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Lumie Bodyclock Rise 100 review: the simplest Bodyclock, its fixed half-hour dawn and what you give up
The entry Bodyclock: a 30-minute dawn through red, orange and warm white LEDs, the same 30 minutes as a sunset at night, a beep you can switch off, a tap-top snooze, a nightlight, and Lumie's three-year warranty, in the same dome as the Glow 150. This review is about what a fixed 30 minutes means, what the missing sounds and radio cost, and who should buy the Glow or the Shine.
Verdict
What it is
the sunrise alarm reviewed
Lumie Bodyclock Rise 100
- Sunrise length
- 30 min (fixed)
- Sunset length
- 30 min (fixed)
- Wake and sleep sounds
- Beep only
- Radio
- None
- Light
- Warm white, orange and red LEDs; fade to nightlight
- Snooze
- Tap the top
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A dome-shaped sunrise alarm with warm white, orange and red LEDs. The sunrise and the sunset are each fixed at 30 minutes; the peak brightness of the sunrise is adjustable. It has an optional beep, a tap-top snooze, a fade-to-nightlight, a mains adapter, and measures 16 by 19 by 12 centimetres at 565 grams. Three-year warranty. From Lumie’s product page and user guide.
Strengths
- The cheapest way into Lumie's sunrise alarm
- Tap snooze and a fade-to-nightlight sunset
- Three-year warranty
Limitations
- Sunrise length is fixed at 30 minutes
- No sounds beyond a beep, no radio
Good for
- someone trying a sunrise alarm for the first time
- a spare room or a student
Look elsewhere if
- anyone who wants a slow 60- or 90-minute dawn
The dawn
Thirty minutes from dark to full brightness, starting with red, moving through orange and finishing in warm white. That colour order is the closest a bedside light gets to a real sunrise, and Lumie puts it in its simplest Bodyclock: Philips’ HF3519 goes from yellow to white with no red phase, and Lumie’s own Glow 150 rises in warm white. What the Rise 100 does not do is let you change the length.
The sunset
The same light in reverse: 30 minutes from bright to dark as you fall asleep, finishing on the nightlight if you want one. It is a reading lamp that turns itself off, and for anyone who reads in bed until they drop, it is as useful as the alarm.
Sound
A beep at the end of the sunrise, which can be switched off. No birdsong, no white noise, no radio. Lumie’s thinking is that the light does the waking; the beep is for the morning you sleep through it. If you fall asleep to a sound, this is the wrong Lumie.
Snooze and the nightlight
Tap the top to snooze, which is the right control for a hand that cannot find buttons in the dark. The nightlight is a low glow left after the sunset, enough to find the door.
Size and warranty
Sixteen by 19 by 12 centimetres and 565 grams, the same as the Glow 150, smaller than the Shine 300 and much smaller than the Philips lamps. Three years’ warranty, the same as every Lumie.
Strengths
- The cheapest way into Lumie's sunrise alarm
- Tap snooze and a fade-to-nightlight sunset
- Three-year warranty
Limitations
- Sunrise length is fixed at 30 minutes
- No sounds beyond a beep, no radio
Good for
- someone trying a sunrise alarm for the first time
- a spare room or a student
Look elsewhere if
- anyone who wants a slow 60- or 90-minute dawn
Who should buy it
Someone trying a sunrise alarm for the first time who does not want to pay for features they may not use; a student or a spare room; anyone who wants a red-to-white dawn on a small bedside table.
Who should not
A light sleeper who wants a 60- or 90-minute dawn, which is the Shine 300; anyone who falls asleep to sound or wakes to the radio; and a couple who need two alarm times, which is the Philips HF3519.
Sources
Facts checked 6 November 2026
- Lumie — Bodyclock Rise 100 product page and user guide — Manufacturer documentation, checked 23 October 2026
- Retail listing (Lumie) — Retailer listing, checked 23 October 2026
Is 30 minutes long enough?
For most people, yes. Thirty minutes is the default on Philips' HF3519 as well, and it is the length Lumie fixes on the Rise 100. A light sleeper who wants a slow dawn, or someone who wakes before the light has finished, is better served by the Shine 300, which goes from 15 to 90 minutes.
Does it make a sound?
Only an optional beep at the end of the sunrise. Lumie's idea is that the light wakes you and the beep is a backstop. If you want birdsong, white noise for falling asleep, or the radio, the Glow 150 has ten sounds and the Shine 300 has fourteen and FM.
Can I make the light dimmer?
Yes. Lumie lets you set how bright the sunrise gets, so a small bedroom or a sensitive sleeper can have a gentler peak. What you cannot change is the 30-minute length of the sunrise or the sunset.
How is it different from the Glow 150?
Same dome, same 16 by 19 by 12 centimetres, same 565 grams and the same three-year warranty. The Glow lets you choose 20, 30 or 45 minutes for sunrise and sunset and adds ten sounds, and its sunrise is warm white only; the Rise 100 is fixed at 30 minutes, beep only, but its dawn goes through red and orange first.
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