Philips HF3520 Wake-Up Light Review & Setup

Review and setup of the Philips HF3520 Wake-Up Light.

This product has made my morning and waking up more bearable. It helps you feel more refreshed, and is less abrupt than traditional alarm clocks.

[Amigameggy]

I had just about given up on this light because of frustrations in getting it to work properly. Thank you for this video! I feel like I finally get the functions

[pheebeesknees]

Super helpful, thanks for breaking it down, bud.

[julesmartin]

Me watching the whole video to figure out how to turn the alarm off in the morning instead of snooze. Still don't know it...

[deannef]

Lovely alam system for the dark mornings but I was struggling with all the buttons....thank you for the useful information, explained well.

[mika]

You forgot to tell the most often used and one of the moste annoying feature. How to shut off alarm at morning 😂 You just can, t figure out how to snooze, how to shut down alar, light, or both at morning. 😂 User interface of this thing really is horrible in many ways.
I still like the idea of waking up at 'sun light' and use this. But quite hard to imagine how to design more horrible and hard to use user interface than this. 😂

[STT]

Thanks for posting this! Super helpful! I was ready to chuck it at the wall before watching this.

[Grimfanden]

Living in Norway and Radio is useless, hope the radio is not what jack's up the price. If only there was a DAB radio conversion.

[hassanalzaid]

Thank you so much. I was struggling to get the time set. Your review was perfect and clear.

[crackermantim]

i just want to hear the nature sounds w/o alarm activation, is there a way to do this?can't seem to figure it out

[jayvivaitalia]

Thanks for showing that you can dim the digital display, but can you actually turn it off entirely so the time is not staring at you in the face? Thanks!

[mariusb.]

Attention! Planned obsolescence ... this series is broken after 24 months - see the Amazon reviews!
The "planned defects" occured frequently in my HF 3520 after the warranty period -
at first, the front touch switches do not work (any more) as suspected (for example, I can not turn off the alarm using them).
It is still possible to turn on / off the lamp, radio, etc. - but not the alarm.
The snooze function is extremely lacking after 2 years (in the past it was easy to activate by touching - sind about 3 - 4 months I have to nearly hit the display several times to activate it).
The alarm works for me as follows, the simulated sunrise works as suspected with the rising levels of brightness,
but when the alarm time is reached, the light suddenly goes off - the alarm sound is still on.
The problems started for me after about 2 years (shortly after the warranty period) ...
I expect that it will suddenly break and do nothing more (as can be seen from the other reviews on Amazon) - a similar error is described (in the comments) with the Hue lamps.
Remember, it was the company Philips by the 1920s (one of many as a cartell) who reduced the life of light bulbs by antitrust fines - some of which still seem to have stuck with this company.

[channelkerr]

I read that you have to set the alarm every night - massive deal breaker for me.

[nickw]

I had one of the older models in high school, damn near 20 years ago now…Im tired of keeping my phone near my head at night so I’m switching back to one of these! Can’t wait for those peaceful early morning wake-ups.

[reaperwraith]

Knowing me I’m just wrap up in my blankets and avoid the light :/

[aryehpaulwalter]

How do you set it so that the light does not turn off when it reaches the alarm time? I want it to keep glowing at the brightness I selected until I turn it off, not when the alarm reaches its time.

[michelleann]

Once the light comes on and the sound comes on -- how do you shut it off! I do not see an icon of a bell with a line through it anywhere!?

[shaunruddz]

They should release an updated version that has an app you can sync to the device to make it easier to function cause this is quite a difficult set up process

[DiaYoga]

Just got this alarm clock as a Christmas present.
Your video was great help setting it up.
Thank you and merry Christmas 🎄

[davidhazen]

Nice but kind of hard to understand the settings. The alarm went off and the light went bright instantly. How do I get it to gradually get brighter!

[maiseyauclair]

Thank you! I very much appreciate your video. I just picked one of these up at the thrift shop sans manual. Now I know all I need to. 🙏🏽🌈❤️