Philips SmartSleep Linked Sleep and Wake-Up Gentle evaluation

Gentle is among the most necessary elements in driving our circadian rhythm; it has a drastic influence on how we go to sleep and get up. An excessive amount of gentle (particularly blue gentle) at night time can forestall 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 assist 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 data is tracked within the SleepMapper app so you possibly can spot tendencies and see what is perhaps 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 accessible from the Philips web site for $220.

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

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

I used to be shocked 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 a substitute of a jarring wake-up name from an alarm. My bed room solely has one window and would 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 may select a Solar Theme, with 4 completely different gentle colours to select from. It’s also possible to set the sunshine depth and the sunshine period, which I particularly respect. The primary time I used it, I had the period set to half-hour and the alarm time once I really wished to rise up. I ended up waking up about 20 minutes earlier than my alarm technically went off because of this.

It’s also possible to customise the sound that wakes you up with choices like Forest Birds, Summer season Birds, Buddha Wakeup, Yoga Concord, and extra. Or you possibly can select an FM radio station to wake you up. Then, as with different alarms, you possibly can set a sleep period and whether or not it repeats on sure days of the week. Must you be apprehensive you will not get up, you possibly can set the PowerWake device, which performs a loud sound and shiny flashing gentle. It sort of defeats the aim of the gradual, calm wake-up, although. It’s actually jarring (okay, terrifying).

Whereas I preferred the alarm perform, the Sundown characteristic was my favourite facet of this gentle. Just like the alarms, you possibly can select the period, sundown coloration scheme, and choose an ambient sound, although with fewer choices than the alarm. Then, after you manually flip it on (there is no solution 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 ideally suited for individuals who sleep alone

Whereas the SmartSleep did wake me up properly, I am actually restricted on once I can really use the alarms. I get up a couple of hours sooner than my husband most days and do not need to blast him with gentle and chicken noises earlier than he must get up. Because of this, the one time I can use the alarm is on days after we might be waking up on the identical time or if he’s out of city. Whereas I can use the sundown perform 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 nearly all the time tells me the sound stage is just too excessive, although I’ve thought our condo is quiet total.

Whereas the knowledge is fascinating, it is onerous to do a lot to influence 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 house, and including a dehumidifier to cut back humidity ranges would then increase noise ranges. Philips additionally makes a model of this light (the HF3650) with out the sensor that is $40 cheaper, which seemingly makes extra sense for most individuals.

You may track your sleep with this gentle by tapping the highest to show monitoring on. It robotically ends with an alarm, or you possibly can flip it off within the app. Whereas that is good, in principle, all you’re recording is the period of time you have been in mattress. It would not accumulate any biometric knowledge like a watch or smartring would and would not sync to every other apps or platforms. I’ve a tough time seeing how this data is even remotely helpful.

My remaining frustration with the SmartSleep gentle is that it takes up a whole lot 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 dangerous, nevertheless it undoubtedly stands out each by way of seems to be and house. Plus, between the radio antenna, AmbiTrack sensor, and USB cable for charging my cellphone, it introduces a whole lot of cables, the bane of my existence.

Must you purchase the Philips SmartSleep HF3670/60?

The Philips SmartSleep HF3670 is a product that I might hesitate to advocate 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 pals), however the SmartSleep HF3670 has such a slim use case, and when paired with its excessive value, for many, it merely will not be a superb purchase.

That stated, in case you sleep alone or have a accomplice who wakes up on the identical time (or is not bothered by gentle and noise), then you definately would possibly match into that area of interest that this gentle serves. Alternatively, I might see this gentle as being very useful for youngsters, however the value continues 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 any such system. If Philips have been so as to add some integrations with different platforms like Oura, Garmin, or every other wearable that gathers biometric sleep knowledge, I might see the worth a bit extra. However as is, you is perhaps higher off shopping for a wise 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