if all you want or need be a easy-to-set , easy-to-use , featherweight travel alarm that do not keep you awake with its loud ticking , this be you clock ! I love the illuminating button , which allow I to check the time quickly and then fade out , so I do not lie there stare at the digital time report in the darkness . the alarm be loud enough to rouse I , but otherwise this clock , unlike its predecessor , be silent , thank goodness . at this price , it just do not get any better .