Use your cell phone (assuming it has an alarm) and set on vibrate (otherwise known as the "pleasure mode.") Obviously you will also be notified of calls the same way.

Or there's this or this. No personal experience, however; I like the design of the second one, though.

Instead of a buzzer, rig you alarm clock to deliver an electric charge and connect electrodes to your toes. That should do it.... except for the loud scream of shock and agony in the morning. :-)

I used a silent alarm for many years. The sort that you can strap to your wrist are best, as they are less likely to end up in/under the wrong pillow, fall onto some sounding-board-like object under the bed, etc.

I don't recall the brand name, alas, but I seem to recall that there are half a dozen brands out there, mostly marketed for the elderly and/or deaf.

Many cell phones can be turned off without interrupting the alarm function: they just turn themselves on and then ring or vibrate.

Just recall the time you want to get up when you go to bed. Then just get up. Why the need for external reminders?

Go to the drug store and buy a Westclox Baby Ben®- it has the old fashioned style wind-up key on the back.

Epoxy glue, screw, or otherwise affix the clock to a solid, immovable surface.

Tie a long string to the wind-up key; when the alarm goes off, the key revolves.

Insulate the clock to sound proof it- tape, glue, or otherwise affix sound deadening material to it, or, disassemble the clock and remove the alarm striker, or merely bend it such that it does not contact the body of the clock.

Place a custard cream pie held in an aluminum foil pie plate on a shelf that is least two feet directly above your pillow.

Here's where it gets tricky...

Take the string that is tied to the wind-up key, and lead it to the pie. While taking care to keep most of the slack out of the string, affix it to the back edge of the aluminum foil pie plate.

When the alarm goes off, there will be no noise other than a load of whipped cream hitting you in the face from a height of twenty-four inches, as the string that you tied to the rear edge of the pie plate will wind around the key and cause the entire assemblage to flip over 180 degrees as it is pulled off the shelf.

You have to sleep on your back for this to work- believe me, it's a homerun.

sleep on the coach

As a wife with a husband addicted to the snooze alarm, tell your wife I said you're a total sweetie.

I recommend pillow speakers. The small speakers usually lie within pillow case pockets. A standard cord plugs into any alarm clock (or stereo or computer) that has an eighth-inch headphone jack. Pillow speakers also allows you to listen to music in bed without disturbing anyone else.

Is there something like a wireless ear mold that would sound off only in your ear?

Glenn,

Thanks for the laugh -- had my sides splitting.

Glenn,

Thanks for the laugh -- had my sides splitting.

Huh?

Hutz - you don't have your keypad locked? My cell phone, with the keypad locked, is both an alarm clock AND an early-morning "wake up, you have to remember that stupid four-digit code you came up with, Miss Brilliant" device. The only other option is to put the cell phone in a drawer until it gives up on the alarm, and then the drawer shakes. Best alarm ever; I'm always awake by the time I've finally remembered how to turn it off.

I get up real early to run, even on vacation. My wife doesn't share my zeal, so I got the Shake-Awake to use on a trip. We both thought it would work great. I put it under my pillow, secure in the knowledge I wouldn't disturb my wife's slumber. Well, the thing does work great--it shook, and shook, and BUZZED, and scared the holy crap out of both of us. Turns out, it shakes so hard the whole bed shakes, and the shaking is so intense it makes a buzzing sound that is every bit as loud as a conventional alarm. Works great for the hearing-impaired; for the rest of us, not so much.

Get a quiet dog. Take a dog out to pee at 5:30:am a few days in a row, and you won't get a minutes peace after that time. Different dog's have different styles, but most are effective. My (now long gone) Rottweiler would wedge his nose under my ribs and gently nudge me awake (i.e., he would lift me 3-4 inches off the mattress). My current Golden Retriever will place his leash on my face, and then bring my shoes and try to place them on my feet. He sucks at putting my shoes on me, so he just ends up mouthing the crap out of my feet. There is no snooze button on a Golden Retriever.

I'd avoid those "teacup" breeds that would be likely to lick the inside of your mouth. That would certainly wake me up, but I doubt it would end well for the dog.

Heed Struthius- When I was in college, we did a semester abroad, and the whole group of students lived together in one big house. One was deaf, and had a shaker alarm. It must have slipped off the bed onto the floor, or against the wall several times. That thing was loud as heck- woke us up a floor up on the other side of the house. Didn't wake him, though!

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