Every Alarm Comparison We Publish, in One Place

Every alarm comparison we publish

This is the index of every comparison, alternatives list, buying guide and market guide on this site. How each one is built, so you know what you're reading: we state upfront that we make Silent Wake; every competitor figure comes from that brand's own site or a major retailer with a "checked " stamp in the text; every page names at least one row where a competitor beats us, because there always is one; and we have not lab-tested competitor hardware — these compare published specifications, which is also why we keep pointing at return windows as the only spec you can verify on your own wrist.

Brand head-to-heads

• Silent Wake vs FitSleeps vs HiStrips — the three most-cross-shopped wrist bands in one table.
• Silent Wake vs Rise Band — the $17 question: published specs vs a longer warranty.
• Silent Wake vs TabTime vs VB80 — wake-up band or reminder watch: two different jobs.
• Pavlok Shock Clock vs Silent Wake — electric shock vs vibration, and what no study actually compares.
• HiStrips Onyx vs FitSleeps Pulse — the two rivals head-to-head, without us in the frame.
• DawnPulse vs Homedics WakeBand — review volume vs high-street warranty.
• Coolfire vs DawnPulse — battery monster vs the most-reviewed band.
• Sonic Alert vs Geemarc bed shakers — the bedside heavyweights.
• Geemarc vs Bellman & Symfon — deaf-market bedside systems, plus VAT relief and Access to Work funding.

Alternatives, if you were about to buy…

• FitSleeps alternatives — the one-intensity problem, and five ways around it.
• HiStrips alternatives
• Rise Band alternatives — what the $55 band doesn't publish.
• DawnPulse alternatives
• Homedics WakeBand alternatives — five options without the app.
• Shock Clock alternatives
• Cheap vibrating alarms on Amazon — when a $25 generic is honestly enough.

Category battles

• Bed shaker vs wrist vibration alarm — the most important fork in the whole decision.
• Smartwatch vs dedicated vibration alarm — try the watch you own first; here's where it runs out.
• Sunrise alarm clocks vs vibrating alarms — better evidenced, wrong job.
• Vibration alarms vs sound alarms — why changing sensory channel beats turning up the volume.
• Traditional alarm clocks vs Silent Wake
• Alarmy vs a vibrating alarm watch — the app route vs the hardware route.

Best-of guides

• The best vibrating alarm clock in 2026 — the full-category buyer's guide.
• The best alarm for heavy sleepers
• Every wrist vibration alarm compared — the whole field, one table.
• The best alarm that wakes you without waking your partner
• Two alarms, one bed — when you both need waking.
• The best vibrating alarm for deaf and hard-of-hearing sleepers
• The best alarm for night shift workers
• The best bed shaker alarm

Market guides

• Canada · United Kingdom · Australia · New Zealand
• Montre vibrante : prix en France · Réveil pour sourd : comment choisir
• Customs, duties and import fees by country — what you'll actually pay, market by market.

The standing caveats behind every page above

Nobody in this category publishes the vibration motor's force rating — including us. It's the one number that would let you compare devices on the thing that matters, and until someone measures it, every comparison above is built from published specs, prices and policies instead. Which leads to the rule we repeat everywhere: buy on the return window. It's the only specification you can personally verify, on your own wrist, in your own bed. Ours is 100 days from the day it arrives; the honest range across the category runs from 30 days to 100 nights, and the pages above always tell you which is which.

Start with your problem, not a brand: can't hear alarms → bed shakers; hear them but sleep through → heavy-sleeper guide; wake fine but your partner shouldn't → the couples answer.

Or see Silent Wake in action and check the current price →

Every linked page carries its own dated verification stamps and full disclosure. This index is updated as new comparisons are published.