to a FM radio station. Because Lumie has worked with specialist medical teams for decades the Active250 is a certified medical product and conforms to the Medical Devices Directive EC93/42. It features an attractive semi-circular design with 3 buttons on the front to control all functions including setting the time. Phillips makes several wake-up lights, and while they may all look and sound similar, this model is the one we recommend most often. (Plus, it’s the brand’s best-selling version.) This sleek orb w arms up a room with sunlight simulation in shades of red, orange, and yellow—up to 300 lux—30 minutes before your alarm, rousing your body to become naturally awake. Soft nature-inspired sounds, including chirping birds and seaside splashes, can also be programmed to correspond with the light alarm. It’s well known that exposure to different levels of light can have an effect on our psychological well-being. Light therapy is a treatment that uses a very bright (usually at least 10,000 Lux) lamp to treat winter depression (aka SAD).

Some sunrise alarms have too few buttons, making you go into the app for every little action. Some have too many buttons, making it feel cluttered. The WiiM has all the necessary buttons and leaves the rarely touched settings for the app, unlike the Casper above.

You've got to hand it to Casper for intuitive design. To start the sunset program before bed, just flip the alarm over. There's a button on top to pause and unpause it, and when it's sitting on the charging pad, just turn it to adjust the brightness. Everything else, like setting wake-up schedules and adjusting the length of the sunsets and sunrises in 15-minute increments (up to 90 minutes), is controlled through the app. You have to have all the right pieces to complete that puzzle to get that good sleep,” he said. “When people try different things to get good sleep, it really depends on what puzzle piece is missing.” My wake up lights review was based on the first-hand experience of using these products at home. I used every of the wake up lights for a week at a time and noted how well the lights performed over that period of time.With mood lighting options that include pink, blue, and yellow, it’ll appeal to youngsters too. Impressive functionality at a budget-friendly price. It’s completed with a 12 or 24-hour time display, 3 brightness options, and an easy-to-use snooze button that turns off the sounds and lights for 5 minutes. This premium option from Philips looks great on your nightstand but the design also helps to diffuse the light evenly. The convex design helps to cast light at wider angles than other options and the light quality is superb.

The WiiM is the easiest alarm I've used. There is very little learning curve: Just load the Light app onto your smartphone, and plug the lamp into an outlet. As soon as you open the app it'll automatically discover the lamp. Well-designed screens walk you through the setup. The WiiM's app explains everything clearly, and there are physical buttons for snooze, brightness, volume, light modes, and mute.SAD is a type of depression that’s most common in fall and winter months, when there are fewer hours of sunlight per day, although it can occur in summer in some people. People who have SAD experience symptoms for about 40% of the year, and it’s more common in women than men. Even for the graceful morning people among us, getting out of bed is pretty intense on the body, according to Dr. Kin Yuen, M.D., M.S., a sleep medicine specialist at the University of California San Francisco. When we are asleep, our blood pressure is lower, which is normal when we are lying down for hours sleeping. But when we start to open our eyes, "the brain has to adapt by speeding up our heart rate and constricting blood vessels [to wake up]," says Dr. Yuen. "Cortisol, a stress induced hormone, helps with that process."