The Original Sunrise Alarm Clock

Wake up with light, not your phone.

A gentle sunrise and nature sounds help ease you into the day, without notifications, scrolling, apps, or subscriptions.

Best Holistic Sunrise Alarm Clock by CNN Underscored

"If you’re interested in a sunrise alarm clock because of the holistic claims that a steady wake-up followed by a calm sound is good for the mind and body, Rise Centered’s Sunrise Alarm Clock is the option for you. It has the simplest operation and setting of any sunrise alarm clock we tested and you might just find it to be an oasis of peace sitting on your bedside."

I have really enjoyed the sunrise alarm, and find that it gets me up consistently! However, I find other aspects of the alarm frustrating and very poorly designed. I like to have the lamp on in the 'dim' setting in the evening, but this is almost impossible to do! I genuinely have to make 10-20 attempts to get the lamp to turn on half way, since it always wants to turn on full blast, regardless of how gently I touch it. Why have a fancy 'soft touch' feature rather than just a regular button, if the feature doesn't work correctly and consistently? The buttons to set the alarm are also not intuitive, and I have to refer back to the instruction manual often if I need to reset it. I honestly can't believe something that functions so poorly is being sold to people for a high price.

Thank you so much for your review and we're really glad the sunrise feature has been getting you up consistently.
Our dimming function does require a tap and hold in the center of the wooden base, and then the light will come on slowly and you can remove your hand when the light reaches the desired brightness level. Our team has reached out to you directly to provide further troubleshooting support.
Your feedback is really appreciated and this kind of input help shape future iterations of our clocks.

Warmly,
The Rise Centered Team

I love this clock. I've had it since they launched.
I am known for sleeping through alarms, but this helps me to start waking so I can be coherent when the alarm goes off. Plus it's not jarring like a standard alarm bell.

The customer service is great and so responsive. I had one slight issue with light and they helped me to reset everything and get the clock working perfectly again. 10/10

I love this clock, it feels special with it being all natural materials and I think because of this I think it uplifts the space that is in.

Here are some features I feel like are missing:
1) Being able to customize the ramp up time for both the light and the audio so that we can dial in what works for us. For example it turns out on most days we are sensitive to the light and would like to trial a 15 minute ramp up time instead of the default 30.

2) The audio clearly appears to have ramp up capability but its as if it ramps up across a minute instead of with the light(30 minutes), its as if the intent was the ramp up with the light but then a decision was made that change this.

3) Schedule, I would like to be able to set a schedule such that I can put the alarm on for monday to friday and off for saturday and sunday, I just have to be able to

I know these features are asking for a lot for such a small space, for this reason what I would do is put on a hardware kill switch for a wireless communication (wifi, bluetooh, your choice) if the user wants to configure the device, flip a switch in the back to enable wireless control, and flip it off so we arent sleeping in the EMF.

This way with an app you can slide up and down for ramp up times for the lights, and sound

You can set a schedule for days and times for the alarm,

Configure what the side tap does ( I dont use snooze capability but it would be so nice to be able to just turn off the alarm on a side tap)

Schedule the light levels of the alarm digits by time

I think this can be an amazing product and I hope you get there <3

This clock is really frustrating. It’s a good idea and a nice looking object but requiring a USB-C cord that both can only come from Rise and is prone to breaking is incredibly frustrating. It is also nonsensical to have such a fragile cord mechanism for such a heavy object. Setting the time and alarm etc is also unintuitive and cumbersome.

Hi Annie, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback.
We’re very sorry that your replacement cable has failed and that you’ve experienced issues with the clock keeping time. This isn’t the experience we expect from our products.
While the connection is USB-C, the clock has specific power requirements and needs the cable provided by Rise; using an incompatible cable can cause performance issues. We completely understand that this makes the reliability of the supplied cable especially important, and makes it particularly frustrating that yours failed.
We’ve already been in touch with you privately and are working to make this right. We also appreciate your candid feedback about the setup experience and are always looking for ways to make our instructions and controls clearer and more intuitive.

The Rise Centered Team

Love my clock! It has made waking up in the morning so much more gentle! I feel such a difference in how it starts me day and throughout the day I feel much calmer!

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