this alarm clock will give you everything you want in a alarm clock and skip the thing that make alarm clock a pain ! I think my old alarm be break so search far and wide for one I would like . before the Brookstone get here , I find that my old alarm be okay and I have inadvetantly set it incorrectly , thus the late wake-up . I be go to keep the Brookstone as a back-up ... until I try it . I be hooked and the old alarm be in a spare bedroom . what it have , be very easy to see and read display . as state in other review , you can choose the brightness . I like mine bright . it have two alarm setting and large raise button to click the alarm off and back on for the next morning . the snooze bar run across the entire width of the front of the clock so no mistake miss the snooze and hit the `` off '' . the alarm set time be on the screen so no mistake . what this model do not have be a radio . I do not want a radio . there be another Brookstone model if you prefer a radio with you alarm . this clock be a little pricey compare to many other model you can purchase , BUT , this be the one you want if you be tire of the tiny little button that clutter many of the other clock and the possibility of set the `` radio '' wake-up only to discover that the unit be not set on a channel and you awake , finally , to static . this be user friendly and straight on . the compartment for change setting be easy to get to -lrb- on the back of the clock -rrb- cover with a little panel , but there be no chance you will inadvertently mess you setting up . you have to easily remove the push style back plate to access the time zone and auto daylight save time setting . there be nothing about it that I do not like . I would give it to a friend and give my old clock to someone who be not so much my friend !!