Philips HF3519 wake-up light at 113 euro: lux and sunrise length are the two numbers to compare

bol lists it today at 113 euro against a stated usual price of 124,99, in stock, rated 4,5 from 698 reviews. This is the HF3519/01 from Philips Series 3000, made by DAP B.V. in Drachten with a two-year manufacturer warranty on a carry-in basis. The specification page gives the numbers: 300 lux of light intensity, a simulated sunrise adjustable between twenty and forty minutes, twenty brightness levels, five nature sounds plus FM radio, a sunset simulation, two alarms, a nine-minute snooze triggered by tapping anywhere on the casing, a display that dims itself to the room, 16,5 watts of power, and a body of 19,2 by 19,9 by 14,6 centimetres.

When you shop this category the loudest numbers on the page are the count of sounds and the colours, but only two things decide what time your eyes open: how bright the light gets and how long it takes to get there. Three hundred lux and twenty to forty minutes are this lamp's answers to both, and the thirty-euro shelf usually writes sunrise simulation without ever printing a lux figure. Without that number there is nothing to compare. Copy those two down, then look at any other model, and you will see exactly what the price difference is buying.

Payback works differently here because a wake-up light saves no electricity; what it buys back is twenty minutes of your morning. The sum is short: divide 113 by the number of mornings a year you genuinely get up before it is light, then divide again by the years you expect to keep it. From October to March in the Netherlands almost every working morning starts in the dark, which at five days a week is roughly a hundred and thirty mornings; over five years that is six hundred and fifty, and 113 divided by that is seventeen cents a morning. Put your own figures in and it will be sharper, because someone working from home most days has a much smaller denominator and a much more expensive lamp.Source 1

The running cost is close to irrelevant but worth doing once so it does not worry you: 16,5 watts for half an hour is 0,00825 kilowatt hours, which at thirty cents a unit is well under a cent a morning and under three euro a year. The cost sits in the device, not the socket. Two more things are in the specification and easy to miss: it does not charge a phone and has neither Bluetooth nor wi-fi, so it will not replace a bedside speaker, and the sunset simulation runs the process backwards, dimming over a set period before you sleep.

• Currently 113 euro on bol against a stated usual price of 124,99, rated 4,5 from 698 reviews.
• Light intensity of 300 lux, sunrise adjustable from twenty to forty minutes, moving red through orange to yellow across twenty brightness levels.
• Five nature sounds plus FM radio, two alarms, and a nine-minute snooze from a tap anywhere on the casing.
• Rated 16,5 watts with a 150 centimetre cord and a time backup of four to eight hours after a power cut.
• No phone charging, no Bluetooth, no wi-fi and no app control.
• Model HF3519/01, EAN 8710103945338, introduced in 2012.

Hokimi field note: decide which side of the bed first. The body is close to twenty centimetres square, and if your nightstand already holds a glass and a book, half the light never reaches you. Three hundred lux only counts where it lands on your face.

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Price

113,00 euro (usual price 124,99)

Rating

4,5 out of 5 from 698 reviews

Specs

300 lux・sunrise 20 to 40 minutes・20 brightness levels・16,5 W・19,2 by 19,9 by 14,6 cm

Platform

bol (this page carries an affiliate link)

Checked

3 September 2026