
This is supposed to give you a slow, gentle, and natural wake-up – no app or Wi-Fi needed. The light gradually grows brighter, and «the colour of the morning light changes from soft dawn reds through warm orange to bright yellow light», writes the manufacturer. Instead of the typical noise an alarm clock makes every morning, the Wake-up Light from Philips uses light to get you up – by simulating a sunrise. After all, the selling point isn’t the design, it’s the alarm function. They do say it’s what’s on the inside that counts. But let’s start at the beginning.īigger than expected – the light alarm clock takes up a large part of my bedside table. The light alarm clock has since proved itself in another role. Deep relaxation? I wish! And yet, the device wasn’t a bad buy. With that, the Philips SmartSleep Wake-up Light HF3519/01 (that’s its official name) has been in my bedroom for a few weeks now. Let’s put it this way: the influencer found me at the right time and place. But after my kids gifted me a few sleepless nights, the idea of getting – nay, floating – out of bed, totally well rested and relaxed, was just too tempting.

I’m not typically one to spend over a hundred francs so quickly and thoughtlessly. A well-known Swiss content producer recently raved about a Philips light alarm clock in her Instagram story, emphasising she’d paid for it out of her own pocket – and bang, the very same model landed in my Galaxus shopping cart. And it didn’t even take much to convince me. I guess I’ve joined the ranks of influencer victims.
