Lewis N. Clark Nightlight Travel Clock

It's tough to write a review about a clock. It tells time and it woke me up. How's that? Not enough?

OK, it is smaller than the picture makes it seem. I thought it would be bigger. This not a bad thing, small is always good when traveling. Closed, it is the size of a cigarette pack. It has a sensor to turn the backlight on only when the room is dark, and a switch to keep the light off in your suitcase.

Lastly, it woke me up. I sleep soundly, very soundly. I'm the guy that sleeps through a flight and landing when traveling. It takes a lot to wake me up. The sound isn't that loud, but it is annoying enough and at just the right pitch to wake me up....or at least hit the snooze button. Oh yeah, it has one of those too, a snooze button.

Ron

So many of the travel alarms I've tried over the past few years have been difficult to figure out how to set and use, with directions that might as well be...well, Chinese....This one's easy, even without looking at the instructions, which BTW, are also easy to understand. It's small, but the face is lit well enough to be seen in the dark, without being so bright as to keep me awake. Plus, the nightlight can be brightened for a moment with one push of a button that's easy to locate in the dark, once you know where it is. There's even a hint right on the clock (as opposed to being found only in the instruction booklet) on how to save battery power when traveling. I hope this little clock lasts forever (ha!) because it's a real gem.

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From the description this clock seemed to be exactly what I was looking for something easy to use with convenience features such as a lit dial. Sorry to say I was very disappointed with the actual product.

There are some good points. It uses one AA battery, so it's easy to find a replacement should the battery die when you're traveling. The auto night light works well, and provides a soft illumination for the clock face enough to see the time, but not distracting. The alarm is a gradual style, which starts soft and gets progressively louder. The case folds up so it's compact to store while traveling.

All these good points are rendered moot, however, when it comes to actually using the clock. All the buttons are very small and located on the back (except for the snooze button). The markings are black on black, so it's very tough to figure out what to turn/push even in bright light, and impossible in dim light. The alarm on/off is a very small sliding switch again, tough to deal with in daylight, and close to impossible to work with when it's dark and you've just woken up. The alarm set knob only turns in one direction and, like the clock setting knob, is tiny and hard to turn.

The biggest problem is the build quality. The battery cover is very loosely attached and is destined to fall off. I've already had to put a piece of tape on it to keep it covered. This is not a product that will stand up to the type of abuse a travel alarm tends to get.

Not worth the price no better than clocks that are half the price.

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This is a great little clock! The illuminated display has 2 brightness levels, when the sensor switch is turned on, and darkness is detected, the face illuminates at a level that is comfortable for sleeping. When the light button is pressed the display brightens to a higher illumination. I would recommend this clock.

Update:

After going on 2 trips with this clock, it has stopped keeping time. Amazon is rushing me out a replacement, and I am going to give this clock another shot because I really like the size and readability at night.

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Great little alarm clock, and I like the feature that lets you turn the power off to save the batteries when not in use. Compact and reliable in my experience.

The only little thing I wish was different, is that to get the dial to glow, you have to press a button. Wish it was glowing in the dark all the time.