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Whether you’re guilty of hitting snooze one too many times or wake up 45 minutes into your scheduled morning meeting without ever hearing your alarm, oversleeping is the fastest way to ruin a day.
For heavy sleepers, it’s not even as simple as getting to bed at the appropriate time and setting an alarm. It’s something that’s been made abundantly clear to me by the fact that my roommates evacuated our college dorm for a fire alarm sophomore year only to filter back in and find me sleeping directly below the alarm soundly.
Things like tone of the alarm, proximity to you, and what kind of sense (sound, sight, etc.) works for you are important to identify.
Below are 7 options for the heavy sleeper worth looking into if you’re tired of sleeping through alarms:
The Sonic Bomb clock
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You can get all the details here, but this alarm clock is a fan favorite among heavy sleepers.
It uses more than loud noises to get you out of bed — which is good if those haven’t been enough up until now.
Instead of just making loud, LOUD sounds to wake you up like a traditional alarm clock (which it does, too), it also comes with a powerful 12-volt bed shaker to literally shake you awake.
You can put it under your pillow or mattress, or let it dangle against something that will make a truly abrupt clattering sound. According to one reviewer, “The vibration is very intense. Depending on the thickness of your mattress… you should feel it through the mattress.”
On top of the shaker component, the Sonic Bomb also has built-in pulsating alert lights.
But don’t worry, if the thought of waking up to sounds, vibrations, and lights going off simultaneously seems a little overwhelming, you can customize it to use different combinations of the three.
Drink a lot of water before bed
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If you can’t rely on your biological clock or the one in your room to wake you up, you can at least rely on your need to use the restroom. Not only will drinking a lot of water before bedtime keep you hydrated, it also means that (depending on your body’s particularities) you’ll definitely have to get up sometime soon.
CamelBak Chute 1L Water Bottle, $ 12.99
The Sonos PLAY:1
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This was my personal solution since it also has the added benefit of being a great speaker. The Sonos PLAY:1 can be mounted away from your bed, so you’ll have to get up to turn it off, and its alarm also builds in volume, which means that I don’t wake up feeling jarred out of sleep but I do indeed always get up. You can read more details about the PLAY:1 here.
Sonos PLAY:1 Compact Wireless Smart Speaker, $ 198.50
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