Flying Digital Alarm Clock - Black
From Princess International
In pursuit of waking excellence... meet the alarm with a difference! Flying Alarm Clock. SAVE BIG! By its very purpose, the "perfect" alarm clock must be able to outwit the human who sets it! An interesting challenge, to say the least. This Flying Alarm Clock comes as close as I've seen. When the alarm goes off, a helicopter flies into the air, carrying the key to turn off the alarm. The only way to silence the alarm is to get out of bed and find the key! The true late sleeper has finally met their match! Large, easy-to-read backlit display. Alarm / snooze / off settings. Requires 4 AA batteries (not included). Measures 5 1/2 x 4"h. Weighs 7 ozs. Order yours today! Flying Alarm Clock
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3162 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Color: Black
- Brand: BRAND NOT SPECIFIED
- Dimensions: .70 pounds
Fragile
This is a cool concept, and when it actually did what it's supposed to do (before it broke), it did a great job of getting me out of bed in the morning. The problem is that the area in which you're supposed to place the propeller is too fragile. If you don't press down, the alarm doesn't shut off, and if you press too hard (too hard being moderate pressure; I do not have concrete hands), the parts that spin the propeller break.
Can't go to sleep without it
Before purchasing this, I'd always wake up to my alarm, shut it off, and fall asleep again. I simply had to find a solution to this, else I'd be late every day of the year. I browsed online for a solution, and found this alarm clock; a nifty way of forcing you to not just wake up, but get out of bed. After viewing other products with a similar slogan costing twice as much, it was a no-brainer. I'd have to say the alarm is plenty loud enough to wake anyone, and when combined with my dog jumping over me to attack the device, it's a sure fire way of waking up each morning. The only fault would be that the flying piece lands on top off me, instead of flying to the other end of my room. But this doesn't really matter much, I find it very difficult to fall back to sleep after being woken by this.
Design flaws make this alarm clock less effective than it could be.
Have trouble getting up in the morning? Then the Flying Alarm Clock may just be the product for you. For me, however, it was not. The clock works simply enough: the base has a motor that spins the top part at a designated time, causing the top to fly up for a few seconds. When positioned on my nightstand, it would always fly up and land on my wife's face (not good). When I tried putting it on the carpet on the opposite side of the room, I learned that the speaker is on the bottom of the base, and placing it on the carpet makes the alarm inaudible (very not good). The base is elevated, so there is no problem hearing the alarm when it is set on a hard, flat surface.
