Anybody still use an alarm clock radio?

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NotRadTrad05@reddit

I still have the 2 alarm clock radio I took to college over 20 years ago and use it daily.

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StretPharmacist@reddit

Yep. Never use the radio part, just the alarm. A phone just never works for me for whatever reason. I even have one small one in my travel bag because I don't trust a phone to get me up.

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Fedrusion@reddit

Yes, but in my defence, it's already on my nightstand and has been since before I had a cellphone. I mean it's not like I could plug my phone in and set an alarm on that.

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hovercraftracer@reddit

Yep. I like waking up to the radio turning on, not alarm tones. Phone is a backup set to go off 15 minutes later just in case.

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doornumber2v2@reddit

Yes..on the other side of the room so I can't turn it off in my sleep. And it's set between channels so there's talking and music and static..otherwise I will just sleep away.

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I do this too. Have an alarm by my bed that I use, but once in a while I shut it off unconsciously. So I set one across the room for the last possible minute I can get up and still eat, dress, and get to work on time.

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actualelainebenes@reddit

Sort of, in the form of an Amazon Echo

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Small-Diamond-9186@reddit

My 84 year old dad

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sed2017@reddit

I do, I’ve had it since high school… I don’t trust my cell phone to go off.

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Brilliant_Drop8032@reddit

Though not a clock radio, I still use my battery powered Timex Indiglo alarm clock that I got my senior year of high school (1998). Took it with me to college and it never failed me - have never even thought to use anything else. I think it will outlast me.

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Weirdassmustache@reddit

Ummm, yes I still use my alarm clock. I know I’m not the only person here to graduate from college right into the Great Recession. Consequently, when asked how I’m doing I haven’t said “Living the dream” in years. Instead it’s been “PBR & NPR”. My coworker even had that phrase put on a shirt for me. If anyone wants a pic let me know.

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Weirdassmustache@reddit

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herseyhawkins33@reddit

Not anymore, but shoutout to a few clock radios of yesteryear: - any woodgrain alarm clock with dials for the radio - the cube Sony dream machine, loved that design - the timex nature sounds which at the highest volume was scary as shit and guaranteed to wake you up

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rinky79@reddit

I have one because it has huge numbers (I'm very blind without my contacts in) and it's nice and dim. Looking at my phone is like turning on the sun.

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HandsomeGemini@reddit

Yes. I have a hard time falling asleep. But once I do, I am out cold and can not be woken up. I've literally slept through an earthquake before. So I have my old school alarm clock radio, my phone alarm, and my stereo all set to go off in the morning.

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tultommy@reddit

People are amazed at how quiet my alarm is. It's one of the built in ones on my phone is supposed to be like a relaxing quiet guitar song. I'm awake and turn it off after the first strum. And the volume on the alarm is only set at 50% lol. My niece can let that stupid nuclear alarm go off for two hours and never wake up. It baffles me.

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Ordinary_Awareness71@reddit

Unless it's a 5.5, I don't even get out of bed. I'm a native though. :)

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Lorena_in_SD@reddit

I sleep through earthquakes and alarms, too! We have a clock radio for my luddite husband, but I use a silent alarm on my smartwatch. Life-changing and it only wakes me up!

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ButIDigress79@reddit

No, it broke and I just started using my phone

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tultommy@reddit

Nope... I got a wireless charger that keeps my phone upright and a nightclock app that keeps my display on and shows the time just like an alarm clock for those middle of the night pee breaks. Works better than any other version I've ever had over the years.

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Beezel_Pepperstack@reddit

I keep an alarm clock to tell the time when I wake up at night. I also use it as an alarm when I have my phone silenced after working double shifts.

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bivo979@reddit

No. I don't even use an alarm. I just wake up when I need to.

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Ordinary_Awareness71@reddit

I got over radio back in the early 90s. Too much talk, not enough music. I'll turn on a local station MAYBE once or twice a year... if that. It's been tapes, CDs, MP3s, and now Sirius XM and Pandora for nearly 30 years now. I don't miss the radio one bit. I do see clock radios in hotels from time to time, but I typically leave them on the alarm beep because reception is pretty poor. Between it and my phone's alarm, I'm typically covered. The best alarm clock I ever had was one with two alarms. That was great since I had two different times I'd wake-up, depending on what job site I went to that day. Sadly, that one died and I replaced it with a generic alarm clock.

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momofwon@reddit

My eight year old does lol. She picked it out herself. She’s very into “nostalgia”.

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WhiskeyBadger_@reddit (OP)

Yeah. When the kids tell me that they’ve “discovered” bands like STP and Nirvana, I just shake my head and chuckle. Nostalgia. Sigh.

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Opposite_Floor7735@reddit

Yes, love my alarm clock radio. My brain trusts it over my phone to have the alarm go off on time even though I have to manually make sure it’s set ever day. Got wake up to the radio over some awful alarm noise.

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illini02@reddit

I'm exactly like you. I have the same alarm clock radio that I've had since HS, because its easy to see the time. Great red LED lights that I can easily look at and see. I haven't used the alarm or the radio function in years though lol

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thechristoph@reddit

I had a great CD player one which finally crapped out around 2015 or so. It was substantial, heavy, and had surprisingly awesome sound. Now I use a smartwatch. I actually really like the gentle tapping on my wrist to wake me up.

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the_kid1234@reddit

I haven’t in years. Now that I have an Apple Watch that I can wear all night I don’t even wake up my wife when the alarm goes off!

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tonto_silverheels@reddit

Can I ask what you use? My phone is a little unreliable as an alarm and I'd like one that can play podcasts or regular radio.

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WhiskeyBadger_@reddit (OP)

https://preview.redd.it/e540zazep3hd1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05d357f8e592ad44607e09ead344acd9ea8067f3 This fella. You can Bluetooth podcasts from your phone.

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tonto_silverheels@reddit

Looks great! I like the retro look/modern functionality. Thanks!

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OutlawJuicyWhales@reddit

I keep one in my guest bedroom for my mom, because she prefers an old school alarm if she stays over. I used to have it by my own bed and loved falling asleep listening to the radio, but most of the good stations in this region are gone now thanks to iHeart and shitty Christian pop taking over everything. I do still have a circa-2001 boom box that I use outside when doing yard work or hanging out, though. It has a CD player built in but I rarely use it (sadly, the cassette player on it is busted).

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custerdome81@reddit

I’ve had the same one since 1998. I’ve never slept through it. My iPhone alarm is my backup.

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ChromeDestiny@reddit

I stockpile Sony iPod Dock Dream Machine alarm clocks, they're usually very cheap these days, I still have an iPod plus the I find the radio is more powerful than most alarm clock radios and the alarm is louder which I need.

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poofyhairguy@reddit

Yes I have a Lenovo Smart Clock. I don't like that it has Alexa built in (I leave it muted, Amazon doesn't need to hear my bedroom) but I love that it updates daylight savings time automatically.

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Short-Step-5394@reddit

I got very excited when I discovered my iPhone’s StandBy night-mode mimics the reed glow of the alarm clock I had growing up lol

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RolandMT32@reddit

I also have one that's plugged in just to tell me the time, and I haven't used its alarm in years. Mine's just a basic alarm clock that beeps though and doesn't have a radio. Years ago I used to have one that had a radio, and I don't remember what I did with it.

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COV3RTSM@reddit

Yes. Sadly I had to throw out my GE digital alarm clock years ago([You know the one](https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/h968sz/the_ge_alarm_clock_that_everyone_seemed_to_have/). My platoon was using it in the barracks and I had to toss it the day we deployed because I didn’t have enough room.

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tigerclawwwwwwwwwwww@reddit

RIP. This is the clock I have on my night stand currently.

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WhiskeyBadger_@reddit (OP)

I feel your pain. I had mine for a good 15 years before i moved and lost it.

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InternationalCow1658@reddit

i have 1 because of the clock its a bigger 1 because if i look at in the middle of the night without my glasses i can see it ... im blind as a bat without my glasses lmao

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CMarlowe@reddit

I haven't in, twenty plus years. But over the past few years, I haven't needed an alarm clock at all. I get up at 6:30 or 7:00 whether I need/want to or not.

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WhiskeyBadger_@reddit (OP)

https://preview.redd.it/o9o90jbrk3hd1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4ec3541dd771c32d1400feede13e67fb53e7ced This fella. You can stream podcasts to it from your phone.

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psilosophist@reddit

I use a wake up lamp. Little bottled sunrise with some bird calls to wake me up.

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TurbulentPromise4812@reddit

I use it for a radio on my WFH desk to entertain my baby daughter and I also use it when I'm doing electrical work in the house to make sure the right breaker is off

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