Glynn said:
Does it actually wake you up? I'm a pretty heavy sleeper. How powerful are the vibrations, and have you ever found yourself sleeping in because the things ended up on the floor - is there any way to secure it in place?
I'm a VERY heavy sleeper. and the vibrating alarm clock I have works very well. I put the "hocky puck" vibrator under the top matress and the whole bed shakes when it goes off. I've never slept through it, (If I do, call a dr I'm probably near death or in a coma
) I'll sleep right through audio alarms though.
(when I was living in a dorm a few years ago I had an old radio alarm clock,, the beeping it made wasn't sufficient, so I switched the radio to AM and adjusted the dial between stations and turned the volume all the way up. -- Did a great job if waking up the guy 1 floor above me, and my RA when people complained, but I'd sleep right though it. Though it did wake me up once in a while.)
Vocational Rehabilitation paid for mine, it was about $80 and we got it from Harris communications.. so go to their website and pick out one that you think would work well for you.
Even a vibrating alarm clock won't keep you from turning it off and going back to sleep... and if you've had a history of your alarm clock ending up in odd places, I'd secure the thing to a desk or something. The cord from the vibrator to the clock is really long and you shouldn't have a problem with putting the clock in a good place out of reach (so you don't abuse the snooze button ) The cood can come unplugged very easily but I just have it tucked away so that it dosn't get tripped over or stepped on and it's never been an issue.
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this is the one I have
http://www.harriscomm.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1140_42_123&products_id=1228