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I really love the concept of Loftie as I have been looking to get my phone out of the bedroom. I like the clock and know that you guys are working to constantly make improvements. Here are some of my initial thoughts. 1. I do like the multitude of brightness settings for the clock, mine is set to the second to last. 2. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to hear the first alarm, but I rarely do. I've tried a couple of the options but I just don't hear it. 3. The second one is so soothing that I find myself not really waking up to it or getting out of bed. 4. I like rain but the morning one is too light, it would be nice to have one with a richer tone. 5. I know the bluetooth is in beta but when I try to use sounds from my phone the tone seems to be off. Overall, I do like the clock and am looking forward to seeing the evolution of it. Hope some of this helps!

Overall I love the concept and especially love the alarm functions. It’s a peaceful easy wake sound and easy to set alarm on the phone. Though there have been glitches when I try to delete an alarm on the app. It’s almost there but some of the functions leave something to be desired. I will discuss some of the negatives: The amount of sound options is a plus, however there is undertone in many of the sounds that is unpleasant. So much so that there is not one particular sound that really works for me to sleep to. The color noises all seem to harsh. In the brown noise I believe it sounds like a screaming in the undertone. It would be nice to have more easy listening options. Like morning rain is great but it has the same birds chirping on a loop that ruins it for me. Just like a soft wind, a soft rain, a heavy rain (without the terrifying thunder) would be nice. I also find the volume control to be cumbersome especially when using it for a sleeping baby. On the app the volume control is not smooth and can wake the baby just when you try to increase it a little bit. On the device itself you have to click around to find settings and clicking the buttons can be loud enough to wake the baby too. I find the meditation/yoga type sounds to be very harsh as well—one recording has a nose blow or cough moment looped on. A softer set of meditation gong type sounds would be a great addition. App integration of picking sounds and having full control would be a big plus!

There are so many things that the Loftie can do. One of my main sleep uses is the sounds (red and blue noise) to help fall and stay asleep. It is loud where I live, so we keep the noise generator portion on all night. Used separate from the sounds, the alarm is very calming and gentle lull to waking. I also briefly listened to the stories and breathwork exercises which were interesting. It would be nice if the sounds can fade out before the wakeup alarm begins. We tried a few times with the alarm and the abrupt stop of the blue noise wakes us with a jolt.

Love the white noise settings and sleek design. Super portable! But really wanted the Bluetooth feature, to connect to Spotify and play music. that's most of the reason I bought it which is why I didn't give it all 5 stars.

Loftie did everything it advertised, but is just not suited to me, so I did return it.