Cleverest clock: Lexon's 'In-Out' wakes you up even if you did not set the alarm

For those of us who can’t bear the thought of spending just a few minutes away from our social networks, let alone an entire night, our bedside smartphones double up as an adequate alarm clock. But for those who are able to disconnect, Lexon’s In-Out clock is a minimal but cleverly functional device to ensure your alarm is set before you drift off to sleep. Setting the time is made easy with a pair of giant plus and minus buttons on the back for advancing the hours and minutes. And instead of having to deal with multiple button presses to set the alarm, a smaller LCD display pops-up on top with plus and minus buttons of its own on the back. When the smaller secondary display is up, your alarm is ready to go, and when it’s down, it won’t go off.

Anxious about whether you’ve set the alarm correctly? There is an optional 24-hour military-time setting to ensure you never accidentally set the alarm for PM instead of AM. For $45 it’s an easy way to ensure you won’t sleep in come the morning, and it’s available in a slew of fun colours to help match your room’s decor.