[Amazon.ca] Philips Wake-Up Light Alarm Clock with Colored Sunrise Simulation and Sunset Fading Night Light, White, HF3520/60

currently using a chinese light from amazon, got it for $25 and works great.

Yeah, I have been using a $30 one for a year and no complaint.

2Sedins1Cup wrote: ↑currently using a chinese light from amazon, got it for $25 and works great.

AlicW93740 wrote: ↑ Yeah, I have been using a $30 one for a year and no complaint.

Got my cheapo one from Amazon for $12 and it works great. I also have an HF3510 that my son uses but I think Philips wake-up lights are a big scam with their artificially limited features, like the number of alarm tones, etc. And for this much money, there really should be smart features or ability to setup with a phone. But I think those retail for about $300

Thanked you OP since this is a deal for those that really want one.

I tried to use the gentle wake up feature on my Lenovo smart clock. I just woke up to a bright white screen and my alarm. Lol

AlicW93740 wrote: ↑ Yeah, I have been using a $30 one for a year and no complaint.

What model? Does it get nice and bright?

I also got the Chinese one. I think it's a bit smaller than Philips... But is Philips really worth paying 3x times more? I bought TITIROBA and I paid $35 CAD no tax

Duuuuude wrote: ↑ Got my cheapo one from Amazon for $12 and it works great. I also have an HF3510 that my son uses but I think Philips wake-up lights are a big scam with their artificially limited features, like the number of alarm tones, etc. And for this much money, there really should be smart features or ability to setup with a phone. But I think those retail for about $300

Thanked you OP since this is a deal for those that really want one.

Which one? Looking for those things is a minefield. Also can you fully turn off the time display on the one you have, does it have a battery backup? Please give me the link or name of it.

I think it's insane that Phillips doesn't provide battery backup for the "lower tier"(tiers for clocks, WTF world are we living in!?) models.

Been doing this with a color hue bulb for years, and have a way better standalone alarm

Google Nest Hub is going for $89 on sale, as well as the Echo Show 5, at $65 - both sales end today.

If anyone doesn't mind a lightly used lower model, I've got one to get rid of for $50. PM for details, thanks.

ph00p wrote: ↑ Which one? Looking for those things is a minefield. Also can you fully turn off the time display on the one you have, does it have a battery backup? Please give me the link or name of it.

I think it's insane that Phillips doesn't provide battery backup for the "lower tier"(tiers for clocks, WTF world are we living in!?) models.

I got the one below last February (via RFD, of course) but there was a $24 coupon that brought it down to $15.99 with no tax. You can turn off the display (I use only the wake up light and no alarm) and it also has the option to throw in a battery for backup and gets pretty bright in the wake-up modes and has a bunch of other fixed colour options in case you want to turn your bedroom into the red light district.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01MQVJ8IE

The UI is a bit confusing, but not much worse than the Philips lol

P.S. Sorry to hijack the thread

Just get a smart bulb for your room and set a timer/alarm

I bought one a month ago. I like it. Maybe I'm a sucker for not buying a Chinese one, but I wanted one that changes colour tone like the 3520 to match sunset/sunrise. The only Chinese ones I could see that did that were ~$50, and I got a warehouse deal for the Philips at $76. It seemed like a better bet. Unfortunately only the light works, no sound, but I've ordered a second one, and will return the first

Duuuuude wrote: ↑ Got my cheapo one from Amazon for $12 and it works great. I also have an HF3510 that my son uses but I think Philips wake-up lights are a big scam with their artificially limited features, like the number of alarm tones, etc. And for this much money, there really should be smart features or ability to setup with a phone. But I think those retail for about $300

Thanked you OP since this is a deal for those that really want one.

I bought this one for $60.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B07SFZKM8 ... asin_image

It has wifi capabilities, thought it was a bit gimmicky at first, but I like accessing all the features via app.

elfion wrote: ↑ I also got the Chinese one. I think it's a bit smaller than Philips... But is Philips really worth paying 3x times more? I bought TITIROBA and I paid $35 CAD no tax

TITI's are definitely great to wake up to.

er34er34 wrote: ↑ TITI's are definitely great to wake up to.

That was my thinking too

I looked at these briefly, but found a vastly better option, IMHO, a Google Hub (or an Alexa version might work fine as well) and one of these things (still available at $20 off, but it's a brand new version of the product (careful not to buy the old one) so this price is gonna probably disappear tomorrow for a long while):

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/ph ... t/13888808

Voice activated, and automatically synchronizes the sunrise/sunset light and alarm time with no fiddling, AND, most importantly, no excessive glowing in the middle of the night.

Makes a really nice mood light in the evening as well.

It's sooooo nice to just verbally set the alarm, choose the wake-up song, tone or noise and just tell it when to snooze!

The white noise sounds at night are a nice bonus as well.

have it, personally i don't wake up any better