Sonic Alert SB1000SS Sonic Boom Alarm Clock

This is an awesome clock! I bought one for my dad years ago because he was hard of hearing. I started using it after he passed away. Over time, from much use, I wasn't able to set the time or alarm any more. So had to have a new one because of all the nice features. It has a nice large time display which is useful at night. Lots of choices for alarm tones and volume. I especially love the fact that you can plug a lamp into it and it is easy to turn on with the large yellow press key. Came nicely packaged and there was no damage to it whatsoever. I will definitely buy another one when and if that time comes and they are still being produced.

I've been using this particular brand, the Sonic alarm clock for almost 20 years. I'm almost completely deaf. Although the lamp flashing & the high volume parts are great & effective 👌 The vibration under my pillow is all I need. Plus a bonus feature, on regular clocks, the snooze button is typically 7 minutes. With this alarm, it's 9 minutes. I would recommend this to anyone, with or without hearing loss. Overall, you're not going to find a better product.

I love it. This is my third one. I had old 2 and they still good. Been about 15 yrs. No issue. It is good quality.

exactly as described,

Idiotic design. The people at Sonic Alert aren't interested in improving their products or else this version would be way better than my 17 year old one. All they did to "improve" the product was add an automatic dimmer, which is nice because the old one kept me awake unless I covered up the screen with a sock. They also removed the on/off switch for the receiver feature from the bottom of the clock (dumb move) and added a light on the screen that notifies you when the receiver is on, which I like. Now, for the world's stupidest design flaw - there is no way to turn off the VERY LOUD alarm that goes off every time a transmitter (a baby cry signaler, for one) goes off. This pisses me off because with my old alarm, this was a major issue because our baby slept in a crib in our room and whenever the baby cried or even just murmured in its sleep, the vibrator (which we needed) would go off AND the auditory alarm, too. There is NO way to turn off the auditory alarm and of course, our baby woke up completely and started bawling every time the damn alarm went off. We were hoping this was a design fluke but lo and behold, when we got a new alarm for our second baby, we find that it's exactly the same thing. Why? What is the point? Just put in a freaking switch that lets parents turn on/off the alarm feature(s) that they want. For parents whose babies sleep in another room, this is fine, but if you're a co-sleeper or a "room-sharer" like us, you're s**t out of luck if you're deaf with a hearing baby and need a SILENT alarm for when babies cry.***I want to add that, yes, I turned the volume down all the way, so the sound should be off or at least really quiet, but apparently this only applies to when you're using the clock for a regular daily alarm. It still starts blaring away audibly every time the baby cries.

I had one before I got mess up the same one I hope this one last me

I have severe to moderate hearing loss, wear hearing aids, have a four year old son who's room is very close to mine, and also has a job that requires me to be accessible essentially 24/7. There are times when I get either calls or text messages from my overseas team that I need to be aware of or attend to. My wife has always been my second set of ears and wakes me up when I get calls. It's harder for the text messages as they sometimes are not as easily detected. I purchased this model along with the Universal Sound Signaler when my wife was going to visit family out of the country for about two months. I have to say the combination of the Universal Sound Signaler and Sonic Boom are an excellent product. I use them every day with the sound disabled and only the vibrating bed shaker option enabled. The bed shaker will wake both my wife and me up every time. You can adjust the sensitivity of the Universal Sound Signaler to capture the low set text alerts and it works like a charm. My audiologist has told me about the Sonic Boom alarm clocks in the past, but I don't know why I've never even considered them. I've had this model for about 6 months now and have become dependent upon it. The only time it didn't come through was when we've had power outages.The only criticism I would have about the Sonic Boom is that it only offers very simple alarm clock functions. You do not have any advanced options like setting only during weekdays, etc. I would have expected the OEM to incorporate applications for the iPhone and/or Android devices as well. If they don't, someone surly will. That's the only reason I would give it 4 instead of 5 stars.