15 sinister alarm clocks that hate your guts
Know someone who is impossible to wake up? You know, that someone who's got three alarm clocks scattered all over their room, or a coffee machine with a grinder so loud it sounds like the world is ending? (Yeah, they make those.) Well, tell that sleepy head to stop messing around.
We're talking alarm clocks that run away from you, shock you when you try to sleep in and even steal your real, hard-earned money if you try to snooze. Click on the gallery below to see them all.
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3. "SnuzNLuz" Donation Clock You'd be hard pressed to find a better motivator than SnuzNLuz. The longer you sleep in, the more of your real money SnuzNLuz gives away. Not just to anyone, either — the clock wirelessly donates your cash to organizations and charities you hate. [Source]
5. Twist Equation Alarm Clock Well, here's about the last thing you want to see in the morning: a math problem to solve. Better wake up quick, because this thing won't shut up until you do: the hour screen becomes a plus or minus sign, and the minutes' place becomes the answer you're looking for. Good luck going back to bed after all the twisting and beeping. [Source]
6. Wake n' Bacon Designer Matty Sallin's Wake n' Bacon wants to make a deal. It'll wake you up, but to do so, you've got to pay a delicious tax: piping hot bacon. Soon, you won't be able to get out of bed without that sweet, porky scent in the air or the crisp crunch of bacon between your teeth. Soon, you won't be able to live without the Wake n' Bacon! (This would be a good time for a lightning strikes and an evil cackle.) [Source]
8. Drill Sergeant Alarm Clock Rise and shine, you nitwit! What's that? You want a little more sleep? Well, go right ahead, you baby, sleep all ya want — at your own risk! After a bugle plays a military reveille, the drill sergeant starts berating you until you stand at attention. [Source]
9. Sfera Hanging Clock The Sfera hanging alarm clock doesn't hang out on your desk. Instead, it lowers from the ceiling when it's time to wake up, rousing you until you bump it into silence. Want to sleep some more? Sure, but each time Sfera comes back down, it'll hang higher and higher until you have to sit up to turn it off. [Source]
1. Clocky When it comes to alarm clocks hating you, Clocky is one of the pioneers. You've probably already spotted the tools of its trade: wheels. That's right, once Clocky gets ringing, it'll also burn rubber — right off your desk and across the room. [Source]
2. 'Aphelion' Ball-Launcher The Aphelion's good looks hide its more devious side: if you want to get it to turn off in the morning you're going to have to go on a little chase. When its alarm starts, it chucks a perfectly round, perfectly rollable ball across the room for you to sleepily stumble after to stop all the noise. You'll be pissed by the end of it, sure, but you'll be awake. [Source]
4. Tocky If you thought Clocky was scary, just get a load of its successor, the Tocky (from the same company, of course). Tocky's protective rubber shell keeps it safe as it bounces away from you and rolls around, beeping, playing MP3s and — for the sleepy masochist — a recording of yourself or anyone ordering you awake. [Source]
7. Flying Alarm Clock The Flying Alarm Clock shares something with our previous entry, except this time what you're chasing after is airborne. As the name implies, if you want your alarm clock to shut up, you've got to go running after the plastic little rotor — hopefully it doesn't land behind the fridge. [Source]
10. Shocking Alarm Clock Want to hit that snooze button? Well, get ready to pay for it if you do. The Shocking Alarm Clock won't blow your fingers off, but it might make you think twice about settling back under those warm covers. [Source]
11. Blender Clock Hey, you know what sound really sucks? A blender. You know what noise would be really, really awful to wake up to? A blender. [Source]
12. Neverlate Executive Alarm Clock Tell me if this doesn't sound like some kind of alarm clock hell: Two separate daily alarm schedules (meaning 14 alarms, each of which can be set to a buzzer noise or one of 20 radio station presets), as well as a third daily alarm schedule just for the heck of it. 21 alarms total. 21! Hearing an alarm clock go off five times a week is already enough to make you hate them. [Source]
13. Fire BellThere's nothing like waking up and thinking that your life is about to go up in flames every morning. Hey, at least you'll start every day relieved (if risking a heart attack each time in the process). [Source]
14. Sonic Boom and Bed ShakerThe soulless screech of an alarm clock not waking you? Well, guess what? Now they shake, too! The "sonic boom" doesn't just push out 113db of sound, it comes with a vibrating pad that you can put under your pillow for even more discomfort. [Source]
15. Pop-up Alien Clock If you're pretty much ready to smash every alarm clock to bits after reading this list (I wouldn't blame you), then here's one that lets you fight back, at least. As the alarm goes off, an annoying alien will hatch from its egg-shaped clock to torment you, but you can use the included gun to blast it into silence. It's not much, but at least it's not that Tocky. Geez. [Source]