Awake Mindfulness Clock - an Actual, Physical Meditation Timer + Alarm Clock (with a Gentle Chime Sound) for Digital Mindfulness, Digital Wellbeing, Digital Detox, Smartphone Addiction, Pomodoro

I bought this alarm clock primarily for meditating (Transcendental Meditation)Pros:- The size and shape is great for both my nightstand and for travel- Having the seconds display on a digital alarm clock is nice- The count-up feature after a meditation session is great so you can track your “cool-down”period- It’s nice to have a digital clock with ZERO bells and whistles, which is much harder to find these days.- It’s a great way to meditate while leaving your phone in another room.Cons:- Even on the lowest setting, the chime is still extremely loud. Especially if you’re deep in mediation, it’s quite jarring. There’s also three loud chimes instead of one simple chime.- I don’t like that you can set a “warm-up” time but cannot set a “cool-down” time. After the warm-up period ends, there’s a one chime indication that the meditation has started. In TM, you meditate for 20mins then cool-down for 3mins afterwards. I’ve considered setting the “warm-up” cycle for 20-mins the then setting the meditation time for 3-mins to avoid the dreaded loud three gongs when the medtation period is over.- The light should have its own button instead of being shared with the pause button. While meditating somewhere with low-light, I took a brief moment to check on my time and pressed the light button, which is also the pause button. This then stopped my timer and I didn’t realize it was stopped.- $50 is steep for a timer. Yes, meditation timers are more expensive on average, but the super loud jarring chime even on the lowest setting is disappointing. My whole purpose for purchasing this timer was to avoid using my phone timer for meditating, but I’m able to find much softer and quieter alert sounds on my iPhone than on this timer.

I love this clock/timer. It is smaller than my phone and a bit wider due to needing it to sit stable. I have to admit, it took a little time to get used to using all the features. I'm not mechanically inclined so maybe you should not judge by me. But even I did get it after asking questions. I want to thank everyone who takes their time to help the mechanically challenged, we really appreciate you! It's now simple to use, so convenient, light, the chime is perfect, the back light helps, low or high volume choice, set up if choose a warm-up to give you time to sit and settle in, interval times you can choose when the single chime will sound for as many times you want, and on high or low, and I can go on. I really like the tree chimes at the end of the meditation. The manufacturer should be pleased that he put a great item on the market! If I can just suggest one thing it would be to have a video showing how to use the features. It would help all consumers looking for a quality clock/timer to feel comfortable ordering this treasure. Thanks L.R. @ Offgrid mindfulness. I hope this helps someone.

This clock is a complete pain. The directions do not work correctly nor do the programing buttons. If you want to figure out a puzzle fine. If you want don't want to spend an hour to program the clock get a different clock. The gong is pretty when you get to hear it.

This is a very sleek, lovely product with a nice big display and an absolutely soulful chime. But the instruction book was not written by a user. It seems to me there are some assumptions made about users already knowing how to do things, so necessary steps are simply not mentioned. It seems to me that customers are expected to figure it out.One star off for wasting a couple of hours of my time struggling to set this thing up. It did not work for 99 attempts, and then it suddenly started working on the 100th attempt.Here’s my little troubleshooting guide:1. Use fresh batteries. The ones that come with the product didn’t work well for me.2. When you are setting this device up, pay careful attention to directions to “press and hold” or “press once”.3. Use a fingernail to get the buttons to work - they did not work when I used my fingertips.4. If the buttons don’t respond, try using your fingernail on another part of the same button. This often worked for me.5. If you want to use your Awake timer Duration by itself, you have to go through Warm Up to get to Duration. You will have to go through through Warm Up and Duration if you want to use Intervals by itself.6. When you are done with your Awake timer, you have to press Stop and then press Set to get back to the clock.7. If it just will not do what it supposed to do, try taking out the batteries and then putting them in again and/or waiting a few minutes in clock mode. That might help to get a response.Great product, but I found setting up surprisingly difficult.

Okay, I don't usually write reviews, but thought that I'd leave one since I've really found this little clock to be super helpful. I bought it because I'm working on using my phone less, especially right in the morning when I wake up. I'm still a novice, but I've been working on my meditation practice as well and wanted a meditation timer that wasn't connected to my phone so I didn't immediately go back to my phone as soon as my meditation was done. This clock/timer is perfect and has been really helpful!It's small and portable so I can easily move it from my night stand to where I meditate, the clock has a warm up counter so I can get settled before my meditation starts, and the count down timer has a really peaceful bell sound that's perfect for putting me in the right head space when I'm practicing. I read some of the reviews that the chime is too loud, but I don't agree - I think it's perfect. It also has an interval setting so I can get a few chimes throughout my meditation which helps me stay focused. Other reviews also mention that it's hard to program the timer and whatnot, but honestly, there are only a few buttons and once you've played with it once or twice it's really pretty simple.Overall, great purchase for anyone looking to work on their meditation practice, put their phone down, and be more present. Great way to start the morning!