Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 750 DAB review

The Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 750 DAB offers gentler, more invigorating wake-ups and a relaxing end-of-day wind-down. It’s a tiny and attractive solution that delivers in most areas, including DAB, Bluetooth, and Aux connections for audio, day and week alarms, and an integrated bedside light.

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Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 750 DAB review

The disadvantages include a difficult setup, mediocre audio quality, and a high price tag.

Review in one minute

The Lumie wake-up light’s main pitch is that a moderate non-blue light that mimics the sunset and sunrise offers significant health advantages. Although the size of the difference is debatable, being awoken by a gradually brighter light rather than the rapid blare of a typical alarm is unquestionably less unpleasant.

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The Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 750 DAB is the top of the Lumie series, having a DAB radio and Bluetooth speaker in addition to a medically-rated (class one) sunset/sunrise sleep-wake device (with wires aux too). The ability to utilise the light as a bedroom lamp, as well as the USB charging connector on the rear, is an added advantage.

The Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 750 DAB, in many ways, combines everything you’d want on a bedside table while also providing a unique, more pleasant alarm system. The only major flaws are that the setup isn’t very user-friendly, the audio quality isn’t great, and the price is firmly anchored in the high end of town. The morning alarm, on the other hand, is one of the rare products that combines so much nightstand clutter, and it is a true delight to see.

Price and release date

The Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 750 DAB was announced in September 2017 and has an RRP of £199 (about $270 / AU$360). It’s one of the priciest wake-up lights we’ve seen, and it’s around the same price as the Philips Somneo, which has a more elegant look but only supports FM radio rather than DAB.

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Design

The Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 750 DAB is the company’s flagship wake-up light, and it looks a lot like the rest of the line. The cloth-covered base comes in five colours to fit your home’s decor, and it also hides the speakers. The interface is navigated via a central light-sensitive auto-dimming display, which is greatly helped by the two knobs on either side, and a row of nicely scaled radio preset buttons graces the base.

There are USB-A and AUX ports on the rear, with the former being able to charge a phone/tablet overnight, which is a really helpful feature. The domed opaque light cover is, of course, the most prominent feature. which can be manually operated like a bedside lamp – plenty bright enough to read by.

The vital statistics are a width of 23cm (9in), height of 20 cm (7.9in) and a depth of 13 cm (5.1in), making it a relatively compact package. It weighs 1.1kg (2.42lb), which makes it easy to move when needed, but provides enough heft to ensure it doesn’t skate around when you push a button.

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Performance

The Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 750 DAB has a similar interface to lesser devices, but it has a lot more music capability, effectively adding a Bluetooth speaker on top of a DAB radio.

Setting a basic alarm may seem simple enough, but exploring the subtleties of sunset and sunrise settings, as with other Lumi models, can be complicated at first, leading in small changes sneaking in.

Having saying that, there’s a lot to like here. The right-hand knob controls the bedside light; a simple twist and light bursts forth, intuitive and easy to adjust to your preference. If required, it’s bright enough to read by., But dimmed down its ideal for finding dropped items or dealing with restless children and other nocturnal emergencies.

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The DAB radio is also a valuable tool, since it is simple to tune and save presets into (tab through the stations till the one you want to save, then hold the relevant preset button). The speaker quality isn’t great, with murky highs at medium level and a bland overall presence, but it’s good enough for waking up to a few tracks or listening to an audiobook in the evening.

The USB-A can play MP3 files from a flash drive, however the folder structure must be flat (one level) deep to traverse, therefore it’s suitable for a small amount of songs. Of course, there’s Bluetooth here as well, which cheerfully connects to a phone and expands your options to include all audio apps. from Spotify to Audible. The only downside of the DAB is the need for the old-school telescopic aerial, which extends to a substantial 60cm if required.

The alarm may be difficult to set up, but that’s partially due to the sheer number of factors involved. Weekly and daily alarms are available; these can be light and sound combinations, with the latter selected from 31 native sounds, the DAB radio, or a USB drive. You may also customise the length, light levels, blue light levels, and loudness, making the first setup fairly complex. Indeed, without significant investigation in the user manual, your odds of attaining the intended awakening outcome the first time are quite slim.

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The noises include everything from a typical beep to a waterfall, waves, and white noise, as well as the absolutely weird -the brown-breasted bulbul being particularly specific. That said, sleeping through the ‘fairground music’ sample isn’t an option, and there are plenty of sounds to suit every taste here.

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