Timex T156B Wake-up Shake and Wake Alarm Clock (Black)

 (9 customer reviews)

I am notorious for sleeping through repetitive alarm sounds, so this is much more effective.

Simple controls. I can put it anywhere. Easy to throw in my bag when I travel. It's made to be able to fall on the floor.

The sound quality isn't the best, but it's just a silly little alarm clock.

I think some people are offended by it because most of the characters are exaggerated stereotypes There are youtube videos of it if you want to hear.

I'm an eighteen year old kid and I still don't really know what to make of this device. It looks like an enlarged microbe and I don't know where I would put it. It does shake, but it will fall of of any table you put it on (which is notable if you like to hurl your alarm clock across the room). The alarm speaker itself isn't very loud and isn't very effective at all. It does say "wacky" phrases, but you can't switch the clock to simply beep and shake, the phrases are moderately offensive and probably wouldn't be the very best gift for any black or middle eastern person who doesn't like people making fun of their race... I would rather have a radio alarm clock if I were to spend 20 bucks on amazon, but maybe that is just me.

I'm a very very deep sleeper, and I've tried almost a dozen different alarm clocks. None of them have worked. i would sleep right there their alarms, even if they are repeated every five minutes or so. This is one is the only thing that works for me. I wake up as soon as it goes off. The phrases alternate, which prevents my brain from adapting to them, which keeps my brain keep waking up to their sounds. The aggressive phrases also help a lot, because you feel like someone is yelling at you to wake up. i've grown accustomed to my dad yelling at me (sometimes cussing) at me to wake up when my past alarm clocks failed to do so, so this is, other than my dad's yelling, the only thing that works in waking me up. I give this product four stars because changing batteries is annoying. You have to get a screwdriver and take out the battery box(which is really hard to take out!), to change the batteries. The design for the battery box needs some rethinking. Also, there is a switch with three...Read more