Thomson RCA RP5400 Clock Radio

The basic features in this clock/radio are pleasing for the price I bought it for. Meets my requirement of a regular alarm clock decently. Though the loss of the time/alarm settings once unplugged without a battery is a bit annoying. Have bought this only about 4 weeks back .. so far so good. At < $10, would surely recommend this to friends.

Programmable snooze is awesome. Set the snooze to go off every 3 minutes, 8 minutes, 12 minutes, whatever amount of minutes you like. The alarm starts off quietly, then gets louder so it doesn't scare you awake - just lightly pesters you to wake up. The nap function is also neat, no resetting your regular morning alarm times if you want to be awakened from an afternoon nap. The radio is just ok , so keep your ipod for your music. This is just simply a great alarm clock at a cheap price.

My wife and I needed separate alarms because she gets up earlier than I do. This satisfied that problem. Alarm times are very easy to setup and has a nice rev/fwd feature in case you pass your target time (you don't have to go all the way around again!). The only real issue that we have with this clock is that the on/off button (to shut off the alarm and keep it automatically set for the next day) MUST be hit while the alarm is going off. If you hit snooze and then get up a minute later, you have to cycle through the alarm 1 (or 2) "set" button. It's minor, but worth mentioning!

Really like the dual alarms and that you don't have to push a button to set them every day. Radio tuning is not so good as I get other stations coming through on the station setting the radio is set on. Like the fact that you can have the radio on through the night and that the alarm will go off on the preset time

After reading other reviews on this clock/radio and based on the really cheap price, I decided to purchase it. I agree with other reviewers. For the price, you can't beat it. Of course I've only been using it about a week, but so far its working great. The unit has some nice features to be so cheap. Dual alarm is good for a couple that need to get up at different times. I'm single but still find it very useful, as I need to go into work early some days, so I can set alarm one for my normal time, and set alarm two for when I need to get up earlier. Also, the alarm tone starts out at a low level, and gradually gets louder until you turn it off. Also has battery backup, so if your power goes off, you don't loose your settings. If you need another clock/radio, then don't pass this one up.