EIVOI Bed Shaker vs Geemarc Wake 'n' Shake

EIVOI bed shaker vs Geemarc Wake 'n' Shake

Short answer: if you live in the US, the practical decision is mostly made for you. Our bed shaker clock is $44.00 with a 7.5-inch display, ships domestically, and comes with 100 days from the date of delivery to send it back. The Geemarc Wake 'n' Shake Star is £59.95 in the UK, sold there with a published 95 dB rating, two vibration intensities, and four alert modes — genuinely more configurable than ours. The version that shows up on US Amazon is a "UK Version" import with plug and voltage compatibility that nobody, including us, can confirm from the listing, and no published US warranty or support line. If you're in the UK or Ireland, Geemarc's extra alert modes are a real reason to consider it over anything we sell.

Full disclosure: we make the EIVOI bed shaker clock compared here. Geemarc is a genuinely more configurable device on two published rows, and that's stated plainly below rather than buried.

Spec for spec

There's also a base Wake 'n' Shake at £40.49, cheaper than the Star variant, but Geemarc doesn't publish a loudness figure for it — so the comparison above uses the Star, which does.

Where Geemarc wins outright

Four alert modes is a genuinely useful feature the EIVOI clock doesn't match: you can choose vibration alone, vibration with a ring tone, vibration with a flashing light, or all three together, which matters for households where one partner needs sound and the other needs silence from the same device. Geemarc also publishes a loudness figure (95 dB at one meter) where our listing doesn't state a comparable number, and it publishes two distinct vibration intensities where ours doesn't publish a count at all. On paper configurability, Geemarc is ahead, and that's true whether or not you ever buy from us.

Where our clock earns the nod

The 7.5-inch display is larger than anything published in Geemarc's spec sheet, which matters if you're checking the time half-asleep without your glasses. Pad placement is also more flexible on ours — under the pillow or under the mattress, where Geemarc's Star specifies under-pillow placement only. And for a US buyer, the practical case is straightforward: $44.00 direct, domestic shipping with no minimum to qualify, and 100 days from the date of delivery to decide it isn't for you. Geemarc's clearest, most reliably documented terms are all on the UK side of that comparison.

Crossing the Atlantic: what the Geemarc listing doesn't settle

The Wake 'n' Shake that shows up on US Amazon is listed as a "UK Version," sometimes called the Curve. Two things about that listing are worth knowing before you click buy. First, plug and voltage compatibility for US household current isn't confirmed anywhere in the listing or on Geemarc's own site — UK devices are built around 230V and a different plug standard, and an import listing doesn't automatically mean an adapter is included or that the internal components are rated for 120V. Second, US warranty and support simply aren't published for that import listing, so if the unit fails, it's unclear whether you're dealing with a US-based process or shipping it back overseas. Neither of those is a claim that the device doesn't work in the US — plenty of imported electronics do, with the right adapter — it's that the listing itself doesn't answer the question, and a bed shaker alarm is the wrong place to discover the answer at 2 a.m.

If you're actually in the UK, none of this applies to you, and Geemarc's own site is the straightforward path — along with checking whether you qualify for VAT relief on adaptive equipment, which can meaningfully change the price. Full UK buying guide.

Why placement decides more than the spec sheet

Both of these devices use a wired pad, and where you put that pad changes what you feel more than almost any other variable in this category — more than the brand, and arguably more than the intensity setting. A pad placed directly under the pillow transmits vibration through the least material between the motor and your head; the same pad slid under a thick mattress has to push through inches of padding first, and memory foam in particular damps more energy than an innerspring construction does. That's why Geemarc specifies under-pillow placement for the Star, and why we tell people to test both positions on their own bed in the first week of a return window rather than assuming the factory default is optimal. The full placement breakdown, with what actually changes between the two.

Neither company publishes a shaker force rating to make any of this more precise — that's a category-wide gap, not a Geemarc or EIVOI problem specifically, and individual variation in waking response is well documented in the tactile-alarm research (Bruck & Thomas, Ear and Hearing, 2009).

Same job, different continent's paperwork

A 7.5-inch display, a wired pad you can place under the pillow or the mattress, and vibration that does the waking without a 95 dB household announcement. $44.00, free shipping with no minimum, and 100 days from the date of delivery. Check the current price →

Common questions

Can I just buy the Geemarc Wake 'n' Shake from US Amazon?

You can order the listing, but the plug and voltage compatibility for US current isn't confirmed anywhere on it, and no US warranty or support process is published. If that uncertainty is a dealbreaker, a device built and sold for the US market — ours included — removes the question entirely.

Is 95 dB louder than the EIVOI clock?

We don't publish a comparable loudness figure, because vibration rather than sound is the primary wake mechanism on our clock. If a loud audible alarm alongside vibration is what you actually need — for a shared household where hearing status varies by person — Geemarc's published 95 dB and multiple alert modes, or a dedicated siren-plus-shaker device, may suit you better than a vibration-first clock. The full field guide to that decision.

Does the EIVOI clock have multiple vibration intensities like Geemarc?

We don't publish an intensity-level count on this product, which is a real gap next to Geemarc's published two. If a specific number of levels matters to your decision, weigh that against the larger display and the flexible pad placement before choosing.

What is Access to Work, and does it apply here?

It's a UK government scheme that can fund equipment a deaf or hard-of-hearing employee needs for their job, which sometimes extends to alerting devices used to wake for a work schedule. It applies to UK employment situations specifically, not to US purchases, and eligibility is assessed case by case — check with Access to Work directly rather than assuming either product qualifies automatically.

Which is better for someone who is profoundly deaf rather than hard of hearing?

Alert redundancy tends to matter more the more profound the hearing loss, which is where Geemarc's four alert modes and published 95 dB genuinely help by giving a household multiple channels at once. The dedicated guide for deaf and hard-of-hearing sleepers covers the full range of options, not just these two.

Related reading

• Every Bed Shaker Alarm Compared
• Geemarc Wake 'n' Shake Alternatives
• Sonic Alert vs Geemarc Bed Shakers
• The Best Vibrating Alarm for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Sleepers
• Under-Pillow vs Under-Mattress Shaker Placement
• Vibrating Alarm Clocks: The UK Guide

EIVOI figures as listed on our own site, checked 11 August 2026. Geemarc figures from accessories4hearingaids.com and Connevans, checked 7 August 2026 — all subject to change. We have not tested the Geemarc device; this compares published specifications. We sell one of the products above and disclosed that at the top.