I am a big fan of Lumie products - I get a daily dose of light from my Lumie lightbox every day whilst I work, and I always feel better. I have also studied my sleep patterns to set my alarm at the optimum time for me to wake up - half an hour either side of that and I wake up a sluggish grouch. So, you can imagine my joy at the Lumie Bodyclock Luxe!

Bodyclock Luxe is an alarm clock that mimics the light of a real sunrise, so when you open your eyes you feel properly awake and refreshed. Waking like this helps to keep your sleep cycle on track and has been shown to boost mood, energy and productivity levels. The Bodyclock Luxe is the most advanced of the Bodyclock range, with high-quality speakers for streaming your own music or radio via Bluetooth and a USB port for adding audio files or charging your phone. It also comes with over 20 wake-up and sleep sounds, from classic birdsong and waterfall recordings to background café chat, fading thunder and white noise.

When setting your alarm, you can select not only the time to begin your sunrise, but its duration, ranging from 15 to 90 minutes depending on how gradually you would like to be woken up. You can also choose your sunrise intensity to suit your light sensitivity. Whatever the setting, the sunrise mimics the real-world colour transitions to help its subconscious effect, and the 7-day alarm allows you to programme different settings for throughout the week to fit with your schedule. At night, Bodyclock Luxe even has a fading sunset to help you relax and a new low-blue light feature especially for bedtime lighting. There is ever a power failure back-up system, so save you from those “my alarm didn’t go off” nightmares!

A wake-up light like Bodyclock Luxe is not just a much nicer way to start the day - it can help beat the winter blues and is a useful complement to a lightbox in treating SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). The British Swimming team use Lumie Bodyclock to get them up bright and early for training on dark, winter mornings, and if it’s good enough to motivate them to jump into cold water first thing, it’s good enough to help me out of bed! RRP £170

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5 out of 5

Pros

Daily/weekly alarms

Adjustable sunrise intensity and duration

Power failure back-up

Optional beep alarm

Sounds for sleep and wake-up

Dimmable bedside lighting

Fully dimmable display

Nightlight feature

Three-year warranty