How loud is the alarm? I never use the alarm, but I think I might have set it off once in testing, and don't recall it being terribly loud.

I too haven't experienced a loud alarm in a portable device. Fortunately, after I've been on trail a while I find I'm getting up about the same time anyway, so not a problem unless I want to start in the dark on an anticipated hot day.
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