- Bedtimethe night light in the color you choose, for an hour
- Before wake-upyellow from 30 minutes before, brightening over 5 minutes
- Wake-up timegreen at wake-up time, for an hour
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The tradeoff: It must stay plugged in (the box has no wall adapter), and without power it only remembers its settings, for up to 72 hours; the light and sounds stop.
From Yogasleep’s own pages and manual: the sources.
Set this clock up
- Pull the plastic tab out of the battery compartment, so the coin battery keeps your settings when it is unplugged (for up to 72 hours, Yogasleep says). Then plug it in with its cable and a USB wall plug, which is not in the box (Yogasleep’s setup guide asks for a 2 A one): it only works plugged in.
- Set the time: press Clock, set the hour with + and − (going past 12 switches between AM and PM), press Clock, set the minutes, and press Clock again. Hold Clock to change how bright the time display is.
- Set bedtime: press the Light to Rise button and the Sleep light on the front flashes. Set the hour, press Light to Rise, set the minutes. While you are there, the Night Light Color button picks the night light’s color and a tap on the top of the dome picks its brightness. Press Light to Rise to save.
- Set wake-up: the Wake light on the front now flashes. Set the hour and minutes the same way and press Light to Rise to save. The wake-up light cannot be changed: it glows yellow from 30 minutes before, brightening over 5 minutes, and turns green at wake-up time.
- The Sleep and Wake lights on the front show which modes are on. To switch one on or off, hold the Light to Rise button until its light turns on or off.
- At bedtime the night light comes on by itself and goes off an hour later, dimming over the last 5 minutes, so the room is dark until the yellow light. Tell your child yellow means nearly time, and green means they can get up; the green light goes off by itself an hour after wake-up time.
Light to Rise has no child lock, so keep it where your child cannot reach the buttons, with its cord away from the bed. Its settings are kept on a CR2032 coin battery: keep spare and used coin batteries away from children.
Check the age warning and whether your child is ready separately, and see how to set an OK-to-wake clock for other clocks.
Setup and everyday controls
You set it with the buttons on the clock. No app is needed, and no account.
- How you set it
- Set on the clock
- Buttons on the clock
- Yes
- Change it from your phone
- No
- Account needed
- No
When grandma, a sitter or the other parent sets it
Anyone can use the buttons on the clock; there is no app to share. Show the next grown-up how to change the times and switch the light on. The manual does not mention a lock.
Schedules, light and sound
Runs by itself every day once its Sleep and Wake modes are on: the Sleep and Wake lights on the front show which are on.
What you can schedule on this clock
- Bedtime light at a set timeYes
- Wake-up light at a set timeYes
- Nap timerNot in the manual
- Different weekend timesNot in the manual
Wake-up light at a set time- Yes
- Bedtime light at a set time
- Yes
Several light or sound changes a night- No
- Silent wake-up light
- Yes
Sound machine- Yes
- Dimmable light
- Yes
- Shows the time
- Yes
- Dimmable time display
- Yes
- Child lock
- No
Features the maker’s manual doesn’t mention aren’t listed here, so the clock matcher won’t suggest this clock for them.
A nap timer and a nap wake-up time work differently. The planner keeps them separate.
Clocks changing, or an early riser? Move the wake-up light in small steps with the clock-change planner.
Without Wi-Fi or a phone
It has no app and needs no Wi-Fi: you set and change everything on the clock, and it runs by itself.
Power, and what happens in a power cut
Plugged in
Needs to stay plugged in · USB cable; USB power adapter not included
It stops when the power goes off, and keeps its settings for up to 72 hours.
- Runs on battery?
- Needs to stay plugged in
- Power connection
- USB cable; USB power adapter not included
- Keeps its settings without power
- Yes
- Settings kept for
- Up to 72 hours
See why a battery that keeps the settings is different from one that keeps the light on.
Subscription and included parts
No subscription: everything works on the clock.
In the box
- Light to Rise
- Power cable
- Instruction manual
- Setup guide
When your child outgrows the light
The Yogasleep manual does not describe a separate sound alarm, so a school-age child who needs waking may need another clock. When to move on to a kids’ alarm clock.
Check it in your home
While you can still return it, try the buttons you will actually use. These are checks for you to make; we have not tested this clock.
- Find how to change the times and switch the wake-up light on, then check it shows the light and sound you chose.
- Check the brightness, the volume and where the clock stands, using the maker’s placement advice. Check what the lock stops and which buttons still work.
- Use the clock’s own preview or test, if it has one, rather than unplugging it or resetting it to see what happens.
- Show the other parent, a grandparent or the sitter the buttons. Read what to do after a power cut before you need it.
Agree on what the light means and what to do if it does not come on, then keep the manual or the maker’s help page with your plan.
Show your child what this clock’s light means, and leave a note for the sitter.
If the light does not come on, check the time, the mode and the power before you reset the clock.
Questions about the Yogasleep Light to Rise
Does the Yogasleep Light to Rise need an app?
No. You set it with the buttons on the clock, and no account or Wi-Fi is needed. App or buttons? →
What does my child see on the Yogasleep Light to Rise?
Bedtime: the night light in the color you choose, for an hour. Before wake-up: yellow from 30 minutes before, brightening over 5 minutes. Wake-up time: green at wake-up time, for an hour. See the drawing →
What happens to the Yogasleep Light to Rise in a power cut?
Stops, but keeps its settings. It stops when the power goes off, and keeps its settings for up to 72 hours. Battery or memory backup? →
Can the Yogasleep Light to Rise do naps?
The manual does not say whether it has a nap timer. Nap timers vs nap wake-up times →
Can I set a different time for weekends?
The maker’s pages do not say, so plan to change it by hand at the weekend. Plan a new wake-up time →
Does the Yogasleep Light to Rise have an alarm?
Its manual does not describe a separate alarm. Kids alarm clocks →
Can grandma or a sitter change it?
Yes, with the buttons on the clock; nobody needs an app or an account. Sharing a clock →
The maker’s pages
Details can differ between versions and countries. Every source we use