Going Away to College Gift Ideas

You can't make your college student keep up with their work...but you can help get them to class on time. A Screaming Meanie makes a great gift for a new college student because it will definitely wake them up and get to class. It has great gizmo appeal so they're more likely to use it and they'll soon find it indispensable. It also has other features to help keep them safe which, if you listen to the news, is no small consideration these days.
Here's why a Screaming Meanie will stop your favorite student from missing class...

• Screaming Meanie 220's have three volume levels to suit your student's particular needs... 
  
  

  Low is 70 dB - like a regular alarm clock. Medium is 95 dB - a very loud alarm that will wake most heavy sleepers. High is 120 dB is an extremely loud (Screaming) alarm that will wake you up even if you're the heaviest sleeper.

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  Screaming Meanies also make sure your student won't just turn the alarm off in their sleep because of the unique way you turn off the alarm.
   
  
A five and ten minute pre alarm can be turned off with one button. But there's no conventional "snooze button" you can go on hitting forever and oversleep. The final alarm makes them press three buttons that are spaced apart at the same time...so you need two hands and have to be awake to do it. (It's a Meanie! It won't let them oversleep and miss class.)
• Screaming Meanie's personal alarm feature is great for keeping your college student safe on and off campus...
   
  Pushing one button twice rapidly sets off a 120dB alarm which can be heard up to a mile away. Although it's easy to turn on you have to know how to turn it off. Would be attackers are unlikely to stick around to try to figure it out since every campus security guard on campus or policeman in the area will be heading their way!
   
  It's easy for your student to carry it with them because it only weighs a few ounces and it's compact.  

• Your student will be safer participating in activities like hiking or mountain biking because there's an audio locator beacon that automatically sounds for 10 sec. every five minutes to summon help if they would get injured.
• They can use their Screaming Meanie as a useful timer. You can hear it go off in another room. Carry it when you are cutting the grass or vacuuming when you wouldn't hear a regular timer go off.
• The Screaming Meanie is easy to read in the dark because of the backlit display.