[gavmor]

I've had some luck with an alarm clock that must be flipped over to be silenced. Every night, I set a cup of water on top of it, and every morning after I've silenced it, I'm left holding a cup of water—with which I can't return to bed!

I'll then drink the water, because it's easy, and if that's not enough to get me on track, at least I'll have to pee sooner.

[pbhjpbhj]

Do you have a model/brand for such an alarm clock?

[alexdbird]

We have ones made by Lexon. A non-radio-controlled version of this: https://lexon-design.com/en/product/flip-plus/

It's a nice concept, though the execution isn't perfect. The biggest flaw, which may have been fixed since, is that the power supply decoupling isn't good enough, such that when the batteries get low and the alarm tries to make a noise, the clock detects it as a touch, which instantly snoozes the alarm. We haven't had it since the original batteries though, which were ironically the ones Lexon supplied.

N.B. These are only just big enough to put a glass of water on top, and it might not play well with the touch sensitivity.

[aftbit]

That's a cool clock. Do they make one that is radio controlled by US transmitters? If not, maybe txtempus[1] and a Raspberry Pi Zero W can help. Or pico_dcf77_tx[2] and a Pico W.

1: https://github.com/hzeller/txtempus

2: https://github.com/elehobica/pico_dcf77_tx