Glowing LED Color Mood Changing Digital Alarm Clock

purchased this product for my 12 year old daughter. The colors change with each hour...very cool (she loved that). However, the lights lasted only less than a year, and cannot be replaced. And with a burned out bulb, the time could not be seen in the dark. It functioned this way for another 6 months or so, and now has stopped working altogether. Also, I purchased two of these (purchased at Lakeside Collection for a great price) because we liked them so well, but the other one wouldn't work at all and needed to be returned. For a novelty gift for a child, it is fine (she also liked that it functioned as a night light), just don't expect it to last very long.

This is a fun and beautiful (somewhat small clock). Maybe not bought to last forever but more of a novelty. I realized I couldn't run it on batteries alone as the batteries 4xAAA will only last days if the light is glowing all the time. Just to be clear the AAA batteries run the LEDs not the clock itself. I got a universal A/C adapter off of EBay for around 6 dollars Not shopping around. The specs you need are that it has a 4.5 voltage output and has an option or is set to negative polarity. Mine came set to negative. The plug I used was a 3.5 mm X 1.35mm female plug. The male prong was not aligned very well and i had to fiddle with it a bit to get it to fit. I am talking about the male prong one on the clock just to be clear:).

At first glance, you can tell this clock is cheaply made. Two of the buttons on the one we got were reversed, so that took some figuring out. The light does not work well. I bought this for my 6 year old and while he did think the lights were cool, I'm not sure they have ever worked properly. The button on the bottom that allows you to push the clock down to start the light motion is very sensitive and the lights would sometimes blink erratically unless we turned it on it's side. Also, the alarm is difficult to turn off, it is a small button on the bottom of the clock. Nothing like the over-sized snooze button we are all used to. Overall, we were not satisfied with this purchase at all.