Bellman & Symfon Alarm Clock Pro (BE1370)

Finally, an alarm clock that wakes my son! He can sleep through just about anything--possibly even a smoke alarm. Until now, his only reliable wake-up call has been to have a person physically get him up, and even that required making sure he wasn't really talking in his sleep after he seemed awake. He's still at home working and attending college, but he plans to leave for a residential college in another year. This posed a real dilemma. What should he do--pay another student to shake him out of bed? And he felt like a baby, having to rely on Mom, Dad, or a brother to get him out of bed at his age. This clock has solved the problem. The bed shaker, in particular, seems to do the trick. He has woken up reliably since getting it and has told us to take off the "training wheels" (setting our own clocks to double-check). This is a great relief to all of us. Expensive clock, but well worth it!Update December 31, 2015: After nine months the bed shaker has stopped working. I have contacted the company to see if they will replace it. I will update again when I hear back. In the meantime, I've ordered a $35 replacement shaker on Amazon. We have no choice! Hope it gets here fast. This is a wonderful piece of equipment; as I've said above, it has restored independence and dignity to a guy who simply cannot function without it. If only it would last....

Fantastic alarm clock. My daughter used to sleep through her previous alarm for 30-40 minutes. This one awakens her up from a sound sleep. She does not use the bed vibrator. The flashing lights and multiple frequency tones awaken her reliably and quickly. Though expensive for an alarm clock, this one is well made and really works.

I don't like that clock , not enough loud alarm and I can't see what time on that clock in the bed, ,it is not brighter on the flasher and too much money for it.

I have wasted money on numerous alarms. Guaranteed loud, even bought an old fashioned one with 2 huge bells. It woke everyone but me. So my first night with this alarm as usual I didn't sleep good. Waking up every hour to check the time. The vibration scared the wires out of me but I woke up on time. Second night I slept like a baby. The vibration I am now used too, the bright light helps also. KUDOS to whoever designed this alarm. Its perfect. Easy to use and my husband appreciates not being woken up at 1 am. And I appreciate even more not being woken up by his elbow telling me to get up. LolI have had it a week. I hope this trend continues.

I drive my wife crazy with my alarm, constantly hitting snooze etc. I am a heavy sleeper. I was in search of a new type of alarm and found several of these "bed shaker" type devices. Every single product I read about, the purchaser complained either about how the shaker did not wake them and/or that it was poorly designed and manufactured and broke over a short period of time. You will also see many complain about the others not keeping good time and drifting the first day or two. This one has kept perfect time so far over two weeks.I searched the internet and found this product designed for the hearing impaired. I looked on Amazon to see if they had it and they did. I was also surprised it had not been reviewed. Maybe because of the price. I found some other places on-line that had positive feedback on the device so I went ahead and ordered it here. I received it a week ago and upon opening the device was extremely pleased at the superb quality and design of this alarm clock. It is like the difference between a top-of-the-line European car compared to and old low-budget clunker. The materials are very heavy duty while the design concept and craftsmanship are top notch. Is is heads and shoulders above any alarm I have ever owned over decades of buying them off the shelf.The alarm can be configured in any combination of loud audible alarm, flashing light and the very effective bed shaker. I have mine set to just use the flashing light and bed shaker with no auditory signal. Does it wake me up? No doubt about it. There is no escaping this vibrating puck under the pillow. It does not shock me into having heart palpitations but just wakes my up. The snooze feature is also designed so that I can not cheat by pressing it several times delaying the next alarm period. It gives you nine minutes the first snooze then decreases by two minutes there after until it reaches two minutes between alarming and then will be two minute intervals from there on until you turn it off.I know I haven't had it long enough to comment on the durability over time but I am extremely hopeful due to the impressive quality of this clock and the fact it is designed for the hearing impaired. This is a very good sign from this company being that there is another model above this that integrates smoke alarms, doorbells and baby monitors into this alarm so they are manufacturing a device that could be the difference between life or death. This is the 'Pro' model of this clock. I will come back to this review in six months to comment on how well it held up. Device arrived a little earlier than scheduled ship date. P.S. No radio in the way here. Concentration is only on a good alarm clock.