This was purchased as a gift for a worker on third shift who keeps their room heavily blacked out, but I spent a lot of time setting it up. After researching many of the other value priced sunrise alarm clocks, I settled on this one as it had all the features that I wanted and none that I didn’t want and hoped that it did not have any of the drawbacks of the other units. I was not disappointed. The light was plenty bright and of a good, even quality (not an obvious bulb behind a plastic lens); the brightness levels increased gradually and smoothly; and the sleep sounds were all good! Coworker loved it and I did too!