Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Clocky Mobile Alarm Clock


Clocky Mobile Alarm Clock - Almond
From Nanda Home

Price: $48.00
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Ships from and sold by Ace Photo Digital

21 new or used available from $45.95
Average customer review:

Product Description

The patented alarm clock that runs away and hides to get you out of bed. Clocky gives you one chance to get up. But if you snooze, Clocky will jump off your nightstand and wheel around your room looking for a place to hide, beeping all the while.

You'll have to get out of bed to silence his alarm. Clocky is kind of like a misbehaving pet, only he will get up at the right time. Patent 7355928. Clocky is the only alarm clock that runs away, thus ensuring that you get out of bed on time.

You can snooze one time before Clocky jumps from the nightstand. Clocky can jump from 3 feet high. Clocky's alarm beeps in an R2D2-like robotic pattern. Option to turn off wheels and use like a conventional alarm clock .

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #665 in Consumer Electronics
* Brand: Nada Home
* Dimensions: 3.50" h x 3.50" w x 5.24" l, 1.50 pounds

Features

* Clocky awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in Economics, Boston October 2005

Customer Reviews

Too dang loud!
Its very 'cute' and well designed except for one major flaw. The sound level is not adjustable and its is way too loud for a day to day alarm clock unless you sleep with ear-plugs on!

If this clock does not wake you up & get you out of bed, you are dead!!!!
I purchased this clock for my wife for Christmas who is artsy fartsy and loves different types of gadgets. I set the alarm and placed it next to her side of the bed once she fell asleep so it would wake her up Christmas morning. This clock has a very unique sounding alarm. It sounds like a robot is attacking you with beeps, chirps, etc. and is rather loud.

When the alarm went off Christmas morning, the clock jumped off the night stand and took off across the floor, my wife jumped out of bed, nearly hitting the ceiling and started screaming! The whole time, I was laughing so hard I was crying.

After a few seconds, she realized it was CLOCKY and started chasing it around the bedroom trying to catch it and turn it off. She was so excited ONCE she figured out what was happening and what it was. She had wanted a CLOCKY for a long time!

This clock is GREAT! Very unique looking and sounding and is very fun! You will never hit snooze again with this clock, although you can set it so that it does not run away when the alarm goes off, but why would you take the fun out of it!!

Great product!!

One thing to note. In the picture, the clock looks bright white and the item title says Almond. It is Almond (cream or off white color) and is NOT white. Just FYI. :) Enjoy!

Awful customer support from Nanda
This was a fun and useful product until it broke (runs away, but stopped making any alarm sound). I was past the return period from the store where I bought it so I contacted Nanda for warranty service.

And I contacted Nanda again. And I contacted Nanda again. I emailed them. I called them on the phone. I even wrote a letter (a real honest to goodness letter - you know, with a stamp).

Every time I spoke to someone, they said they would have to get back in touch with me, but they never did. Always apologetic, but never solving the problem. It's too bad. They obviously are a small company and I was rooting for them.

They don't seem to be run very well. Nanda, if you're listening, it's and I would still like a working Clocky. Nanda's customer support is awful. It's hard to recommend Clocky for this reason.

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