Home > Consumer Reviews > GE 74894 AM/FM Clock Radio with 0.9" Green LED, Dual wake, auto time set,

This is a neat little clock. It is "loaded" with lots of nice features not found on many other alarm clocks. Straight out of the box, you only have to set a switch to your time zone and the clock will automatically set the correct time as soon as you plug it in. It can even be set to adjust for daylight savings time automatically every spring and fall.

The design is rather small and attractive. My only gripe is that the rounded clear plastic housing on the front of the clock can exaggerate glare from lights and windows.

The buttons that would be used every day are large and easy to find, even when still half-asleep. The AM/FM radio sounds nice enough for what it is (a clock). You can set 2 different alarm times, there is a "nap" feature which you can set during your day to allow you to take a quick nap and yet have an alarm go off to wake you if you oversleep that is completely separate from the normal alarms. You can also set that 'nap' time from 10 minutes to 2 hours. And the Grad-U-Wake beeping tone of the alarm slowly grows louder, starting off at a level loud enough to wake light-sleepers and growing until it could wake your neighbors. Oh yeah, and there is a weekend mode so that your alarm goes off every morning during the week but disables itself on the weekends. It doesn't get any cooler than that!

GE has always made very good clocks and this one is the cream of the crop. (Circuit City is very good at shipping your item fast!)

I bought this alarm clock, becuase my trusty 20 year old alarm clock finally kicked the bucket. I promptly unpacked the alarm clock, threw away all the packing materials and instructions, and forgot about plugging it in for a week. When I finally plugged it in, the clock set itself. I have no idea how this works, but, work it did. You just have to set the knob for whatever time zone you are in, and apparetnly faries do the rest. You can set two different wake up times, and it is easy to adjust the alarm timer either earlier or later. You can select being awakened by either the radio or a piercing beep. (Can't sleep through that one, no matter how I try) I have no complaints, the controls are intuitive and easy enough for me to figure out in the middle of the night. I would give it five stars, but I am morally opposed to giving an alarm clock too much praise.

It's hard to get excited about an alarm clock that has to wake you to go to work, but the GE 74894 is terrific. The numbers are large enough that I can see them at night without my glasses. The radio works very well. The dual alarm, time set, nap features are great. I love it that I can change the time for the snooze feature. All in all, a terrific buy. VERY highly recommended.

I hate being jolted out of bed in the morning, and this alarm has been great to wake up to... I think many of the other reviews have described the features... the alarm starts low and grows louder... the dual alarm, programmable snooze etc. Once you get used to the way to set it, or turn it off, it's actually intuitive. Great Alarm clock for the price. Best alarm clock I've ever owned. Highly recommend if you don't want to feel like you are being told to panic and abandon ship every time you need to wake up. Much more pleasant than the more common NEEP NEEP NEEP NEEP NEEP.

I found this alarm clock online (after shopping for weeks) and fell in love with all its features. The nap alarm works great for mid-day breaks and the gradual wake alarm is very nice to wake up to. The buttons are a little small and when you first are awoken in the morning finding the right one can be tricky, but within no time it becomes routine. The weekend cancel feature is my favorite - why don't they put these on every alarm! Word of caution for college dorm-dwellers: this thing collects dust like no other! Overall, a great product, and it looks great too.