HoMedics Sound SPA Premier Sound Machine Clock Radio with Atomic & Indoor/Outdoor Temperature
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| HoMedics Sound SPA Premier Sound Machine Clock Radio with Atomic & Indoor/Outdoor Temperature |
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| Manufacturer: Homedics |
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| List Price: $49.98 |
| Sale Price: $39.99 |
| Availibility: Usually ships in 1-2 business days |
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Product Description |
This clock can emit the sounds of nature. It can take you back to your primal roots and soothe your inner being from all that modern noise you experience throughout the day. Choose from 6 digital recorded natural sounds: ocean, waterfall, summer night, rainforest, thunder and rain. Create your perfect sleep environment with this always accurate atomic clock. Doze off to one of six natural sounds, and know how to dress in the morning with a remote sensor reading of the outdoors temperature. Too lazy to roll over and read the clock face? Project it onto the ceiling instead, both temperature and time. Tired of nature? Just turn on the radio!
Choose to awaken to music news, talk, or one of six digital recorded natural sounds: ocean, waterfall, summer night, rainforest, thunder and rain. What a nice way to greet the new day! The Homedics SS-5000 Sound Spa is like a salve for the spirit and your soul. Choose from 6 natural sounds - Ocean / Waterfall / Summer Night / Rainforest / Thunder / Rain Projection allows for the time and temperature to be displayed on the ceiling Use with included AC adapter or three AAA batteries (not included) |
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Product Details |
- Creates the perfect sleep environment with natural sounds and time projection
- Projects time and temperature on the ceiling
- Includes dual alarms and snooze function
- Six natural sounds including ocean, waterfall, summer night, rain forest, thunder and rain
- Provides indoor/outdoor temperature with remote sensor
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Customer Reviews |
 Many unfavorable reviews of this product are due to incorrect use |
| Review Date: May 18, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Peter M. Ronai, Salem, Oregon |
| I've owned this product now for 6 months and have found that it works as advertised. Complaints that the display is too bright at night ignore the fact that users hypersensitive to light can turn the backlight off and go with only the projected light at night. (The projected light is not bright enough to keep any normal person awake; in fact even when one is dark-adapted the projected display is quite faint.) Many reported problems with the time are due to inadvertently pressing the button that determines the time zone. I did this on one occasion myself and realized my error when the time jumped forward two hours. Complaints that the radio is "low fi" are the result of unreasonable expectations. This unit is not intended as a replacement for a dedicated audio system. I have found the temperature readings on the indoor and outdoor displays to be accurate within a degree Fahrenheit or less, compared with readings on an independent thermometer. In summary, I have found the HoMedics Premier Sound Spa to be an excellent consumer-level device which works as advertised and which is great value for the money. I would not want to be without it. |
Stylish Informative Instrument
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| Review Date: April 16, 2009 |
| Reviewer: A. Jones, Palm Springs, CA |
I purchased the HoMedics Sound Spa, model #SS-5000, which I'm very happy with. The sound quality of each mode and radio is surprising for it's compact size.
I would certainly recommend this product to anyone who is a light sleeper that needs white noise in the background.
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I love my spa clock!
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| Review Date: June 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Cheri, Denver |
I already have one of these clocks myself and love it so much that I purchased this one as a gift. It's a great clock with a lot of fun options, it is easy to set and works great. One of my favorite features is that it is atomic - the time is always accurate and I don't need to worry about backup batteries. Another bonus to this clock is that it gets better radio reception that my old clock radio.
The only downside to this purchase is that the clock was so poorly packaged I had to open it and test it before giving it as a gift. The box was badly damaged and the packing inside was too skimpy to protect the clock from banging around inside the box. Fortunately, the clock works and hopefully won't suffer any long term consequences. |
All in one item
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| Review Date: November 10, 2008 |
| Reviewer: T. Graham, Northern California |
| Love the fact that it's a sound machine and clock radio in the same piece. The clock is atomic so it resets itself automatically (a real plus in areas where power goes out regularly). |
Almost Perfect
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| Review Date: February 23, 2008 |
| Reviewer: LuvUrPets, Urbana, IL |
I bought this clock as a very belated x-mas gift to myself after reading the reviews here. After about a month of use, I think this is the best clock radio I've had. I love that I can wake up to nice nature sounds rather than the shocking buzz buzz buzz other alarm clocks have. The radio has great reception (which is a big shock since my radio reception and cell phone reception in my apt really sucks). I can pick up more stations on it than with my cd player/radio and it's super clear. I like it so much I listen to the radio much more now than I did before.
I really love that I no longer have to turn on the tv to find out what the weather is in the morning. The temperature gauge is pretty accurate. I just have to glance at it to know how much I need to bundle myself up (It's pretty cold in IL right now) and whether my dog needs her coat :) before I take her out at 6:00 am.
I use the projection function occasionally and to me it's not bright at all and definitely not so bright I can't sleep with it on. Maybe it depends on where you are projecting it? Maybe I'm just not that sensitive to it. If you can sleep with the light from a tv, the little light coming from this clock shouldn't bother you at all. I have mine on my ceiling since I can't use it on my wall (too much junk in the way). Generally I just use the backlight since I'm still used to looking at the clock face when I wake up in the morning and not the wall, ceiling, or wherever else you want to project the time. Even the backlight doesn't bother me at night - I don't notice it all. Only once it seemed to me to be too bright to look at in the morning but my eyes were really tired/irritated anyway.
The only glitch I found is with the atomic clock function. No matter how many times I think I've shut it off, the darn thing pops back on again. The first day, my time switched two hours back even though I had manually set the time. I resolved it by making sure the standard time was central instead of pacific (it is set at pacific time when you get it). That way regardless of whether the atomic function is on or not the time doesn't change. At least it hasn't so far. As to what will happen when DST is in effect next month, I don't know. I may need to update my review if something weird happens.
Still, it's a great little clock/radio/sound spa. Everyone tries to steal it after I show them all the features. I like it so much I wrote a review on the Homedics site, too.
ETA: I still have the clock but wanted to update some things I've noticed. Although I only occasionally used the projection feature, parts of the digits don't light up anymore when I turn it on. The clock did switch correctly last year for DST but not this year when we went off. However, that's because I've moved and I can't get a signal where the clock is now. I had to change it manually. Otherwise, the time has never gone off by minutes or hours. I wouldn't change my rating - but I can see how a lot of people wouldn't like it esp. if bought for the projection feature. |
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