To responsible business and leisure travelers, a travel alarm clock is just as important, if not indispensable an item, as clothes, toiletries, cell phone, laptop or iPod. However, the truth is that most people either tend to discount the benefits of this highly dependable traveling companion, or forget to carry one along altogether. It’s only when people arrive well in time for an important meeting, appointment or date, during an out-of-town business or leisure trip, that the unmistakable, recurring rings of their little travel alarm clocks remind them of its importance.
Buying a travel clock with alarm is perhaps one of the simplest exercises, given the extensive range of such timepieces available at online stores, mail order catalogs and other retailers that sell clocks and wristwatches in most cities and towns. Choosing a travel alarm clock is also easy as they come with different features and in a variety of shapes, colors, sizes, weights and materials, with each clock having its own distinctive alarm ring tone.
What adds to the convenience of such travel-oriented alarm clocks is that they come with affordable price tags, and are extremely convenient to carry and fit into any travel bag because of their compact size and lightweight. Of course, almost all reputed brands in watch making have their own alarm clock collections, many specially designed for business travelers and vacationers. However, high-end brands of clocks, including those recommended for travelers, would most likely be more expensive, with prices varying from one brand to another.
Alarm clocks for travel have come a long way since they were first introduced, and are far more advanced today, in terms of features, precision and design than earlier analog-designed, wind-up versions. Today, most modern-day clocks are driven by quartz technology and powered by durable batteries. Time checking is now much easier with many models featuring digital time display and light up dial faces for easy day/night viewing. Some advanced models also offer customizable alarm tones, which permit users to record a favorite song that plays automatically at the pre-set, wakeup time.
There are as many alarm tones to choose from, as there are alarm clocks. You’ll find some travel clock options that are musical in concept, others that announce the time verbally and yet, others that sound the traditional, “ring – ring” alarm at pre-set wakeup times. If you have read this far, chances are, you do not have a travel alarm clock, or one that you could depend on. Either way, you will have understood, by now, how important this little timepiece can be.