Snooze times for alarms

CtrlSource · 07-07-2008 11:31AM #1

How long does the snooze function on your alarm last?

My phone's snooze lasts for 9 minutes and i can't work out how to change it! Usually hit snooze twice - 18 minutes of snoozey bliss before i have to get up and face the world...

ejmaztec · 07-07-2008 11:33AM

Mine lasts as long as it takes to bounce it off the wall.

Keano · 07-07-2008 11:34AM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Mine lasts as long as it takes to bounce it off the wall.

Get up you lazy f55k!!

I wake up to the radio and usually lie in for about 10 mins.

Sherifu · 07-07-2008 11:34AM

I think it's 5 minutes.

biko · 07-07-2008 11:38AM

Use my phone.
Think it's 9 mins.

antodeco · 07-07-2008 11:38AM

CtrlSource wrote: »

My phone's snooze lasts for 9 minutes

There was some research done recently, that said that it takes 9 minutes to fall into a deep sleep, hence why its 9 minutes. I set 5 different alarms on my phone (and the housemantes) to wake me up at random times in the morning.

KTRIC · 07-07-2008 11:39AM

I've tried everything to wake me up on time. I've moved the alarm clock to the other side of the room. I've set two alarm clocks.

The snooze function is completely useless to me as I keep unplugging the alarm clock in my sleep :rolleyes:

_feedback_ · 07-07-2008 11:43AM

I set my alarm (on phone) for 6.35am, with a few snoozes it takes me to just before 7.. so about 30 mins !

CountingCrows · 07-07-2008 11:46AM

I've got a Celtic alarm clock with doors that burst open, flashing lights and banging out the fields of Athenry full blast.

Had it for years but still jump up in bed every morning with the shock!

07-07-2008 11:55AM

Counting crows i want one of those!

CountingCrows · 07-07-2008 11:57AM

Here you go

Creamy Goodness · 07-07-2008 12:10PM

think it's 9 minutes on mine, not to sure as i normally get up the first time it rings.

BaconZombie · 07-07-2008 12:15PM

I set an alarm on 2nd different phones {work & personal phone} at about 10 mins apart and then normally hit snooze on both a few time.

The Nokia E51 {and most new phone} let you set the snooze time-limit.

Wazdakka · 07-07-2008 12:24PM

I use This Set the sound to electro and crank the sub up to 11...
Snooze is for the weak

CtrlSource · 07-07-2008 12:26PM

BOFH_139 wrote: »

The Nokia E51 {and most new phone} let you set the snooze time-limit.

The Sony Ericsson K850i doesn't

jester77 · 07-07-2008 12:27PM

Ah, one of the single most useless functions ever invented.
What is the point of hitting snooze?

You are going to have to get up anyway, why not set the alarm for 10/20/30 mins later instead of repeatedly hitting snooze. It just interrupts your sleep, you can't get back to sleep in 9 minutes and you just lie there knowing you will have to get up and wondering when the snooze will ring again.

Just set the alarm for when you have to get up and you will have a better sleep for it!

CountingCrows · 07-07-2008 12:32PM

You have to admire the efficiency of the Germans!

Ruaidhri · 07-07-2008 12:35PM

Currently set at 7 minutes, just short enough to feic with my sleeping patterns

I want one of these tho: Clocky

Or I should instruct my butler to throw one of these into my room in the morning

CtrlSource · 07-07-2008 12:36PM

jester77 wrote: »

Ah, one of the single most useless functions ever invented.
What is the point of hitting snooze?

You are going to have to get up anyway, why not set the alarm for 10/20/30 mins later instead of repeatedly hitting snooze. It just interrupts your sleep, you can't get back to sleep in 9 minutes and you just lie there knowing you will have to get up and wondering when the snooze will ring again.

Just set the alarm for when you have to get up and you will have a better sleep for it!

To each their own :P

i love the snooze function. No matter what time i set my alarm for, it's nice to be able to snooze for a few mins, even if i don't actually fall back asleep

Pepe LeFrits · 07-07-2008 12:37PM

antodeco wrote: »

There was some research done recently, that said that it takes 9 minutes to fall into a deep sleep, hence why its 9 minutes.

So what you're saying is the telephone makers are just a cruel bunch of bastards?

BaconZombie · 07-07-2008 12:45PM

Yes, Yes they are, and when you though it could not get worse:

Alice Wang's Tyrant, which we can only assume is a concept, actually dials a random number in one's mobile contact list for every three minutes that the sleeper doesn't address the obnoxiously loud ringing. In other words, unless you pick yourself up out of bed within ten minutes of the alarm going off, you'll have three angry friends wondering why they're getting phone calls from you everyday at O-five-hundred hours. Brilliant. Pure, sadistic, barbarous brilliance.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/02/tyrant-alarm-clock-dials-your-contacts-if-you-refuse-to-wake/

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

So what you're saying is the telephone makers are just a cruel bunch of bastards?

Toto Wolfcastle · 07-07-2008 01:17PM

Mine lasts 9 minutes and I usually keep pressing it for about an hour. I like having a bit of time in bed awake before I have to get up.

The word 'snooze' freaks me out though. It always seems like it's spelled wrong.

Fajitas! · 07-07-2008 01:21PM

Mine is 10 minutes. I usually hit it twice, so I've started setting the original alarm 20/30 mins earlier

anniehoo · 07-07-2008 02:45PM

jester77 wrote: »

Ah, one of the single most useless functions ever invented.
What is the point of hitting snooze?

Oh my god ...in total disagreement with you here! The worst sound in the world is the alarm goin off in the mornin and its made just about bearable knowing the snooze button is there to be pressed. It takes me soooo long to wake in the morning, 2 or 3 snoozes generally does the trick.

Fajitas! wrote: »

Mine is 10 minutes. I usually hit it twice, so I've started setting the original alarm 20/30 mins earlier

I tried setting mine for 15mins but it was getting ridiculous when an hour would nearly go by before i got up...9 mins is the biz and just enough to feel like you;ve actually gone back to sleep and not having to set the alarm a stupid amount of time before getting up.

Remember when you were a child and all you'd say was "aaaw mam..5 more minutes" so you didnt have to go to bed?At what stage did we reach the "cant get into or out of bed quick enough" ?

kaimera · 07-07-2008 02:51PM

I believe SE phones are 9...****ing hate it. 10 is a more rounded number.

Some of the nokia ones let you chose the snooze length.

Think my current one is 10.

jester77 · 07-07-2008 03:02PM

anniehoo wrote: »

Oh my god ...in total disagreement with you here! The worst sound in the world is the alarm goin off in the mornin and its made just about bearable knowing the snooze button is there to be pressed. It takes me soooo long to wake in the morning, 2 or 3 snoozes generally does the trick.

So you would much rather get 7 and half hours of good sleep followed by a half hour of annoying alarms going off rather than a full 8 hours uninterrupted sleep

Krsnik87 · 07-07-2008 04:04PM

9 Mins... Such a bad idea, I always feel like I'm missing a min so I hit the snooze button again and when I get up I'm missing 2 mins... Its a vicious cycle!

CtrlSource · 07-07-2008 05:09PM

Krsnik87 wrote: »

9 Mins... Such a bad idea, I always feel like I'm missing a min so I hit the snooze button again and when I get up I'm missing 2 mins... Its a vicious cycle!

Lol, me too! Think that's why i started hitting it the second time, because i've only started snoozing twice since i got my new phone with the 9 minute snooze

anniehoo · 07-07-2008 07:41PM

jester77 wrote: »

So you would much rather get 7 and half hours of good sleep followed by a half hour of annoying alarms going off rather than a full 8 hours uninterrupted sleep

Basically ..yeh! I physically cant get up as soon as the alarm goes off, ive always been like that so a few snoozes are like a little nudges into fully awake mode!;)

445279.ie · 07-07-2008 07:47PM

7 minutes of bliss

And I have the clock 7 minutes fast so if I set the alarm for 8am and hit snooze, I'm really getting up at 8am!!

07-07-2008 07:50PM

anniehoo wrote: »

Basically ..yeh! I physically cant get up as soon as the alarm goes off, ive always been like that so a few snoozes are like a little nudges into fully awake mode!;)

That drives me bonkers.
I have a sister like that and she even has to go through this ritual with afternoon naps.

I'm so sick of it I've stopped using alarms altogether because the sound stirs my embers.

Just don't think about it, when you wake up hop out of bed automatically. It will be ten minutes before you come to your senses and realise what you have done. The urge to snuggle under the covers again will have passed.

Snooze times for alarms

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