Would the Light Alarm still be effective if it was placed across the bedroom or does it need to be placed near your head on a nightstand?
1432499
I believe it needs to be near you. I tried across the room myself and didn't wake me up at all.It sits on the night stand and I face that way and it gently wakes me up. Soooo much better than an alarm. I love it. Bought one for my son and works well for him too !
1432500
The light is definitely bright enough to be effective across the bedroom. It'd probably be better than on the nightstand since you'd need to get out of bed to turn it off.
1432501
I believe it needs to be near you. I tried across the room myself and didn't wake me up at all. It sits on the night stand and I face that way and it gently wakes me up. Soooo much better than an alarm. I love it. Bought one for my son and works well for him too !
1105608
If your hear it or not depends on where you can locate the sensor unit in proximity to your bedroom. It is not super loud so it probably wake you up if you can get the sensor close enough to your bedroom to still pick up his movement if he get up to leave his room. You might consider using a drive way alert instead...it is a little louder and you can put the sensor so it beams across his bedroom door and the main unit in your bedroom next to your bed since it is wireless.
309992
My guesstimate on the size of the didgets would be 3/4 " and are very visible across the room. When the alarm goes off a back light lights up and they are even more visible. I like mine and keep it where if there is a problem we know it.
2254846
It has never gone off, except for the test, and I wouldn't expect it too. (I've had it many months now. An old one--a different brand--that I had in my basement went off once.) I don't think that is a clear answer to your question, but it makes me think that the sensitivity is probably average for this alarm. Plus, it's unobtrusive. I have it in my living room.
895258
I'm not sure it would be easy on the eyes, to have it that close. My husband has it on his night stand, and where he is laying is about 3 feet away, but he is never looking at it directly.. It is very bright ! I suppose having it setting close by would not hurt anything, as long as you didn't look right into it. Have it off to the side , out of direct line of your eyes, and that might be ok..
1874481
Hard to say as it would depend on how far you want to be able to hear it. Car alarm should be ok but for house it would be marginal at best.
621562
No it would not be the best place for it. It will work best in darkness. I put it in a spare bedroom, leaving it on the 4 hr setting and shut the door. I only remember it is on when I see the TV flickering from under the door. Again coming home from visiting someone the other night, I forgot I had Fake TV on and as we came down the road, I thought who is in there watching TV? Gets me every time. We love ours!
2202931
I've been told that it is most effective to sit directly in front of it. You could for example set it on the table while having breakfast or reading the newspaper. The light sessions are 15-30min long, so its fairly simple to incorporate into your day. You could also place it on your night stand. If you just leave it in the room, kind of like a regular light, you wont benefit much from it.
21684
It does give out a tiny bit of light but I've never slept in a room with in on all night. I would imagine it would not be enough to disturb even the lightest sleeper. You could alway point the light towards the wall to not have to see it at all.
569187
No. It's made for kitchen use and doesn't have that option, if you're planning on using it as an alarm clock on your nightstand.
1344299
When the light is activated without the alarm, the light does not provide light like a flashlight. It does provide a sufficient amount to do small tasks such as finding your house key in the dark. When the alarm is activated, the strobe is a similar amount of light as above but not a beacon! On a pitch black night, it is very visible. I live on a small island and I faithfully wear the alarm as I bike at night. I believe that it is a valuable tool that may prevent me from becoming a victim of criminal activity. The sound this small unit provides is loud enough and attracts a lot of attention. It is difficult to put all of your confidence in such a small device for protection but I can tell you that I feel a lot more secure carrying this alarm than not. The battery (9 volt) lasts a long time and I check it frequently to make sure it will work when I need it. I personally would prefer that it did not have a strobe light because the device itself becomes easier to see when it is activated. This may allow someone to throw it or put the cord back in to stop the alarm. I think their first thought, however it to get the heck out of there!! I have never been sorry that I bought the alarm and in fact, buy them as gifts for many of my friends.
1623261
Unfortunately not. And this is a problem because its light is quite strong and can disturb you in the sleep. Particularly when you don't set the alarm.
1152457
I have my sensor placed on the floor next to my mothers bed. It took some trial and error to get placement right but now when anything goes off the top of the bed, foot , sock etc. the alarm sounds and I look at the video monitor to see if she's awake or if need to go in.
1625723
The alarm is very loud, but is installed in a camper. I don't know if you can place it in another room. In the camper it is 2m from the freezer. I'm very satisfied with it.
2062642
It will work as a door monitor. There is a beam of red light emitted from the unit. (Just like an overhead garage door). If anything interrupts the beam, it will sound an alert on the receiver unit. We clipped the receiver unit to our belt so that we could be in other parts of the house. If our patient (elderly, and a fall risk), got out of bed, the alarm would sound. The unit itself (the part with the beam), does not sound an alarm, just the receiver unit.
518399
The alarm only comes on if you move the switch above the digital clock all the way to the right. If you just want the picture to change with no sound, you put the switch in the middle.
1194241
It works fine for us as far as staying on and picking up movement, the only concern I have is that should the alarm go off, I'm not sure how well we'd hear the alarm since it would be muffled by the mattress.