[.uk] Apollo Health DayBreak Duo Dawn/Dusk Simulator

• Sunrise Mode ¿ Set your wake time, Daybreak does the rest. Adjustable Sunrise from 15 minute to 2 hours.
• Sunset Mode - Signals your body clock that it¿s time to fall asleep (great for putting children to bed!)
• Dual AM/FM Radio Alarm ¿ in case you¿d like some music with your sunrise.
• Orange Backlit Touch Screen ¿ Ultra easy to use and won¿t disturb your sleep like white, blue, or green displays.
• Adjustable Screen Intensity ¿ Bright during the day, auto-dims during sleeping hours

use it everyday--dawn then radio!:
I've been using this for about 6 months now. I use it everyday with the dawn simulator and then follow that 30 minutes later with the radio. I personally wake up very easily with light and not so well when it's dark. This makes all the difference in the world for being able to wake up early. It's nice to have 3 dim settings on the light--it's spouse friendly. Often I'll use it at the lowest setting if my wife's asleep. It works very consistently and looks great. It was easy to set up. I love waking up to light!

Great Simulator:
The Apollo Health DayBreak Duo Dawn/Dusk Simulator works well. I am starting college this year, so it was necessary for me to find an alarm clock that could actually wake me up on time and have energy throughout the day. My psychiatrist recommended Apollo Health, and I couldn't be any more satisfied. I hook it up to my desk lamp positioned towards my bed to help me wake up in the mornings without bothering my roommate. The two alarm settings are useful as well. Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the Apollo Health DayBreak Duo Dawn/Dusk Simulator.

Expensive!:
I really thought, after researching this clock on Amazon and the manufacturer's Web site, that it would come with some sort of light to help me wake up. But all it has is a two-prong plug in on the back for a desk lamp. The sunrise/sunset feature does help me get up in the morning and is more reliable than other timers I have used, but the audible alarm is very quiet and cannot be turned up as loud as the radio.

Almost as good as being able to sleep in:
I used a dawn simulator from another manufacturer as my primary alarm for ten refreshing years. Then, the inexpensive components on the device failed, and I returned to jarring awakenings with a more conventional alarm clock. I wanted the dawn simulator again, but buying those same failing components didn't appeal to me. The Apollo promised even more functionality for not much more money. Pros: a lot of them. I'll just mention the dead-simple time setting, the built-in radio, and the option of setting two different dawns, with not just light waking you up but also a backup of a chime or radio sounds. Cons: about the only one I encounter is the bright orange display which dims somewhat eight hours before your scheduled "dawn," but never dims totally. The remedy for this is to face the clock away from you as you sleep.

malfunction from get-go:
I just received my daybreak duo dawn/dusk simulator. For the setup only 1 of the touch screen items worked, setting the wake 1. Forget being able to set the actual time. That touch screen item doesn't work. No other way to set the time. I'm so disappointed. BTW, I had to download the instruction manual from Apollo, as it wasn't included in my product!