This odd device in the form of a fugly watch is for those who sweat a lot during a deep sleep. It’s worn on your wrist or ankle, usually with comments from your other half like, “What the hell is that?” or “How much of OUR money did it cost you strap that ugliness to your ankle?”. Which is followed by something being thrown at you and you sleeping on the couch.
The idea is that it vibrates and wakes you up when it detects you sweating during sleep. I guess it doesn’t occur to some people to sleep without blankets. And doesn’t your body naturally wake you when you are too hot? I’m calling BS on this device and if you buy it your wife should knee you in the nuts.
[RGS]
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Alarm, alert, heat, night, sweat, watch
Actually, this doesn’t seem so foolish to me. Maybe they are marketing it wrong. I can see this being useful for people who have night terrors or other parasomnia disorders where they will sweat heavily. It might be nice if they can wake up and then calmly go back to sleep instead of continuing through the ordeal.
It works great to awaken those like me who suffer from nocturnal hypoglycemia. Sweating and/or a drop in skin temp (which this device also detects) are common symptoms of low blood sugar experienced by some insulin dependent diabetics.