Do you still have a clock radio?

[Kirby]

During my youth ages ago, a clock radio was an important part of the bedroom decor and a necessity to get up in the morning.  I recall 'advancements" that seemed so exciting at the time - weekday mode where you didn't have to turn it off on weekends, dual alarm technology and  even the addition of a cd player.

Do you still have one in your room?  If not, what do you use for an alarm?  Your phone, your watch, a stand alone clock, Alexa?

[BR46]

Yes

[petitepedal ★]

[Wilbur ★]

My wife has a clock radio on her side, I have 1928 Baby Ben. 

My iPhone is the back up. 

[Kzoo]

I use a clock radio and my phone.  Some days I have to get up twice, like tomorrow.

[sheep_herder ★]

Not as critical, since I am retired.

[jsharr ★]

Yes

[ChrisL]

Since I’m blind without glasses I have an old LED clock with big ass red numbers that I can see without my glasses.  I use my phone when I need an alarm.   

[Ralphie ★]

Yup!  With battery backup which works great. I have to replace the 9v battery every few years. Panasonic.  

[groupw]

Got rid of ours when we moved. Using our phones set to DnD mode at night. 

[jdc2000]

Yes.  I do not need to be reminded that my car warranty has expired at 3 am.

 

[Ralphie ★]

Betcha didn;t know there was even a song for them!

 

[Prophet Zacharia]

No. I have two phones.i use their alarms.

[maddmaxx ★]

Alarms?

 

I wish I slept long enough to need an alarm.

[Zealot]

One of these projection alarm clocks because I can no longer read a regular clock without glasses.

But even this is getting difficult to read as well.

[TrentonMakes]

I do - it has big green numbers that I can read without my glasses.  It has two separate alarm times, and every night I dutifully make sure they're both set, but I almost never sleep long enough for them to sound.  I use the radio as the alarm.

[team scooter]

Yes, sometimes I'll listen to the radio. Plus it gives me something to stare at when I cant sleep.

But I use my phone's wake up alarm.

[Square Wheels]

We have a few, but we don't use any of them.

We each have a Lenovo smart clock.  It has a clock / alarm, plus Google built in so technically we can listen to music on them.  We turned the mic off so we can't talk to it as we have a small Google home near our TV so we can ask it questions while watching a show.

We're a very Googley house.

[Dirtyhip]

Yes.  My partner uses one. It is singing "Dreamweaver" at this very second.  I like the song.  I think he hit snooze and then got up before the alarm went off.  Now, it's playing talking heads.  BURNUNG DOWN THE HOUSE!!!  

When that alarm goes off, I get up and start his coffee.  I like to do what I can to help him with this wicked shift.  I don't use one on my nightstand.  When he isn't on shift, I wake naturally.  My natural waking time is excessively early.  I'm used to this shift.  I can't sleep past 5:30 very easily.  

We bought this excellent alarm at the second hand store.  Great buy.

[Airehead]

Yes in Einstein’s side of the bed. Ryan is my alarm clock.  It is one of those atomic clocks where the time is always correct and the radio plays god awful stuff at 5am

[Dirtyhip]

2 minutes ago, Airehead said:

Yes in Einstein’s side of the bed. Ryan is my alarm clock.  It is one of those atomic clocks where the time is always correct and the radio plays god awful stuff at 5am

Blondie playing now.  CALL ME!!!  

This is far better thn when it was between this station and another.  Waking to loud static is worse.  The misic is better than that terrible beep.

[JerrySTL ★]

Two of them as WoJSTL and I used to get up for work at different times. We seldom used them now that we are retired unless it's for getting up early to go on an organized bike ride.

[Dirtyhip]

OK, it has to turn off now.  Fleetwood Mac's goat is baying.  

[Further]

I have a battery powered alarm clock, no radio, in fact the only radio I own is in the car. My phone has taken over that job.

[Razors Edge ★]

Somewhere - unplugged I think - is an old iPod clock radio.  You could dock an iPod in it and play the music and it also had the clock function and I think a radio.

In the bedroom, we do have a dimmable digital clock, that is over by the TV.  I use my phone - charging on the bedside table - as my alarm clock - probably for a decade or more now.

[MickinMD ★]

10 hours ago, Kirby said:

During my youth ages ago, a clock radio was an important part of the bedroom decor and a necessity to get up in the morning.  I recall 'advancements" that seemed so exciting at the time - weekday mode where you didn't have to turn it off on weekends, dual alarm technology and  even the addition of a cd player.

Do you still have one in your room?  If not, what do you use for an alarm?  Your phone, your watch, a stand alone clock, Alexa?

I have one with two alarms.  I have one set to radio and one set a little later to alarm bell at the latest possible time to get up in case I keep hitting the snooze button.

I also often fall asleep for the night in my recliner.  If there's a day when I really need to get up at a certain time, I set my phone alarm and the "Free Countdown Timer" app that you can set for a specific time on my laptop.  Otherwise, I keep my bedroom alarm clock radio set to 7:30 am though I'm usually awake by 6:15 am without an alarm.  If I sleep later than that, I figure I must have needed the extra time!

[bikeman564™]

yes, still use it to get up

[bikeman564™]

10 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Baby Ben. 

 

 

nice, my grandparents had one

[Kirby]

10 hours ago, ChrisL said:

Since I’m blind without glasses I have an old LED clock with big ass red numbers that I can see without my glasses.  I use my phone when I need an alarm.   

I know a lot of people don't like Alexa or similar appliances in the bedroom, but I use my Alexa for telling time when I wake up during the night since I can't see a thing without my glasses.

[Randomguy]

I haven't since I got a smartphone, I just use the alarms there.

[Allen ★]

I bought it because it is made by, “Firefly.”

For a radio/alarm I use an Alexa or my phone. 

[Longjohn ★]

I have two clock radios... The one I reset the time every time the power goes out, the other one has been blinking for months because I haven’t reset it. I use my phone if I have to get up early after being out late. It wakes me up to the sound of Audio Adrenalin playing Scum Sweetheart.

[Randomguy]

1 hour ago, Allen said:

I bought it because it is made by, “Firefly.”

For a radio/alarm I use an Alexa or my phone. 

That looks really cool, how long have you had it?

[Wilbur ★]

2 hours ago, bikeman564™ said:

nice, my grandparents had one

Mine is my grandparents.  The things we buy often outlive us.

[jsharr ★]

Mine is something cheap from Walmart.  Probably an Emerson, but maybe a Sony.  It has bright orange numbers.  I turn it to face away from me at night.  I butt it up against a wooden box on my bedside table to black out the glow.  I seldom use an alarm.  My body wakes up when it needs to, which is sort of weird.  I almost never oversleep.  

I cannot tell you last time I set the alarm on the clock radio, or used the radio feature.

 

[Allen ★]

6 hours ago, Randomguy said:

That looks really cool, how long have you had it?

A couple of months. 
It has a motion sensor so the tubes don’t burn 24/7. 

[Airehead]

8 hours ago, Allen said:

I bought it because it is made by, “Firefly.”

For a radio/alarm I use an Alexa or my phone. 

That is so cool

[Digital_photog ★]

9 hours ago, Allen said:

I bought it because it is made by, “Firefly.”

For a radio/alarm I use an Alexa or my phone. 

Damn you. Now there is something else that I "need".

[Digital_photog ★]

Of course I have a clock radio. Doesn't every normal person have one (or two)?

I even have an old tube one from the1950s that still works.

[jsharr ★]

I said yes but upon review I have to say no. I just have an alarm clock. It is made by Acurite.

 

[Kzoo]

4 hours ago, jsharr said:

I said yes but upon review I have to say no. I just have an alarm clock. It is made by Acurite.

 

TMI

[MoseySusan]

My bedside clock has a radio, but I use a sunrise light and bird song with the alarm.