Light first. Then, if it has to, sound.

The Light Comes Up Before The Alarm Does
Set an alarm and the light starts ten minutes ahead of it, building from nothing to full. By the time there is a sound in the room the room is no longer dark, which is a very different way to be woken than a beep out of nowhere.
- The Light Comes Up Before The Alarm Does
- Set an alarm and the light starts ten minutes ahead of it, building from nothing to full. By the time there is a sound in the room the room is no longer dark, which is a very different way to be woken than a beep out of nowhere.

Ten Sounds Instead Of A Beep
Rain, birdsong, ocean, bonfire, thunder, a fan, flowing water, a summer night, a ticking clock or a music box, across twelve volume levels. The same ten run on a 30, 60 or 90 minute countdown and then stop — though not while an alarm is armed.
- Ten Sounds Instead Of A Beep
- Rain, birdsong, ocean, bonfire, thunder, a fan, flowing water, a summer night, a ticking clock or a music box, across twelve volume levels. The same ten run on a 30, 60 or 90 minute countdown and then stop — though not while an alarm is armed.

A Moon That Dims To Almost Nothing
The crescent is moulded and lit from behind, not printed, and its dimmer is stepless rather than a set of levels — so it goes right down to a glow. The ring above it is a three-level touch lamp, and the clock screen has four brightnesses of its own.
- A Moon That Dims To Almost Nothing
- The crescent is moulded and lit from behind, not printed, and its dimmer is stepless rather than a set of levels — so it goes right down to a glow. The ring above it is a three-level touch lamp, and the clock screen has four brightnesses of its own.

Two Alarms, Twelve Volumes, One Arch
Two separate alarm times for two people who get up at different hours, twelve volume steps from a whisper upward, and ten minutes of snooze. The wooden arch is under two inches deep, so all of it sits in the space a photo frame would take.
- Two Alarms, Twelve Volumes, One Arch
- Two separate alarm times for two people who get up at different hours, twelve volume steps from a whisper upward, and ten minutes of snooze. The wooden arch is under two inches deep, so all of it sits in the space a photo frame would take.
Wakes you slowly. Sits quietly the rest of the time.

The Light Comes Up Before The Alarm Does
Set an alarm and the light starts ten minutes ahead of it, building from nothing to full.
Ten Sounds Instead Of A Beep
Rain, birdsong, ocean, bonfire, thunder, a fan, flowing water, a summer night, a ticking clock or a music box, across twelve volume levels.
A Moon That Dims To Almost Nothing
The crescent is moulded and lit from behind, not printed, and its dimmer is stepless rather than a set of levels — so it goes right down to a glow.
Two Alarms, Twelve Volumes, One Arch
Two separate alarm times for two people who get up at different hours, twelve volume steps from a whisper upward, and ten minutes of snooze.
How we compare.
What waking to light does that waking to a beep does not.
Frequently asked
questions.
The questions people actually ask before buying one.
Ten minutes. It comes on dim and builds up to full over that time, so the sound arrives into a room that is already lit rather than into the dark.
No, and this is the thing to know before you order: it is battery-free by design and only works plugged in. The cable and the adapter are in the box, but it needs a socket within reach and it will not hold the time through a power cut.
Yes, two separate times, which is the point if two people in the same room get up at different hours. The volume runs across twelve levels and snooze gives you ten more minutes.
Rain, birdsong, ocean wave, flowing water, a bonfire, a summer night, thunder, a fan, a ticking clock and a music box. You can also run them on a thirty, sixty or ninety minute countdown that switches itself off, though not while an alarm is armed.
A moulded crescent with real depth to it, lit from behind, so the light has something to break across. Its dimmer is stepless, so you set the level you want rather than picking from a list.
Yes. Press snooze and the display steps through four brightness levels, the lowest of which is barely there. The touch ring on the top does the same for the lamp, in three levels.
5.9 inches wide, 7.28 inches tall and 1.97 inches deep — a flat-backed arch that takes up about as much nightstand as a small photo frame.
Free U.S. shipping and a 30-day return window. Set it up, live with it for a week, and send it back if it is not what you pictured.
