So today hammered home my need to buy a dedicated alarm clock.
Long story short I have for the past three years used my cellphone as an alarm clock. Last month I got a droid phone which has done it's clock duty fine, however, this phone locks up constantly and needs to be rebooted often. Today it locked up while I was asleep and thus I overslept two hours. phone issues aside I have decided to invest in a good alarm clock.
To that end I have narrowed my selection down to three and would like to solicit opinions on the three I have picked.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/d280/
This is the cheapest of the ones I have found that I like. It's got a high visibility display and a neat gimmick where I can talk to it. Since I rather like talking to inanimate objects this appeals to me. Perhaps I might find a meaningful relationship with it when I awaken beside it each day.
We follow up with:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/8f1a/
This thing is as loud as a jackhammer and can shake the hell out of my bed. This of course will startle me, my roomates, and the upstairs neighbors awake. In addition I get my daily cardio in as my heart races when I am awakened and scramble in a panicked tumble to try and silence it's banshee-like wail. Cons: What if I am not home and it goes off? Tales of a wailing ghost haunting of my apartment might begin to circle around the coffee house in the apartment complex...next thing I know BAM Ghosthunters knocking down my door. Wankers.
Lastly we have this:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/9bac/
This bad boy has 21 fucking alarms and you KNOW you want to set every last one of them. Time to get up? BAM got an alarm for that. Time to go to work? BAM you're covered. Need to take some meds? ZAP got your back. Time to poop like a boss? PBBBBT go you covered bro. Other persk include things like a USB charging port (for when you just got to sleep through charging something) and of course you can set "ringtones" for you alarm so you can mistake it for your phone and scrable around wondering why you slept through a call from the president.
All three of these bad boys would make an excellent choice to fill my chronograph and timed assistance from ending daily hibernation needs. but, alas, I can only choose one. All three are in budget so that isn't really an issue.
What are you guy's thoughts?
Edit:
As added incentive for opinions I will upload a photo of the clock in it's new home by my bed being humped by Optimus Prime giving a thumbs up.
Edit 2: This is the serious non-humorous edit. I have a lot of geek points on that site I will be redeeming with the purchase of a clock so while appreciated please refrain from suggesting items from other sites/stores. I am seriously looking for opinions on the three specific items I listed.
Long story short I have for the past three years used my cellphone as an alarm clock. Last month I got a droid phone which has done it's clock duty fine, however, this phone locks up constantly and needs to be rebooted often. Today it locked up while I was asleep and thus I overslept two hours. phone issues aside I have decided to invest in a good alarm clock.
To that end I have narrowed my selection down to three and would like to solicit opinions on the three I have picked.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/d280/
This is the cheapest of the ones I have found that I like. It's got a high visibility display and a neat gimmick where I can talk to it. Since I rather like talking to inanimate objects this appeals to me. Perhaps I might find a meaningful relationship with it when I awaken beside it each day.
We follow up with:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/8f1a/
This thing is as loud as a jackhammer and can shake the hell out of my bed. This of course will startle me, my roomates, and the upstairs neighbors awake. In addition I get my daily cardio in as my heart races when I am awakened and scramble in a panicked tumble to try and silence it's banshee-like wail. Cons: What if I am not home and it goes off? Tales of a wailing ghost haunting of my apartment might begin to circle around the coffee house in the apartment complex...next thing I know BAM Ghosthunters knocking down my door. Wankers.
Lastly we have this:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/9bac/
This bad boy has 21 fucking alarms and you KNOW you want to set every last one of them. Time to get up? BAM got an alarm for that. Time to go to work? BAM you're covered. Need to take some meds? ZAP got your back. Time to poop like a boss? PBBBBT go you covered bro. Other persk include things like a USB charging port (for when you just got to sleep through charging something) and of course you can set "ringtones" for you alarm so you can mistake it for your phone and scrable around wondering why you slept through a call from the president.
All three of these bad boys would make an excellent choice to fill my chronograph and timed assistance from ending daily hibernation needs. but, alas, I can only choose one. All three are in budget so that isn't really an issue.
What are you guy's thoughts?
Edit:
As added incentive for opinions I will upload a photo of the clock in it's new home by my bed being humped by Optimus Prime giving a thumbs up.
Edit 2: This is the serious non-humorous edit. I have a lot of geek points on that site I will be redeeming with the purchase of a clock so while appreciated please refrain from suggesting items from other sites/stores. I am seriously looking for opinions on the three specific items I listed.
