Nothing is more annoying than a noisy ticking if you just tried to fall asleep. This alarm clock Although rotates continuously, the second hand, you only hear it when you hold the part to your ear in a few cm distance is nothing more to perceive.
The same is true for getting up. I do not want to be catapulted out of bed by an alarm clock. Although the product offered here by Bestope awakens with the usual beeping, as we know it, but at first from other alarm clocks fairly quiet, with then gently rising intensity and volume. A Snooze function (press button above) is possible. The same button is also used to turn the dial illumination (then lights only while the button is pressed). In practice, I do not need the lighting, because the display is due to the large digits and the black and white contrast easy to read even with minimal residual light in the room yet.
The design is a matter of taste. Personally, I find the combination of wood with a dial eg very appealing even with clocks. The wood is very meticulously crafted and beautifully rounded inward, or similar rough spots can be found nowhere. It looks also virtually untreated from (possibly only minimally lubricated) and it also does not smell any means.
Is that the required battery (1xAA = normal) not included, you can get over (so what's now a dime items) as well as the fact that the on / off switch for the alarm on the rear panel is housed, So first you have to take in hand the alarm to turn off (unlike lateral sliders or buttons on the front side as with many radio alarm clocks). I would appeal to the manufacturer, that he might in the future is accompanied by a German manual and not just a sheet with Chinese characters. When I perform on Amazon.com as the seller, which should be self-evident. The overall still very good rating gets the alarm only because of me, because you ultimately need no instructions and the device can be operated intuitively.
Because Amazon does not offer any way to own a labeling review, I would like to conclude to point out that my test sample was provided by the manufacturer.