9 Gadgets to Make Your Mornings More Pleasant

Wait, did you remember to plug in your phone last night? No, you most certainly did not, and yet your phone battery is fully charged — because you have the iHome Qi Wireless Charging Compact Alarm Clock ($40, originally $50). It wirelessly juices compatible phones, no cords needed. (But if you really, really want to use a cord, its USB port makes that possible, too.)

Sure, you could drink the sickeningly sweet, store-bought orange juice in the morning. Nothing wrong with that. But just sayin': there's something about starting your day with fresh-squeezed citrus juice. It's a mathematical formula: orange + lemon + tangelo = optimism in a glass. But first, you need a juicer. This Joie Squeeze and Pour Citrus Juicer ($7) is a step above most manual juicers because the juice receptacle doubles as a tiny pitcher. And since tiny things are automatically cute, your day's off to an even better start.

Hey, who woke up at 3 a.m. to use the bathroom but stumbled their way through a dark room only to walk straight into the closet door and stub a toe? Not you! That's because you have an incredibly useful, reasonably priced GE Motion-Activated LED Night Light ($10). As the saying goes: better to install one motion-sensitive light than curse the darkness.

How appealing is the retro teal color of the Dash No Drip Waffle Maker ($50)? "No drip" is accurate on a functional level; the device has a side channel to capture any batter overflow and save you from cleaning the countertop. But really, though, it's got style — and starting your day with warm waffles is pleasant indeed.

Eggs florentine . . . on a Tuesday morning . . . in only minutes? Believe it. This Nordic Ware Microwave Egg Poacher ($5) makes it easy to create poached eggs whenever you want — without the mess or anxiety over whether your yolks will break.

Of course, sometimes you might want to just make a bunch of eggs all at once. If you have a pressure cooker and this OXO Silicone Pressure Cooker Egg Rack ($13), consider it done. Pop the eggs on the rack, set your cooker, and go about your morning routine. In minutes, you'll have perfect hard-boiled eggs to last the whole week or to make a yummy egg salad.

This one goes out to all of our fellow glasses-wearers who can't read the words "shampoo" and "conditioner" when our glasses are off. Instead of squinting, guessing, and hoping that we're grabbing the proper bottle in the shower, why not decant our hair-washing formulas into these Simplehuman Double Wall-Mount Pumps ($60)? No more confusion — at least not in the shower.

"Flossing is fun," said one person, somewhere, once, maybe. But you know what's truly not fun at all? Root canals and gingivitis! Keep your gums healthy (and your dentist visits brief) by using the Waterpik Sonic-Fusion 2.0 Flossing Toothbrush ($180). It cleans your teeth and gums thoroughly, even flossing and brushing simultaneously if that's your thing. Look at it like this: if you get one boring task out of the way before 8 a.m., that little sense of accomplishment may carry you to do great things later in the day. And that — along with gleaming teeth — is plenty of reason to smile.

Instead of craning over your phone to read the morning news (and giving yourself a sore neck in the process), why not set up the adjustable Prepara iPrep Mini Cell Phone Stand ($13)? This way, you can get caught up on world events while slurping your cereal, all without throwing a vertebra out of alignment.