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(More customer reviews)This thing irritates me because it's so close to what I wanted, and yet lacking in fundamental ways.
Pros:
It's small, sleek, doesn't take up a lot of room on my nightstand.
Sounds pretty decent for a clock radio.
Numbers display is a soothing blue color and has a dimmer adjustment.
Simple to set and adjust time.
Simple to play iPod.
Charges my iPod overnight and keeps it within reach.
Cons:
Limited function adjustability. Can't turn the alarm volume down below "5," which is loud enough to jolt me out of bed in the morning. I'm a light sleeper and I hate noise in the morning. Even when I'm getting dressed and listening to music, I don't usually want the volume above 3 or 4.
Similarly, the dimmer's lowest setting is still bright enough to light our entire bedroom. I have to turn it off completely to get any shuteye.
The control buttons are simple to use, but that doesn't mean they're EASY to use. That control wheel is hard to turn and imprecise. To adjust the display brightness you have to hold down the PLAY button and turn the volume wheel. But that's hard to do with one hand, in the dark, and if I don't time it just right, the PLAY button turns on the music at full blast at 4:00 am when all I wanted to do was check the time.
Snooze is difficult to work, because again, you gotta turn that dang volume wheel.
Also the Luna and the iPod are perhaps not as compatible as they should be, because if I touch the iPod at all after setting the alarm, the alarm doesn't always come on. And sometimes after I've turned off the Luna and removed the iPod, the iPod's alarm will sound again, and I can't figure out why.
Mostly this thing has looks and concept going for it. But the controls need a serious redesign for the real world.
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