LUMIE® Bodyclock™

As someone who finds sleep difficult I rarely have a problem waking in the morning but what did instantly appeal to me about the LUMIE® Bodyclock™was having a light turn itself off as I frequently fall asleep reading having left the light on!

The LUMIE® Bodyclock™ is simplicity itself to set up. After you've set the current time, you decide on your "wake-up speed" 15, 30, 60 or 90 minutes. There is also a back-up bleeper (you can disable this) which has a snooze function and will sound again nine minutes later.

Setting up the sunset (go to sleep programme) has similar instructions and timings. Plus you can use the sunset function to end up as a nightlight – great for children if they like this reassurance. You can adjust the brightness of the digital time display which will automatically dim when the light is at a low level and the wake-up or sunset sequences are set.

If you – or your children if you are using the LUMIE® Bodyclock™ for them – find outside noises intrusive you can use a continuous white noise "hiss" to mask them.

The "dawn simulator" is great for helping teens wake up more refreshed and helps people with jet-lag or who work night shifts to get back on track.

I have been really impressed with the LUMIE® Bodyclock™ and a huge plus factor for people who need to get up in the night – seeing to a baby or child or popping to the loo! – is you can just touch the control for a very low level light which allows you to see what you are doing without blasting you with light and making you more awake.

Another very useful feature is the security mode which which allows you to set the LUMIE® Bodyclock™' light to switch on and off at random between 4pm and 11pm to give the impression a house is occupied.

The LUMIE® Bodyclock™ costs £97.82 and is available from www.lumie.com or call the careline on 01954 780 500