This clock is perfect for me. I have it on my bedside table. Best part is the two usb ports on the right side. I plug my cell phone in and I can use my phone when relaxing in bed while its charging, with plenty length for the cord since the clock is right on my level opposed to below in a wall outlet. I also have my second port to charge whatever device needed at that time. I keep my cords in my bedside table drawer, so very accessible.You make brightness adjustments short pressing the plus and minus sign buttons on the left, or hold down the plus sign button to turn on and off the auto brightness mode. When auto mode is set, there are times of the day when the numbers are basically invisible, so that’s not great. I’ve just had mine manually adjusted to the same brightness and it doesn’t bother me at night. But today I decided to try the auto mode to see what hours I can’t see the numbers. I just reread the instructions to remind myself how to use the alarm, and this peaked my interest in trying the auto brightness mode again.This is the first time I am using the alarm. I work Friday sat and sun mornings and wake up those days at 0545. (Side note I like the military time function because of working night shifts in the past and I like to know easily if it is am or pm). I got the idea to try to get up early everyday to increase my productivity, so I will just leave the alarm setting as is. To turn the alarm off you push any putting (besides the snooze button). Pushing the big snooze button on the top of the clock will snooze in increments of 5 minutes and beep again. The snooze time is adjusted by pressing and holding the “M” button on the left side of the clock, which puts the click in the mode to adjust the settings of also the time, military time or standard time, the alarm time, alarm on or off, and the snooze time duration. To get to the snooze time duration setting, after entering the setting mode by long pressing the “M” button, you then toggle through settings by short pressing the “M” button.. when you get to the alarm time view, you must long hold the “M” button again to adjust the time, then short pressing the “M” button to switch to the snooze time duration, when finally you use the plus or minus buttons to toggle between increments of 5-60 min. When done press the “M” button again to exit setting mode. WHEW! Sounds like a lot, but it ISNT. Lol. Just lots of words.If I decide I don’t want to get up at the same time of day everyday , I will just enter setting mode by long pressing the “M” button, short pressing M until I get to alarm on or off setting and use the plus and minus arrows to turn it to off. I could switch between turning alarm and on off at the start and end of each weekend if I want. We will see. I usually use my cell for alarm anyways.Long story short, I recommend this alarm for its simple and appealing look, and benefit of the two usb side ports.I did not find a volume control button anywhere and haven’t used the alarm yet so we will see how it sounds. I rated that part a 1 because I don’t think a volume control option exists. And because the auto brightness mode renders the numbers invisible during some parts of the day, I scored the ‘ease to read’ section a 4 because you can just opt for the manual brightness setting, (in which the different brightness levels are great for different purposes that can arise) but if a feature is offered it should be effective at all times. It is a clock so we should be able to always see the numbers imo.Have a nice day!