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Can’t get up? There are alarm clocks that shake the bed

I just finished an investigation on alarm clocks. It seemed like a boring topic to research until I got into it. Robust technology has been developed to wake up heavy sleepers and stronger technology has been developed for the hearing impaired. If you exclude the standard operation of the mill alarm clock, there are three variations of what we will call the extra loud alarm clock.

  • Alarms with a high decibel level sound to wake up the sleeper
  • Alarms with a high decibel level sound and has a mechanism that shakes the bed
  • For the hearing impaired, it does all of the above, in addition to flashing lights, and also integrates with the doorbell, telephone, and other internal notification systems.

Sound high in decibels

The first category of alarm clock is designed to wake the heavy sleeper with nothing but a cutting, high-decibel sound of one form or another. Bells, chimes, or sirens wake the deep sleeper depending on what works best for him. Timex has the most offerings in the high-decibel sound category, followed by Westclox, Equity, and Screaming Meanie. Prices range from $ 13 to $ 40. There are a variety of colors available (Timex has one in pink). You can get these in digital or analog and one from Westclox even has the old mechanical bells on top. Equity has the lowest cost offering at $ 13. Screaming Meanie has the highest decibel sound at 120 decibels and also has the highest price for the high decibel level, around $ 35.

High decibel sound with bed shaker and lights

In this group, the user can select to wake up to a loud pulsing audible alarm or vibrating bed shaker. The bed shaker is an alarm-activated vibrating pad that is placed under the mattress or under the pillow. Sonic Alert offers the most alarms in this category. The only other alarm that offered a bed shaker that we could find besides Sonic Alert was the iLuv iMM153 iPod alarm clock radio with bed vibrator. Not only is it a bed shaker, it connects to your iPod and has a digital FM radio. It also has a charging unit for your iPod so it’s ready for the next day. Expect to pay between $ 25 and $ 65 for these alarms. The Sonic Alert has several offers in the $ 25 to $ 45 range. The iLuv is at the top of the range at almost $ 65.

Hearing impaired people

We found three offers in this category. The Sonic Alert Sonic Boom SB1000 provides 113 dB alarm, bed shaker, and flashing lights. The Sonic Alert Sonic Boom SBT425 alarm clock not only offers the high resolution alarm, bed shaker, and flashing light, but it also comes with a built-in phone signal so you don’t miss any calls. Sonic Alert alarms in this category range from $ 38 to $ 50. The highest capacity and highest priced offering in the category is the Alertmaster 6000. In addition to waking up, it notifies 6 events including telephone, doorbell, cry of a baby, etc. As you would expect with all this capacity, this unit is priced at $ 180 to $ 200.

With this knowledge under your belt, there is no excuse for sleeping in the morning, even if you are a heavy sleeper. On a more serious note, offerings for the hearing impaired include some must-have home security features.

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