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69 of 75 found the following review helpful:
 if you don't sleep well, this won't tell you much Sep 10, 2009
By Steven C. Berridge
"blueman"
I started out with a ZEO - which I highly recommend so maybe I was expecting more. But at $175+ this thing doesn't tell you much. I thought it gave some output as to the duration of sleep levels - kind of implied by the graphic on their website, instead it gives a single value called Data A, which means the average time between 'awakenings'. It does tell you when the awakenings occurred in a table format. btw, the first night it gave me a 20, then after ~ 40, which their literature says is all in the normal range ~20-40. Well, I don't sleep that well and to see numbers like that assured me this device was not going to give me any useful information. Could be I awaken but am still enough so as not to trigger the accelerometer algorithms. The software is crude at best and lost some of my data. If you change any setting on the watch it erases the data. It only holds one night's data, so you have to download it every day. The usb connection to the watch is a large 3 pronged clamp that covers the mode button! which you have to use to put it in data mode - so you have to remember to do that before clipping the connector on.
I'm sure they did the connections this way to make the watch water resistant, but I wouldn't wear it as a day watch, and I sleep very little underwater. Upshot, if you want a more real look at the time you spend in different sleep state, time awake, times awakened, etc. I suggest you check out the Zeo. I'm not affiliated with them in any way. I sent my Zeo back because of the $400 price tag. Now I'm rethinking that. But like any of these things they can't make you sleep better, they can only tell you something about the structure of your sleep which may help you identify problems and fix 'em. It's up to you. Also customer service took 2+ days to call back to answer a question.
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Someone finally made a device that can wake me up in the morning! Apr 07, 2011
By Robert S. Tobias
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3VB1OOWNRNEOK Bottom line: When I let the watch figure out when to wake me up I waking up a lot easier, more quickly, and feel more rested.
Background: As you sleep you constantly go back and forth from being "almost awake" to being "deeply asleep". If your awakened when you're deeply asleep you wake up groggy and if you're awakened when you're already almost awake then you wind up feeling much more refreshed.
Details:
With this watch you set the time you want to get up and a time window before then during which it should look for an "almost awake" point when it sounds the alarm. (Actually, you get a choice of an audible alarm, a vibrating alarm, or both). Also important is the watch is light and comfortable. I don't feel it on my wrist and it doesn't bother me while I'm sleeping.
With just that, the Sleeptracker is a great step forward in alarm clock technology but it doesn't address the "tracker" part. In addition to providing an effective way to wake up it also measures how well you've slept. That's done by recording the time between each "almost awake" point and also averaging them for the entire night. More time spent in "deeper sleep" usually means better sleep. You can review this information in the morning using the watch display.
But, it doesn't stop there. There's also a program you can load on your PC and a cable for transferring the daily sleep data into a database. (The software installs and runs without any problems on my 64-bit Win 7 system.) With the program you can review sleep data over time and even attach notes to each night's sleep regarding your pre-sleep activities to investigate correlations between them and sleep quality. For example, you can see if having those three drinks and/or the Monte Cristo sandwich right before bed in any way affected your sleeping patterns. It's kind of like getting one of those expensive sleep studies without the inconvenience or expense. If you like, you can even export the data to Excel for additional analysis.
Or, you can leave that technical stuff to the rocket surgeons and just let the watch wake you up.
BTW, I feel that honest, effective reviews, accompanied by detailed videos, can take the place of first-hand experiences that are often lacking in online shopping. I've always appreciated the help I've received from other reviewers and try to return the favor as best as I can. I hope you found this review helpful and the video at least entertaining. If there was anything you thought was lacking or unclear leave a comment and I'll do what I can to fix it.
27 of 32 found the following review helpful:
Great product - really works! Mar 08, 2010
By Mekabra
"Jeweler"
I bought this watch so that I could sleep within my sleep cycles, which on average is 90 minutes. 90 minutes contains all of the stages of sleep and at the end of a cycle you are sleeping at your lightest. If you can wake up at that time you will feel more rested. If you wake up at other points of the sleep cycle you will feel tired and sleepy all day long, even if you sleep for an extended period. What this means is that it is best to sleep in cycles that are multiples of 90 minutes - 1 1/2, 3, 4 1/2, 6, 7 1/2 hours. Using this watch I have been able to successfully sleep for less time and still feel rested. I always thought I needed 7 - 8 hours of sleep. Now I am rested with 6 hours nightly. I have even tried to sleep 4 1/2 hours with a power nap in the afternoon. That seems to work, but it is difficult to do.
Setting the watch is easy. You set the alarm and the time when you are going to bed. A window of time can be set in which the watch will wake you if it detects movement before the alarm goes off. The default is 20 minutes. It keeps track of movement throughout the night to monitor the sleep cycle. The alarm can be set to vibrate, buzz or both. To keep track of your sleep you can download software from the manufacturer's website. The watch comes with a USB connector through which data is downloaded to your PC. The software allows you to input the quality of sleep and has a place for notes so that you can keep track of details.
On a customer service note - The watch I bought through Amazon seemed to be defective. The alarm did not always sound. At first I thought I was just sleeping through the alarm, but several times I woke up just before the alarm. I deliberately did not move, and the alarm did not sound. I contacted Sleeptracker. They told me to send back the watch (just the watch) and they would ship out a new one, usually within 48 hours. They did just that and the replacement works perfectly. The manufacturer will only make such an exchange if the watch was purchased from an approved vendor, like Amazon.com. I highly recommend this product.
Added December 17th 2010:
About a month ago the Sleeptracker stopped working. The I assumed it was the battery and contacted the manufacturer because I thought I had read somewhere that the battery should last about a year. I sent an email asking about this and received a reply from the CEO and inventor himself, Lee Loree. He asked how I used the watch and to told him that I use the alarm and vibrator to wake up. He explained that because I use the vibrator mode the battery is used up more quickly. He offered to send me some new batteries, for free, which he did. I have to say, I really like the product and I really like the customer service.
11 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Didn't Work for Me... May 20, 2010
By Mamazon
So I have trouble getting up in the morning. I'm tired, groggy, and I want to go right back to sleep. The worst feeling in the world is having to get out of bed in the morning. Once I heard about this Sleeptracker watch, I simply had to try it; if there was something that was going to make me feel refreshed in the morning, I had to have it.
I searched around online and looked through eBay and Amazon because I really didn't want to spend $180.00 on one of these. Most of them were going on eBay for around $100 but they were mostly the Pro version (not Elite). I found an Elite for sale in the Amazon Marketplace for $145.00 so I bought it.
I tried it for a week straight: NO RESULTS! I still woke up feeling tired and groggy despite being woken up at "my optimal time" which wasn't really so optimal after all. Yes, it did wake me up during my window, but no, it did not make me feel any less tired.
I was SUPER disappointed that I had spent $145.00 on a watch that was just like any other (except for the convenient vibrating feature). So I sold it on eBay.
If you want something that'll really wake you up in the mornings, try 5-Hour Energy Berry 12 bttls.
But who knows? I've read plenty of reviews from people who said this thing really works for them, so I would try it out (make sure there is a reasonable return policy) yourself and see how it goes...
8 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Wakes me up (!) feeling rested Jul 07, 2010
By Freddie Mercury
Works as advertised in waking me up with the buzz function. The technology for transferring the info to the PC and using the software is arcane, but works most of the time. The real genius of the device is its accurate appraisal of my sleep cycle so that I do not wake up like a zombie. I would buy it again, yes.
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