HOUSBAY Glow Small Alarm Clock Radio for Bedrooms with 7 Color Night Light, Dual Alarm, Dimmer, USB Charger, Battery Backup, Nap Timer, FM Radio with Auto-Off Timer for Bedside

The digital am/fm clock radio is working out just fine; nice small size for travel and bedroom. Lights up in the dark, very readable numbers.

Honestly, I never thought much about alarm clocks until I needed a new one and replaced it with a cheap Sharp (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKB6GAY/). The Sharp got great reviews, but 1. the alarm shut off after snoozing for 1 hour, which wasn't advertised, and 2. you could only go forwards with the time when setting the alarm/clock, not also go backwards. So I moved that to the guest room and went on the hunt for another. After reviewing dozens (maybe hundreds?) of alarm clocks on Amazon, I settled on this one, and after using it for a few weeks, I'm happy to recommend it!Pros:- Can snooze more than 1 hour (I haven't tested it indefinitely to see if there's actually a limit, but the alarm keeps going off even after snoozing it for more than 1 hour)- Easy to read numbers: not tiny but not giant, and they don't look like dots from a distance like some do- Sturdy: it's not the thinnest out there, but that means it won't fall over when you fumble to hit a button. This thing is super steady.- Non-skid: It has soft pads on the bottom so 1. it has even less chance of moving around and 2. it won't scratch what it's on- Always displays the time & format of the alarm: I was a bit skeptical of this feature, as I thought I wanted a very clean clock face and was put off by the alarm clocks that showed time, alarm settings, weather, and generally a variety of things that made the screen rather busy. But I actually really like that you can see at a glance what time the alarm is set for.- Variety of alarm options: You can set it to be a buzzer, the radio, or birds chirping. I thought I'd use the radio but ended up loving the birds, which is not a common option.- Easy to change the time: You can set the hour and minute separately, and you can go forwards and backwards for each, so it's much quicker to get the time you want than alarm clocks that either don't have separate hour & minute options or where you can only go forwards on the hour & minute.- Nap timer: This is a nice extra feature so you don't have to reset your alarms just to have an alarm for a short nap.- Alarm pause: Another nice feature that lets you turn off the alarm while keeping it set for the next day.- Top buttons: There are a lot of thinner clocks out there that have the buttons on the back. I guess this makes for a sleeker aesthetic, but it's much handier to have the buttons more readily accessible on top of the clock, rather than having to fumble around behind the clock or turn the clock around every time you want to change something.- Continuous dimmer option for the front display: Goes from quite dark to plenty bright with the turn of a dial- Colored nightlight- Fairly big snooze button- USB charging port (on the back)Cons:- The nap timer is limited - you can only use the preset options of 10, 30, 60, 90, or 120 minutes. I would love if you could set the minutes to anything manually.- The nightlight doesn't stay on the color you last selected, so if you want a later color (like green, blue, or purple), you have to press through the whole range of colors (starting from red and going through the rainbow) each time you turn on the nightlight to get there.- There's no white color option on the nightlight.- The snooze button could be more prominent or farther forward. It is large, which is good, but it's the same soft texture as the rest of the clock top, so there isn't a difference in feel, and there's a space of about the same width as the snooze button between the front of the clock and the actual snooze button, which I often find myself pressing to no avail. If the button were raised, a different texture, and/or farther forward, it would be easier to find & press.

I'm digging this little clock radio. I had a "nicer" clock radio on my bedside table, but I grew aggravated with it, because it often took multiple presses of the ON/OFF button to power it up or down. No such problems with this little Housbay! One click for on, one click for off, every time. Insofar as the clock radio itself is concerned, I wasn't expecting much, especially for such a little amount of money. But, this thing surprised me. Although it doesn't sound quite as good as my other radio did, it's really not bad for such a micro sized speaker. Volume levels are impressive, and tonality is acceptable for such a small unit. I keep my radio in the 4 to 7 range for normal listening, but it'll go WAY higher than that.There are a couple of things that annoy me a bit. First, it is not possible to tune the radio manually, after an initial scan is completed. For instance, if you are listening to a station at 98.3, you cannot simply press a TUNE button to bump the radio up to the next frequency, which would be 98.5, or down to 98.1. When the radio is first selected, it performs a scan of the FM spectrum. If the faintest signal is detected at any frequency in the FM band, the radio will assign a preset to that frequency. I live in a fairly large midwestern city, and my radio set over 40 presets. Some are not able to be listened to, as they are more noise than anything else, but the radio did recognize them. I am surprised at the sensitivity of this little radio. With the wire antenna extended, it does an admirable job of picking up available signals.When scanning is completed, tuning of the radio must be done by pressing the up/down preset button, until your desired station's preset number is selected. This means that you may have to skip through a few presets that have been assigned to stations with unacceptable signals. It also means that you'll need to remember which preset numbers are assigned to your preferred stations, so that you can "tune" to that preset number when you wish to listen to that station. Once there, the display does show the frequency of that station for a few seconds, before it reverts to time display. In my case, I printed out a list of preset numbers for stations that had good signal quality, and that I was interested in listening to. For instance, let's say that I'm listening to a station at 90.1, and I wish to listen to a station at 101.1. My preset number for 90.1 may be 4. I look at my preset list and find out which preset is for the station at 101.1. It might be 19. I then press the preset button enough times to "tune" the radio to preset 19. Once there, the display will read 101.1 for a short while. Yeah, it's kind of cumbersome, and it takes some getting used to, but it's not a deal breaker if you make a list of presets and keep them handy; or, you just remember which presets are assigned to your favorite few stations.The second thing that annoys me goes along with the first, which I just described. I would like to see the frequency of the selected station displayed permanently, somewhere in the display window, rather than being displayed only when a preset is selected, and then disappearing.I like the looks of the radio a lot. It's smaller and more compact than I was expecting. I also like the dimmable display via a thumbwheel on the rear of the radio. I easily found a brightness level that works well both day and night, without being too dim or too bright. The colored "night light" is cute, too. At first, I thought it was gimmicky, but I quickly grew to like it. Before I lay down at night, I'll turn it on at the lowest level. I just kind of like seeing it. I like the orange color, as it seems to project the least amount of light into the room. Teal is also nice.Alarms are easy to set. I was able to set mine up without going to the manual, but I'm pretty technically inclined and can navigate around most menus without too much difficulty. I selected the radio as the alarm source, and I like that the alarm station and volume can be set independently of the station that the radio is currently tuned to. I did have to consult the manual to figure that one out, but it was pretty simple.No, it's not perfect, but for less than 25 bucks, there has to be some tradeoffs. In this case, I can learn how to deal with them and come to love my little Housbay.

Love it! small accurate and great sound when playing radio. GREAT PRICE! Buying another one to keep in my Florida room.

Perfect little clock...next to the bed..nice color lights . Lightweight..radio works good.

Light weight. Radio alarm is nice. And then a 2nd alarm set with a buzzard to make sure I get up. The led is a nice touch. I like being able to dim the screen. And it can be a phone charger for when I lose my charger brick