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Dunno. All the alarms I've owned have been 6 or 7 minutes. Another question: why does the alarm clock blare non-stop until you turn it off, rather than beepi

by Groxx 13y ago

Dunno. All the alarms I've owned have been 6 or 7 minutes. Another question: why does the alarm clock blare non-stop until you turn it off, rather than beeping a couple times and then going silent, giving you a moment to get up and turn it off without annoying the living hell out of everyone who doesn't have to get up? Current theory: alarm clock designers never marry.

colanderman 13y ago
My wife's alarm clock works that way. It's pleasant yet effective.
- Groxx 13y ago
  My wife and I have mostly switched to the Jawbone Up since it's a silent, vibrating alarm, and we each have a different one. Audible is now the backup. But! What alarm is this? It sounds wonderful. Mine is pretty old and starting to die / possibly flaky, I might have to pick one up.
  - colanderman 13y ago
    It's not standalone sadly; it's part of a basal body temperature monitor. Yet somehow they got right what actual alarm clock manufacturers couldn't…
kijin 13y ago
Me too. This is the first time I've ever heard of alarm clocks with 9-minute snooze intervals. The TIMEX clock I've been using since college has 8-minute intervals, and the alarm clock app I have on my phone has 10-minute intervals by default.
TeMPOraL 13y ago
Depending on how tired (or drunk) I went to bed the previous night and how much time I gave myself for sleep, it might take even a few minutes for me to finally wake up to the alarm signal. Anything short would be totally ineffective for me. Also, this ensures the alarm clock does its job - either you wake up yourself, or your angry family members wake you. Both ways, you get up when you wanted.
- Groxx 13y ago
  Agreed. So progressively get more annoying, instead of doing the worst possible thing first.
alexkus 13y ago
> Current theory: alarm clock designers never marry. But when they do they may end up with their own alarm clock that is impervious to logic, programming or reason. For a notional 7am setting our little alarm clock wakes up one of us (a seemingly random choice) usually sometime between 6.15am and 7.15am. Very occasionally it malfunctions and wakes us both up at 3am.
bencoder 13y ago
I used to have a great alarm clock that would beep progressively faster until it was pretty much just a constant tone. It would start off with a beep every four seconds or so, for about 4 cycles, then go down to about 2 seconds per cycle, then 1, then half etc. I want that alarm back. The snooze was on 8 minutes but I could press the snooze button multiple times to increase the time. So if I wanted a 24 minute snooze I could wake up and press it 3 times and it would go off in 24 minutes.
mgkimsal 13y ago
I built a heathkit one in the 80s. It had a 7 minute snooze. My current one, bought in .... 2000? is a (IIRC) 7 minute snooze. Not sure where 9 minute ones are.

by Groxx 13y ago

colanderman 13y ago

My wife's alarm clock works that way. It's pleasant yet effective.

Groxx 13y ago
My wife and I have mostly switched to the Jawbone Up since it's a silent, vibrating alarm, and we each have a different one. Audible is now the backup. But! What alarm is this? It sounds wonderful. Mine is pretty old and starting to die / possibly flaky, I might have to pick one up.
- colanderman 13y ago
  It's not standalone sadly; it's part of a basal body temperature monitor. Yet somehow they got right what actual alarm clock manufacturers couldn't…

kijin 13y ago

Me too. This is the first time I've ever heard of alarm clocks with 9-minute snooze intervals. The TIMEX clock I've been using since college has 8-minute intervals, and the alarm clock app I have on my phone has 10-minute intervals by default.

TeMPOraL 13y ago

Depending on how tired (or drunk) I went to bed the previous night and how much time I gave myself for sleep, it might take even a few minutes for me to finally wake up to the alarm signal. Anything short would be totally ineffective for me. Also, this ensures the alarm clock does its job - either you wake up yourself, or your angry family members wake you. Both ways, you get up when you wanted.

Groxx 13y ago
Agreed. So progressively get more annoying, instead of doing the worst possible thing first.

alexkus 13y ago

> Current theory: alarm clock designers never marry. But when they do they may end up with their own alarm clock that is impervious to logic, programming or reason. For a notional 7am setting our little alarm clock wakes up one of us (a seemingly random choice) usually sometime between 6.15am and 7.15am. Very occasionally it malfunctions and wakes us both up at 3am.

bencoder 13y ago

I used to have a great alarm clock that would beep progressively faster until it was pretty much just a constant tone. It would start off with a beep every four seconds or so, for about 4 cycles, then go down to about 2 seconds per cycle, then 1, then half etc. I want that alarm back. The snooze was on 8 minutes but I could press the snooze button multiple times to increase the time. So if I wanted a 24 minute snooze I could wake up and press it 3 times and it would go off in 24 minutes.

mgkimsal 13y ago

I built a heathkit one in the 80s. It had a 7 minute snooze. My current one, bought in .... 2000? is a (IIRC) 7 minute snooze. Not sure where 9 minute ones are.