Once upon a time, it was easy to tell what the weather was like. Open the door and put your head out. Dashed inconvenient when you're starkers. And a touch chilly around the old pork sausage when it's sub-zero. Now, in the search for mind-bending convenience, they've created the weather forecaster-cum alarm clock you don't need to move the duvet to see. And best of all, it even works while you're awake.

It's a clock. It's an alarm. It's a handy multi-coloured ambient lamp. It's a 'crickey it's raining again' start to Monday. It's exactly like the old wooden wall-mounted barometer your grandmother used to have, except smaller, rounder, more digital, more colourful, and more practical. And because us Brits just love the weather, it'll be the source of endless nocturnal meteorological fun. We promise.

So now when you think you deserve a duvet day, you can make your mind up without moving so much as a muscle by checking for a change of colour. Green - spits and spots of rain. Blue - a slow-moving band of showers reaching all parts by lunchtime. Orange - cor, wot a scorcher.