The clocks with a nap timer or a nap wake-up time, on sale in the US

Every clock on sale in the US with a nap setting of its own, apart from the morning wake-up: why each fits, and the one thing to know first.

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  1. LittleHippo NESSI

    A nap timer that ends with the green light or an alarm, kept apart from the morning wake-up time.

    Nap
    Timer, 10 to 180 minutes

    The catch: It must stay plugged in, and the box has no wall adapter.

    Check price on Amazon Setup, power and nap facts

  2. LittleHippo MELLA

    A nap timer you start at nap time, separate from its bedtime and wake-up times.

    Nap
    Timer: 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 150 or 180 minutes

    The catch: In a power cut its light stops; a coin battery only keeps the settings.

    Check price on Amazon Setup, power and nap facts

  3. ZAZU Sam the Sheep

    A nap timer set on the clock, and it keeps going on AA batteries if the power goes.

    Nap
    Timer, 30 to 180 minutes

    The catch: The shortest nap is 30 minutes, and the morning has one wake-up time for every day.

    ZAZU product page Setup, power and nap facts

  4. Tommee Tippee Connected Sleep Trainer

    A nap timer and its own nap color, set from your phone in the Tommee Tippee app, alongside several alarms.

    Nap
    Timer, set in the app

    The catch: Setup needs an account, the app and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, and Tommee Tippee does not say whether saved times run without the internet.

    Check price on Amazon Setup, power and nap facts

  5. Novo123 Ooly

    A nap wake-up time with its own color, set in the app like a second morning, which suits a nap at the same time every day.

    Nap
    Ends at a time you set

    The catch: It is set only in the Ooly app, and it makes no sound, so it will not wake a sleeping child.

    Novo123 product page Setup, power and nap facts

Not counted, because their makers do not say whether they have a nap timer or a nap wake-up time: Core Innovations Baby Shark ALM204, Dreamegg Nite 1, Hatch Baby, Hatch Rest 2nd gen, Hatch Rest+ 2nd gen, It’s About Time Stoplight Alarm Clock, Nanit Sound + Light Machine and Yogasleep Light to Rise.

These do it too, but are out of stock or no longer sold by their makers: Learn & Climb Good Morning Buddy, PlayMonster Mirari OK to Wake! 8091, Skip Hop Dream & Shine Sleep Trainer and Skip Hop Smart Snail.

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A timer you start, or a time you set

A nap timer starts when you press it and ends after the minutes you chose, which suits naps that begin at different times. A nap wake-up time ends at a set time of day, so you never work out a length, but you may need to change it when nap time moves.

Neither one decides how long a nap should be. The clock only runs the minutes or the time you give it.

MELLA and NESSI: a nap timer

MELLA has a nap timer you start at nap time, separate from its bedtime and wake-up times; it runs for 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 150 or 180 minutes. Its yellow “almost time” light is part of the morning, not the nap.

NESSI has a nap timer of 10, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 150 or 180 minutes that ends with the green light or an alarm.

Groclock: a second wake-up time for naps

Groclock has a night mode and a separate nap mode, each ending at a time you set; you switch the mode on at the clock. It has no nap timer.

Groclock’s clock stops during a power cut, so after a long one, set its time again before you rely on the nap time.

Other clocks with a nap timer

ZAZU Sam has a nap timer from 30 minutes to 3 hours, one bedtime and wake-up time for every day, and runs on four AA batteries.

Learn & Climb’s Good Morning Buddy has a nap timer from 10 minutes to 3 hours in 10-minute steps, started from the clock’s main screen: the light stays red during the nap and turns green at the end, with no alarm.

The Tommee Tippee Connected has a nap timer and several alarms in its app, but setup needs an account, the app and Wi-Fi, and Tommee Tippee does not say whether saved times run without the internet.

More routines are not the same as a nap mode

Hatch Rest 2nd gen, Rest+ 2nd gen and Hatch Baby run several light and sound steps a night, but Hatch does not describe a nap mode on them. Yogasleep lists bedtime and wake-up times for Light to Rise without a nap mode, and the Oricom Sleep Trainer Clock and the Stoplight clock have no nap setting at all.

If a nap signal is a must, choose “Nap timer” or “A nap timer or nap wake-up time” in the clock matcher rather than assuming that more routines mean a nap mode. For an older child who has stopped napping, the quiet time guide shows how to use the timer for rest time instead.

Which one

  • A nap timer if nap time moves from day to day.
  • A nap wake-up time if the nap ends at the same time every day.
  • Either way, check how you start it: MELLA’s timer and Groclock’s nap mode are both switched on at the clock.
  • Different weekday and weekend times are a separate feature; a clock can have one without the other.

Sources

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