Road Tackle: The Jetlag Travel Alarm Clock

Sure, you could rely on the motel wake-up call if you want to, but I personally prefer a backup. If I oversleep and miss the golden hour since some lobby jockey did not set the time appropriate, the rest of my day is shot.

The issue is, nearly all travel alarm clocks are either too gimmicky or just plain junk. But I might have discovered the great bedside buzzer in Industrial Facility's Jetlag.

The Jetlag does precisely and only what a travel timepiece will need to. The display, split in half, shows both the current time and the alarm time, all of the time, so there is in no way any question what it is set to. Plus, each half has its own +/- button, making it almost impossible to screw items up. A switch on the underside allows you to lock the settings, so you cannot accidentally change them.

The style is so easy, it is rendered an instruction manual completely unnecessary and has practically entirely eliminated the possibility of setting the alarm incorrectly when exhausted, and possibly drunk, in a foreign environment.

Regrettably, a cost has but to be announced. Hopefully, it will not be astronomical like most well-designed gadgets. Otherwise, I'm back to attempting to uncover a decent clock for the road.