I find this Brookstone Alarm clock to do exactly what it be suppose to do with easy to understand , logical functionality , in a easy to look-at , no-nonsense design . the clock measure a space-efficient 6 '' w x 2-3\/4 '' d x 3 '' h , so it have a small footprint and rubber foot to help keep it in place on it surface , but this be all clock , with no waste space with `` gingerbread '' aesthestic ; the time be show in large 1 '' h x 3 ' w easy-to-view digital display , with a full-length snooze bar give you a extra 6 minute before the alarm sound again . it be very simple to set either of the two wake-up setting independently , change the several pleasant back-light brightness setting and turn-on or turn-off either of the two independent alarm . it have a battery back-up should there be a loss of ac power , so not to worry about reset the time or you alarm ; they will not be lose . it have a factory-set default time for the Eastern US , but be easily adjust to suit other time zone . it be not a a `` automatically correct atomic time-set '' clock and I do not care . the factory-installed battery be pre-set , and be user adjustable should the need arise . I really like the alarm on-off button , which be quite visible in the alarm-on -lrb- up -rrb- position , or descretely flush in the turned-off -lrb- down -rrb- position . I do not have to `` hunt '' for the button when I awake by the intelligently design progressive alarm . this clock be exactly what I want . no more , no less . I plan to purchse another as a gift to friend , with the hope it will be place in the guest room that I occasionaly use . all-in-all , I find this alarm clock very comfortable to use .