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WakeMate 2.0 - For Real, This Time.

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Re: WakeMate 2.0 - For Real, This Time.

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Post by nomorespamplz »

swaits wrote: post #9

Let me tell you my WakeMate story. Its publication has been long overdue. It's a bit long, so please bear with me... I pre-ordered. All excited. I love "life hacks", and this is right up my alley. Even encouraged several friends to jump in on the WakeMate wagon! It finally arrived, and for the most part it worked. The app was buggy at first (iOS), but they did eventually get some updates approved that made things bet…

And then you spammed all the people who had been CC'd mistakenly to tell them all about your story. Go away.

Re: WakeMate 2.0 - For Real, This Time.

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

evan_ wrote: post #12
pkaler wrote: post #10

I've been using Sleep Cycle for the last year or so. http://mdlabs.se/sleepcycle/ I'm not sure if purchasing a $60 wrist band is that much better than spending $0.99 on an iPhone App that just uses the phone's accelerometer.

does it work?

I have been using Sleep Cycle too. Most the most part, yes, it does wake me up less cranky. You still need to allow for enough sleep though. If I only get ~6 hours of sleep. It wakes me up at an appropriate time - I feel better - but I am still tired - and thus crankier than usual.

Re: WakeMate 2.0 - For Real, This Time.

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Post by rottencupcakes »

pkaler wrote: post #10

I've been using Sleep Cycle for the last year or so. http://mdlabs.se/sleepcycle/ I'm not sure if purchasing a $60 wrist band is that much better than spending $0.99 on an iPhone App that just uses the phone's accelerometer.

My bed is far too firm for this to work. I could never get it to respond to anything.

Re: WakeMate 2.0 - For Real, This Time.

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Post by est »

2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #13
evan_ wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

does it work?

I have been using Sleep Cycle too. Most the most part, yes, it does wake me up less cranky. You still need to allow for enough sleep though. If I only get ~6 hours of sleep. It wakes me up at an appropriate time - I feel better - but I am still tired - and thus crankier than usual.

The reviews on iTunes store says it's faking data and graph

http://itunes.apple.com/app/sleep-cycle-alarm-clock/id320606...

Re: WakeMate 2.0 - For Real, This Time.

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Post by drewcrawford »

swaits wrote: post #9

Let me tell you my WakeMate story. Its publication has been long overdue. It's a bit long, so please bear with me... I pre-ordered. All excited. I love "life hacks", and this is right up my alley. Even encouraged several friends to jump in on the WakeMate wagon! It finally arrived, and for the most part it worked. The app was buggy at first (iOS), but they did eventually get some updates approved that made things bet…

Your identical story happened to me. I never received a third unit to replace the second defective unit. Quite frankly, they can keep it.

Re: WakeMate 2.0 - For Real, This Time.

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Post by fuzzmeister »

evan_ wrote: post #12
pkaler wrote: post #10

I've been using Sleep Cycle for the last year or so. http://mdlabs.se/sleepcycle/ I'm not sure if purchasing a $60 wrist band is that much better than spending $0.99 on an iPhone App that just uses the phone's accelerometer.

does it work?

I use it, but really only for the "intelligent snooze" feature, which decreases the length of the snooze each time until it starts refusing to snooze. If anyone knows of a simpler app with the same feature, I'd love to hear about it.

Re: WakeMate 2.0 - For Real, This Time.

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Post by citricsquid »

saurik wrote: post #4

This is kind of a weird "side complaint", but: despite being a humongous guy, I actually have reasonably sized wrists. The wakemate, when it arrived, had a wrist band so small (and if there were sizes on the site I'm certain I would have ordered the largest one) that I gave it to my girlfriend's little sister (who likely never used it), as I knew there would be no way I'd be able to wear it. I wonder if this has also…

For what it's worth, I am a tall but slim male and my wrists are very thin, I can fit my hand around with my thumb and little finger meeting together, the wakemate fits me very well so I imagine anyone with "normal" wrists who isn't a midget would have comfortability problems.

Re: WakeMate 2.0 - For Real, This Time.

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Post by seekely »

WakeMate is the only YC company that left me feeling completely duped for dropping cash on them. My whole experience with the product felt like a sham. Good on WakeMate for having the opportunity at a 2.0, because I personally feel like they did not deserve it :(

Because I love the concept so much, I will give it another shot, and maybe my bitterness will fade, and we can all hold hands and skip in the park one day! Good luck!

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