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I have the most awesome alarm clock. It has an LED display, a radio, and it plugs into the wall for power. It has a knob for tuning the radio and a small slide

I have the most awesome alarm clock. It has an LED display, a radio, and it plugs into the wall for power. It has a knob for tuning the radio and a small slide switch for adjusting its band. It has assorted other affordances on its outside that I will skip over. The best features are the following: It has a battery-backed time-keeping chip which means it has never needed to have the time reset due to any loss of power to its main power supply. It has a piezo alarm that will sound if the main power is out and the alarm is on and triggered. It also has a slide switch labeled "DST -on DST -off" so in theory I would never have to +/- the time EVER once it was on the right time zone. I found it in a outlet-style store when I was looking for a WWV clock and this clock answers all my clock needs without needing WiFi, Bluetooth, any other antenna (for AM/FM radio it might be using the power cord, but I don't need that). It doesn't need to be told a password and I don't need to set up an account. I think it was marked down to $10 when I bought it.

scohesc 7y ago
But you can connect to it via NFC to change what kind of tune the piezo buzzer makes on an alarm, right? /s
- cardiffspaceman 7y ago
  You purchase the tunes in a store /s
CharlesColeman 7y ago
> I have the most awesome alarm clock. It's cruel to describe such a thing without providing a link or at least a brand name/model number.
icebraining 7y ago
> piezo alarm Yeah, that's why I don't own one. Since I'm not ready to invest in one with a bell/gong, at least my smartphone has a proper speaker. Piezos are good for smoke alarms and such, but waking up to one is awful.
- elaus 7y ago
  To be fair that piezo alarm seems to be the fallback for an power outage only. I think it's acceptable to be waken by a piezo instead of having no alarm at all.
  - icebraining 7y ago
    Fair enough!
Izkata 7y ago
I have one from around 2005 that sounds basically the same, except with an additional feature that shows its age: It can play a music CD as an alarm. Also bought at a physical store, though I don't remember how much it cost. I think I last used it around 2011, though I do still have it. Wonder if it still works...

scohesc 7y ago

But you can connect to it via NFC to change what kind of tune the piezo buzzer makes on an alarm, right? /s

cardiffspaceman 7y ago
You purchase the tunes in a store /s

CharlesColeman 7y ago

> I have the most awesome alarm clock. It's cruel to describe such a thing without providing a link or at least a brand name/model number.

icebraining 7y ago

> piezo alarm Yeah, that's why I don't own one. Since I'm not ready to invest in one with a bell/gong, at least my smartphone has a proper speaker. Piezos are good for smoke alarms and such, but waking up to one is awful.

elaus 7y ago
To be fair that piezo alarm seems to be the fallback for an power outage only. I think it's acceptable to be waken by a piezo instead of having no alarm at all.
- icebraining 7y ago
  Fair enough!

Izkata 7y ago

I have one from around 2005 that sounds basically the same, except with an additional feature that shows its age: It can play a music CD as an alarm. Also bought at a physical store, though I don't remember how much it cost. I think I last used it around 2011, though I do still have it. Wonder if it still works...