Rotem

Oh well… sorry to hear it hasn’t worked out for you. Can’t say you haven’t given it a fair chance though!

Plus originally, there were a couple times each week where I had to be in at a certain time….the bread or bagel meeting (department status meeting) or the donut meeting (general office meeting). And, the alarm is based on getting in to the office in time for that.

At one time, it was general habit to shoot for the same time for the other days.

Though basically working in a flex environment, it wasn’t critical. Plus being the night owl type….I tended to stay in late, even on days that I was in early….

And, then on July 21st….the company reorganized….so they had an extra department meeting….though later at 10am….where 10 minutes later the department ceased to exist.

The next day the person that usually buys the donuts left the company….the office has been shrinking physically as well. So less and less of those meetings. Plus we see less and less of the company execs, so the office meetings had been getting less regular for some time. Though we used to still get donuts whether there was a meeting or not.

Plus the worry is probably contributing to my messed up sleep cycle….

Though part of the reason why so early….is to allow time to check my email in the morning before going to work. Actually, that’s pretty much the main reason… Getting up later just means I pay less attention to my email…but it still happens. Especially now as I have to pay more attention to the job search related ones.

Though emails from the-gadgeteer are among the ones that get less attention when I’m rushed. :unsure:

The Dreamer.

And considering that I bought a Sleep Number 5000 bed last year to this cause…I guess the price would be reasonable, if I knew it would work. Give that I’m in a job transition.

Of course, that fact might be a contributing factor to things.

But, I otherwise…my nights sound kind of similar….I’m usually up to just past midnight every night….during the week, my alarm is set for 6:15am…and lately it’ll be an hour before I finally drag myself out of bed. But, then on weekends, I turn the alarm off and get up when I’m done.

Last Sunday I slept past noon (fortunately because of fall back, I can say at least I got up before noon) :p

Though I don’t know if I could handle having a watch on my wrist at night…though it would help that wonder what time it is when I get up during the night….being basically blind without my glasses.

Because of nerve problems in my hands/arms, I’ve been told that I should wear a brace to bed. I’ve tried and tried, but I can’t get used to having it….

The Dreamer :bored:

I agree with your statement in the review… I think if the window was a little more customizable (and longer), it would probably work for more people. The problem is that it’s a catch-22. Do you really want the watch to wake you up 45-60 minutes before you need to be up? Then there’d be (valid) complaints that it wakes you (the collective you, that is ) too early.

It’s possible that your sleeping patterns may not be compatible with the watch’s functionality. For what it’s worth though, my experiences have been (within reason) positive.

- Brian :bored:

Thank you for posting your experiences. So you really do feel awake when the alarm goes off? Awake enough that you can hop right out of bed without hitting the snooze? I’m going to try an experiment tonight and set the alarm for 5:30 or 5:45am. Since I already lay there until after 6am, I figure I should use that time to sleep undisturbed. We’ll see if it helps.

As you’ve mentioned, the watch doesn’t work for everyone… it depends on your sleep patterns. It’s also not an alternative to getting enough sleep. But when it works, it does work well (and as advertised).

- Brian

PS – Thanks to you and Judie for introducing me to all the great gadgets I’ve spent my money on over the years!

The manufacturer did write me back this morning after seeing the posted review. She agreed that the watch will not work for everyone, but that it will work for most people. I tried it again last night (and will continue using it until the end of the week) and the same thing happened, it went off right at 5am which was the set alarm time. I’ve been wearing it on the weekends too and it just doesn’t seem to help me feel more awake. I think I just need to start getting to bed at a decent time

Very informative and detailed review, as always. I wonder if you’re not the best candidate for this tool. It seems to me that it would work best for someone that tends to oversleep because they don’t get up early enough. In your case, you have the opposite problem – you probably don’t usually get enough sleep, so the watch would be waiting for you to be ready to awaken, and of course you never reach that state on 6 hours of sleep! You might try it again on the weekends, when you have more time to sleep and can let the watch do its thing. Any chance of getting feedback from the manufacturer?

Great job, as always.

http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/sleeptracker_watch

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