Customer Reviews

Sweeper Alarm Clock Silver

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

It is silent. Sure, the backlight makes a hum when activated... but since my daughter threw my son's clock across the room the backlight hasn't worked anyway! I spent ages looking for an analog clock that wouldn't tick - so my son could see the time in the morning but not have the ticking stop him getting to sleep. This does the job perfectly.

This Alarm is so quite when you want it to be and loud enough when you need it.
The sweeping motion of the second hand is silent.
In a morning it wake you with a quiet beep beep, then a tad louder then a bit louder.
So you get a chance not to be rudely awoken.
Much better sleep down to this gadget!

The previous reviewer said that the sweeping second arm did make a noise - it must have been faulty as mine IS silent (unless you put it right up to your ear!). It is certainly not audible in a quiet room. The backlighter does make a whirring sound when activated, but as I don't use this function, it's not a problem. The face is very clear and easy to see, even when I haven't my contact lenses in. Overall, this product has been very successful for me.

Good value clock. Silent operation with the sweeper second hand an absolute essential for me as I am hugely sensitive to clocks ticking. Recommended.

Super Amazon delivery as usual.

It has no ticking sound and I can snooze as many times as I want, not too big and not too small...I'm really happy with this clock.

I like an alarm clock to be as unobtrusive as possible (except when it's trying to wake me up!). This one fits the bill. It's quiet and lights up only when you turn on the effective backlight, and it's not unattractive. I couldn't find anything to match it at the price. A choice of colours would have gained it the fifth star.

Having had a Nokia mobile phone that used to wake me up brilliantly, i then changed to a Blackberry mobile phone and had problems accidentally switching the alarm off on waking, so having overslept twice ironically i now needed to go out and get a proper alarm clock - this Sweeper Alarm Clock silver was the third different one i tried. It isn't bad and its much easier to set and double check than a digital alarm clock equivalent (where being half asleep on setting the alarm time i accidentally confused the wake up and actual times when setting the alarm) so i needed a really fail-safe and easy to use alarm clock and this does the job.

A few points however to consider:

1) It is not silent - you can hear the second hand sweeping around - why on earth they have this second hand on there i have no idea - i'm hardly going to use the alarm clock to time myself doing anything (remove it! is my suggestion and then the sweeper noise will hopefully go too!) and

2) the green light** that emits from the whole of the clock face is actually quite bright (dull but bright if that makes any sense, a kind of radio active green light(lol))- so this light is ideal if you want to clearly be able to see the time but not ideal if you want your bedroom kept as dark as possible. Now to counteract both these problems i wear an eye mask to stop seeing the light and i have a white noise machine to conteract the sweeping hand noise (i should say i did have both of these in use before the new alarm clock arrived! lol) - **UPDATE: having just read someone else's review - you can actually turn this green backlight off and you'll just see it when you press the snooze/light button (or you can have it on full time) just found the sensor button for it right now! Phew!!!

3) One more thing is that it has a snooze facility of only 5 minutes - i would like a five and ten minute snooze option if it were possible.

4) The clock is also quite plasticy (not specifically classy) but is just a silver plastic looking alarm clock - not particularly a bad look..... but it just won't add any class/attractiveness to your bedroom

Would i buy the clock again? well if i found another similar clock that was silent and wasn't brightly(but dully) lit then No, but if nothing else was available then Yes i would buy it again. I don't think you'll be disappointed in the clock as its harmless but if you are very audio or light sensitive then maybe try it out and return it if not suitable or shop around elsewhere.

I hope this review helps. I think i read somewhere that the design/colour of this alarm clock may change slightly, periodically - so check in the description if it gives any indication of varying in its description.... I got mine around Dec 2010/Jan 2011.

Having read previous reviews on line about this clock, I was dubious about placing an order, but I am pleased I did, as it has far exceeded my expectations in 'quietness.' All previous alarms clocks I had, used to drive me to distraction, with its infernal ticking. A good buy by all accounts.

We live in a very quiet rural area with no night time noise and I wanted a noise free analogue clock to sit by my bed. Unfortunately the sweeper alarm clock does not fit the bill! It ticks, it's quiet and barely audible in the day but at night it's very obvious and very irritating.

This clock isn't as quiet as it tries to make out. It may not tick, but it instead whirs audibly in a quiet room, and the electroluminescent backlight makes the alarm buzzer whine when operated. It's also even uglier than the picture does it justice. Thankfully I was able to get a refund on mine.