BELLALICHT Wake Up Light

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I have tried a few other Wake-Up lamps over the years and they are all pretty similar. This new model from BELLALICHT has refined the experience, added a few extra features and at £29.99 will not break the bank.

The lamp arrived packaged in a simple but attractive display box without the expensive presentation of some high-end rivals. Inside was the lamp itself, a short USB power cable, UK power adaptor, and two User Guides. Build quality is excellent for the price and the lamp looks quite stylish and attractive without the flimsy feel of cheaper rivals. The main User Guide is large and easy to read and makes a pleasant change from the tiny poorly printed manuals so often received.

The unit stands upright with the top two-thirds of the large front-facing taken up by the lighting panel and the rest by the digital clock display, hidden when the lamp is switched off. Along the top of the unit are an at first rather intimidating array of buttons but most of these are needed only to configure the device. Once the timer, light, and alarm sounds are set all you need to think about is the snooze button. On the base are a large anti-slip pad and the backup battery access panel. The permanently connected trailing antenna at the rear is ugly but I suppose is easy enough to conceal.

Setting the device up is reasonably easy and aided the lack of too many annoying dual-function buttons. When configured you have the option to be awoken by a combination of a slowly increasing simulated daylight and sounds from using either of the two separate alarms. You can choose between three soft ambient sounds or the FM radio. For each alarm, you can set separate alarm time, light intensity and alarm sound volume. It is a pity the Snooze and Radio buttons were not larger and easier to find in the dark.

The device functions well as a reading lamp and has a choice of seven colours should you want them. You can choose between twenty levels of brightness and the seven colour presets. The default white is a warm and relaxing one, however. It has a built-in FM tuner which will auto remember stations. The built-in speaker is pretty OK but not fantastic but I doubt many people will spend time listening to it and perhaps that makes all the more effective as an alarm clock. One nice bonus is that the device has a USB socket on the rear which can charge your phone as you sleep.

This device looks nice once set up and is quite stylishly designed. It performs all the basic features well enough and works well as an incremental wake-up alarm clock and bedside lamp. The build quality although perfectly acceptable cannot compare to my posh Philips unit – but that cost more than four times the price of this one.

The Good
Great price
Attractive lighting options
3 Nature sounds
Battery Backup
Good User Guide
Dawn simulation wake up mode
Twenty Brightness Levels
USB Charging Output

The Bad
Ugly trailing radio antenna
Buttons Hard to ID at Night

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