Beurer WL50 Wake Up Light | Daylight Table Lamp | Helps to Support The Sleep Rhythm | LED Technology | FM Radio with 10 Memory Spaces | Bluetooth & Aux Input | 3 Light Levels

Product Information

The light has sunlight and sunset settings, so you’re able to use it for getting to sleep and waking up in the morning. There are 3 light levels you can choose from that have varying intensity settings and the digital display also has adjustable brightness levels. You can choose from two wake up sounds, or you can set your favourite radio station to play instead if you prefer.

Firstly, it has dual alarms, meaning you can set different times for different days of the week. This is incredibly handy, especially if like many people, you tend to wake up later at weekends than during the week.

You can choose from 7 different colours for the bedside light as well as 20 brightness levels. There’s a built-in FM radio too, so you can set this to play when the alarm goes off, or choose from one of the 7 natural sounds if you prefer. The slimline WL50 light from Beurer is a solid mid-range option, particularly if you’re keen on waking to the sounds of your favourite radio station. Equipped with FM auto-tuning, thirty radio memories and a built-in Bluetooth speaker, you can also use the aux input to play your own music if you fancy it. Another feature to look for when buying a sunrise alarm is nature sounds. Nature sounds are typically things like forest sounds, rainfall, birds chirping etc. Waking up to sounds like this is better than a piercing alarm tone. Whether you choose to use it in the morning or at night to get to sleep, the way the Beurer Wake Up Light WL50 slowly activates is a very gradual process. There's nothing bright or disconcerting about the way it glows; it seems to be cleverly designed to support the sleep rhythm as best as possible.

When the alarm goes off, you can snooze it by lightly touching the top of the speaker. After eight minutes, the alarm will sound again (note: there’s no way to vary this duration). To switch off the alarm altogether, you just need to press down on the speaker for three seconds. You can preset two different alarms/sunrises in advance, if that’s helpful to you. It has both sunrise and sunset simulation, so it’s equally effective at getting you to sleep as well as waking you up. For the sunrise setting, the light will gradually get stronger over 10-60 minutes depending on your preference. When the alarm goes off, you can choose from one of 7 natural sounds or an FM radio station. The sunset mode decreases the light gradually from 10-120 minutes and you can also choose to have natural sounds or a radio station play. The wake-up light is displayed prominently on the top half of the device and gets gradually brighter over 15-90 mins, after which time a sound of your choice will play to help wake you up. The brightness settings of the light can be easily adjusted, as can the duration. The light produced is measured in lux and a good SAD lamp will offer a brightness of around 10,000 lux. It's believed that SAD lamps encourage your brain to produce less melatonin, which makes you sleepy, while increasing the production of serotonin, which affects your mood. So how does a SAD lamp work? Pop the light on your desk if you're experiencing an afternoon slump, take it with you into the kitchen if you're in need of some energy while cooking dinner, or switch it on if you're feeling lethargic while doing chores such as sorting through life admin or reorganising a wardrobe – a SAD light could be the best investment you make this winter.

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A SAD lamp, light or light box uses light therapy to help improve your mood. They produce very bright lights to recreate the morning sunlight that you miss during the winter months. Whether a lamp can have a medical effect depends essentially on two factors: The light intensity and the colour temperature. For there to be a therapeutic effect, a light intensity of 10,000 lux is recommended.

Light range – how long the light takes to brighten or dim. Most lamps have a standard range of 30 mins but some allow for longer/shorter settings. This alarm also features a built-in Bluetooth speaker, so if you can easily play something on Spotify from your phone or tablet without the need to worry about any additional cables.It has both sunrise and sunset modes, each of which lasts for 30 minutes. In addition to these two settings to help you get to sleep/wake up, the light also functions as a bedside lamp with the display beneath it being dimmable to your preference. The feature that immediately jumps out at you with this alarm is the light. It’s designed to imitate a sunrise and will, therefore, increase very gradually over 30 mins before reaching maximum brightness. This helps you to wake up naturally and helps you to feel restored when you do. You can adjust the brightness level to your preference and once the 30 mins are up, a song or radio station of your choosing will play. Pretty much all good alarms will have a snooze timer. This is where you hit the snooze button and you’ll be given a certain amount of time before the alarm goes off again, usually around 9 minutes. Known as a ‘smart sound machine’, the Hatch Rest is an all-in-one powerhouse that looks after your child’s restful hours – be they sleeping, waking, or a mix of the two. And yet it’s still simple enough to set up and use, mainly thanks to the companion app that allows you to control everything remotely using your smartphone. There, you can switch between eleven soothing sounds including rain, birds and lullabies, create dream schedules, and use the Time-to-Rise program that helps children associate different colours with whether they can get out of bed or not. The lamp itself has hidden controls so curious fingers can’t prod too much, and even the brightest setting is low enough to not be too distracting.