The true usefulness of this sunrise alarm depends on your wake-up preferences. The device has 10 sunrise settings to choose from, but my favorite is “Morning Stroll,” which slowly cascaded an increasingly warm orange and yellow tone across my bedroom to pleasantly wake me up with the assistance of a sound alarm. Anything higher than 10% actually caused me to wake up a little grumpier than normal, as direct, bright light is too much for me first thing in the morning. Hatch’s sunrise alarm provided a gentler waking experience for me (one of my main sleep goals) compared to a standard noise alarm clock, and after some experimentation, came to realize that my sweet spot for lighting was when the brightness fell between eight and 10%. Plus, clearing my throat of a few morning cobwebs to speak to the Echo Show serves as a great final push to wake me up. Unlike the voice-controlled Echo Show alarms I’m used to, this one’s slightly less convenient to use since the upside of using a voice-controlled device as an alarm is that I barely have to move to actually snooze or turn it off. Since I tend to be a little heavy handed, attempting to sleepily snooze my alarm sometimes resulted in accidentally turning it off, and once even starting my bedtime routine altogether. I tested how easy it was to move through my routine with the app alone versus on the device itself (which has a single button built-in which controls bedtime routine functions to some extent), and found that using the app made it a bit easier to streamline falling asleep, but not necessarily to stop the alarm upon waking. You can preview each sound and sunrise intensity before committing to one, which helped me figure out what pairing would be most effective. Though I had some reservations about using a wake-up light (I tend to think of the curtains being opened too early in the morning), setting the sunrise and audible alarms to my liking was a breeze. The number of times I asked Alexa for five more minutes.My sensitivity to hearing the creak of my upstairs neighbor’s floorboards while playing white noise.How I felt right after waking up from an alarm.To test the Hatch Restore, I spent less than a week tracking my current routine with the Amazon Echo Show, as a reference point, to measure specific things like: (For more on their criteria, read our testing guidelines for alarm clocks and noise machines at the links here.) Breus, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine-who agree that choosing an alarm clock is personal, and depends on your specific preferences and needs. Chris Winter, M.D., author and sleep medicine and neurology specialist at Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine Clinic in Charlottesville, VA and Michael J. To help us determine how to test the Hatch Restore, we consulted two sleep experts- W. In the app, I can control my entire bedtime routine, with features for reading, meditation, and ultimately sleep that are designed to help Hatch Sleep users enhance their nighttime experience, and later wake up gently with gradual exposure to light. One of my sleep goals is to wake up more gently, with less grogginess, and less groggily, so I was especially excited to experience the alarm options offered in the Hatch Sleep sound library, and see how I reacted to a sunrise alarm (something I’ve never used before). And if you need all the bells and whistles to help launch you out of bed in the morning, this device’s two-part wake up includes a tag team of graduated light settings that mimic sunrise, plus a customizable alarm. The Hatch has enough customization to suit any kind of sleeper, but would work especially well for those who never hear their alarm go off: If you’re someone who gets distracted by the glow of a screen, you can opt for the Hatch Restore’s already minimal interface to completely disappear. The Hatch Restore is much more than just a sound machine and an alarm clock, though: It’s one of the first all-in-one devices of its kind which includes a built-in reading light, meditation guidance, and even a creeping sunrise to guide its user to a more restorative sleep experience. Known primarily for its sleep devices specifically for infants and children, Hatch released the Hatch Restore last April, the company’s first-ever product that aims to help adults get a good night’s sleep. I like to keep things simple when it comes to my sleep and wake routines-usually a combination of an eye mask and Amazon Echo Show playing light rain sounds does the trick-but always appreciate the chance to explore new sleep routines, which I got to do recently while testing a hybrid sleep device called the Hatch Restore.
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