Philips SmartSleep Linked Sleep and Wake-Up Gentle evaluation

Gentle is likely one of the most necessary elements in driving our circadian rhythm; it has a drastic impression on how we go to sleep and get up. An excessive amount of gentle (particularly blue gentle) at night time can stop you from falling or staying asleep, and too little gentle within the morning makes it difficult to get up. As we come to extra absolutely perceive the significance of sunshine, extra merchandise are popping out to help in each winding down and waking up.

One such product is the Philips SmartSleep Sleep and Wake-Up Gentle HF3650/60. It is a multifunctional system with gentle and sound instruments for falling asleep and waking up. Its built-in sensors measure your bed room’s temperature, noise, gentle, and humidity ranges. That info is tracked within the SleepMapper app so you may spot tendencies and see what may be impacting your sleep. I have been utilizing the sunshine for a month and admittedly have combined emotions about this pretty distinctive system.

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Value, availability, and specs

The Philips SmartSleep Sleep and Wake-Up Gentle HF3670/60 is obtainable from the Philips web site for $220.

What I preferred in regards to the Philips SmartSleep HF3670/60

A mild and soothing means to go to sleep and get up

I used to be stunned at how a lot I preferred waking up with the SmartSleep. The sunshine and forest sounds did an awesome job of steadily waking me up as an alternative of a jarring wake-up name from an alarm. My bed room solely has one window and does not get a lot solar within the morning, and in step with research on the subject, the sunshine very first thing after waking up makes me really feel extra alert immediately.

The alarms are very customizable with the SleepMapper app. You’ll be able to select a Solar Theme, with 4 completely different gentle colours to select from. You may as well set the sunshine depth and the sunshine length, which I particularly respect. The primary time I used it, I had the length set to half-hour and the alarm time after I truly wished to stand up. I ended up waking up about 20 minutes earlier than my alarm technically went off in consequence.

You may as well customise the sound that wakes you up with choices like Forest Birds, Summer season Birds, Buddha Wakeup, Yoga Concord, and extra. Or you may select an FM radio station to wake you up. Then, as with different alarms, you may set a nap length and whether or not it repeats on sure days of the week. Do you have to be anxious you will not get up, you may set the PowerWake instrument, which performs a loud sound and brilliant flashing gentle. It form of defeats the aim of the gradual, calm wake-up, although. It’s actually jarring (okay, terrifying).

Whereas I preferred the alarm operate, the Sundown characteristic was my favourite side of this gentle. Just like the alarms, you may select the length, sundown shade scheme, and decide an ambient sound, although with fewer choices than the alarm. Then, after you manually flip it on (there is not any strategy to schedule it), the sunshine steadily fades whereas it performs ambient sounds. I discovered it to be actually soothing as I wound down studying in mattress, and it appeared to assist me go to sleep a bit simpler on the nights I used it.

What I did not like in regards to the Philips SmartSleep HF3670/60

Solely preferrred for individuals who sleep alone

Whereas the SmartSleep did wake me up properly, I am actually restricted on after I can truly use the alarms. I get up a number of hours sooner than my husband most days and do not need to blast him with gentle and hen noises earlier than he must get up. Consequently, the one time I can use the alarm is on days once we shall be waking up on the similar time or if he’s out of city. Whereas I can use the sundown operate when he is round, that is fairly restricted use for a gadget that prices $220.

The HF3670 mannequin additionally options an AmbiTrack sensor, which measures temperature, noise, gentle, and humidity ranges. I haven’t got measurement instruments to precisely confirm the knowledge it is gathering, however the temperature is all the time considerably off from what our thermostat is ready to (each excessive and low). It additionally virtually all the time tells me the sound stage is simply too excessive, despite the fact that I’ve thought our house is quiet general.

Whereas the knowledge is attention-grabbing, it is onerous to do a lot to impression these numbers for most individuals. In need of sleeping with earplugs, most aren’t in a position to change the ambient noise ranges of their dwelling, and including a dehumidifier to cut back humidity ranges would then elevate noise ranges. Philips additionally makes a model of this light (the HF3650) with out the sensor that is $40 cheaper, which possible makes extra sense for most individuals.

You’ll be able to track your sleep with this gentle by tapping the highest to show monitoring on. It robotically ends with an alarm, or you may flip it off within the app. Whereas that is good, in idea, all you might be recording is the period of time you have been in mattress. It does not gather any biometric information like a watch or smartring would and does not sync to another apps or platforms. I’ve a tough time seeing how this info is even remotely helpful.

My remaining frustration with the SmartSleep gentle is that it takes up plenty of room on my nightstand. I have a tendency to love fairly minimal decor within the bed room, and this isn’t that. The design is not unhealthy, but it surely positively stands proud each when it comes to seems and house. Plus, between the radio antenna, AmbiTrack sensor, and USB cable for charging my cellphone, it introduces plenty of cables, the bane of my existence.

Do you have to purchase the Philips SmartSleep HF3670/60?

The Philips SmartSleep HF3670 is a product that I’d hesitate to suggest to most individuals. I absolutely perceive the significance of sunshine within the morning (one of many perks of being married to a physiologist with sleep science mates), however the SmartSleep HF3670 has such a slim use case, and when paired with its excessive worth, for many, it merely will not be purchase.

That mentioned, in case you sleep alone or have a companion who wakes up on the similar time (or is not bothered by gentle and noise), you then may match into that area of interest that this gentle serves. Alternatively, I might see this gentle as being very useful for youngsters, however the worth remains to be a sticking level.

The half-hearted try at sleep monitoring can also be a letdown right here, although that is merely a limitation of the sort of system. If Philips have been so as to add some integrations with different platforms like Oura, Garmin, or another wearable that gathers biometric sleep information, I might see the worth a bit extra. However as is, you may be higher off shopping for a sensible plug that may schedule a lamp to activate and a sound machine for cheaper than what you’d spend on this.

Philips SmartSleep Linked Sleep and Wake-Up Gentle

Dimensions

8.8 x 8.6 x 4.7 in

Energy Supply

18W energy adapter

Batteries required?

No