Withings - Sleep Sensing & Home Automation Pad

I’ve had various sleep trackers, from Sense which required a simple sensor on the pillow but sadly went out of business so their cloud stopped working, and Beddit (now owned by Apple) which is actually probably better than this but there are some caveats (it requires Bluetooth and the Beddit App open). Nokia’s efforts don’t require anything complex, the sensor goes under the mattress - I have a Simba and it’s perfect. You then get into bed and that’s it, just forget about it. It tracks heart rate and sleep quality through the night and simply uses WiFi to send this to the cloud, finally being displayed in the Nokia Health app. If you have an iPhone it can then send the sleep data (but not heart rate data) to Apple Health. Your data belongs to you, and this is important. It’s not locked away like Fitbit does. In terms of accuracy, I find it really quite good. It senses bed time perfectly, and it can tell the difference between sitting on the bed and getting into bed. Sleep detection seems amazing, it’s not always sleep time when getting into bed, and the app reports time to fall asleep. Sleep duration, and depth are tracked also. Of course! Detection of waking up in the morning is good, but it can be a bit hit and miss with getting up time. I do like to laze in bed some days, which probably confuses it. It’s not quite as good as time to sleep detection, but it’s still great - but again there is nothing to do. Just get up and it’s done. It cannot be more simple. All in all, this is highly recommended. It’s excellent value for money.

I have a EVE memory mattress which is very thick, so I was worried the sensing pad would not work. Its brilliant using the Healthmate app, which I already have for Body scales, the easy to understand results appear automatically after I get out of bed, giving a sleep score, based on 6 results, graph showing the various sleep stages, snoring duration and times, plus tips on how to improve your sleep. Ive linked it to my Philips Hue lighting so it switches the bedroom light on when i get out of bed and off when i get in, it will control the Nest thermostat, for waking and ideal temperature for sleep, using IFTTT app. It also tracks your sleep lag, advice on improvements.

The unboxing to first use experience is pretty good with this product. The box contains everything you need and the instructions are clear. One quick tip: when it first calibrates it is a little noisy - don't do what I did and set it running just before you partner tries to get off to sleep or expect complaints! The app it uses is the same one as all the Withings kit so if you're already using that then it integrates well. I believe you can also connect it to things like Google Fit but I haven't tried that. The upload is via wifi so unlike some bluetooth based systems it is rock solid. Only issues I've had are the sleep tracking isn't entirely accurate. The sensors in it can only tell so much and so the system makes heavy use of algorithms to essentially best-guess your current sleep cycle. If there are things out of the ordinary (eg a lie-in) then it gets easily confused. Sometimes just sitting on the edge of the bed to get dressed gets detected as a nap. Definitely works best if you are the sort of person that literally springs out of bed the second the alarm sounds in the morning and don't go anywhere near the duvet till that night

All be it that I have only used this device for one night I am very happy with the results, well maybe not the actual quality of sleep I got but that's not the products fault! seems to be very accurate reading the time I got up to go the toilet, time I go in and out of bed to sleep, time taken to go to sleep, times I was dreaming etc. It also somehow measures heart right which I am not sure how it manages to do that through such a thick mattress but the data seems very plausible. It also managed to detect the length of time it taken me to get out of bed eg. my alarm went of at 0700 and I got out at 0730, how it differentiates that as time taken to get of bed and being awake from just maybe woken up and trying to go back sleep again is beyond me but very impressed so far. Don't make the mistake I made though and start questioning the device and why it does not have a full night of data when you are still in bed! It will update pretty soon after you get out of bed! I have the Nokia / Withings Scales, BP Monitor and now Sleep Tracker, based on the quality of these products will no doubt get the temperature reader just to complete the set!

Have body composition scale from Withings and decided to buy one for my sleep tracking as I don't want to use a watch while I sleep. Easy to set up and nicely made. Still can't understand how something which lay under 30cm mattress can measure your heart beat....... Try it for a week. Usually have at least 6 hours sleep. The maximum amount of sleep that I had according to the tracker was 4 hours. The usual was 3 hours a night, even if my CPAP machine recorded 8 hours use during the night and I have no problems falling asleep or waking up in the morning. Sent it back

Much better than I was expecting. Seems to be very accurate with times to bed and up. It’s undetectable under my mattress and just stays there doing it’s job. The app provides some interesting graphics and syncs well with all my health and training apps. If you want to measure your sleep metrics but, like me, don’t like wearing a watch or tracker in bed then I would recommend this device.

When this device works it is good. However it often only records part of the night - usually only the last 3 or 4 hours. Instructions are fairly minimal and trouble shooting help non existent. When I e-mailed the support they just reiterated word for word the information in the instructions. We have a thick mattress, at the upper end of the claimed operating range so I am not sure if this is the problem.

I’m mostly interested in my overall health so have a number of connected devices for various things. I wanted something that I didn’t have to wear to monitor my sleep and already have some Withings Scales so it was the obvious choice. It’s given me a good insight in to sleep quality - I was often waking up tired for reasons I couldn’t work out but this has taught me a lot about how much effect sleeping patterns can have. It’s incognito as it lays under the mattress, you don’t even know it’s there which is perfect. Strangely it’s given a competitive edge to sleeping - I want to get a good score which means I have really improved my sleeping habits! Overall very happy with everything about the product! Would recommend for anyone curious about sleep health or wanting to improve their habits.

Les mesures sont précises, les nuit bien analysées. Les phases de réveil sont bien visibles. Et même les petites siestes sont prises en compte !! Se fait vite oublier, et les résultats mis à jour quotidiennement. Juste une petite remarque, les résultats ne sont pas affichés immédiatement car envoyé en wifi aux serveurs Nokia. Etant donné qu'ils sont envoyés lorsqu'on est plus au lit (pour éviter une exposition aux ondes je suppose), il faut bien attendre une petite heure après le levé avant de pouvoir lire les résultats de la nuit. Super produit en tout cas !

I bought this immediately after finding it. The idea of getting my sleep tracked without having to wear something was exactly what I was looking for. I watched a video review prior to buying which helped to anticipate how accurate the measurements would be. Overall, it gets my sleep patterns pretty right on, and I sleep with a partner in the bed as well as a dog sometimes. Very impressed that they can detect sleep start and end, heart rate, and sleep depth through maybe 10" of mattress.

I really want to like this product, it is simple to set up, the initial sync with the phone and app works the first time, the software updates are trouble-free, but initially, the sleep tracking failed. I had it for a week and it successfully tracked a full night’s sleep only twice and failed to track any sleep once. It most often tracked about 3 hours of sleep. I suspect that the device is also timing out, and failing to recognize that a trip to the bathroom or to get a glass of water is not the end of a night’s sleep and is failing to link the remainder of the night or tossing out the initial period and crediting the second and longer period. Edited 5/23/2018 Product support suggested a lower and more centered position. This did not resolve the issue until I reset the pad and recalibrated. The pad is now positioned about sternum level and seven inches from the side of the bed. (queen size bed occupied by two, so centering is not an option) It now appears to be starting and stopping with my observed sleep periods. If you are diligent you can get the pad to record correctly. Most likely you will need to position the pad lower than implied in the instructions and six to ten inches in from the edge of the bed. Edited 10/6/2018 Five months later and I still really like the pad. Consistent tracking every night, and periods out of bed long enough to make a cup of chamomile tea are included in the same night's sleep period. Edited 8/5/2019 We added a second pad for the opposite side of the bed. Both pads record distinct sleep patterns for both occupants of the bed. Obviously, I have remained happy with the performance.

Excelente medidor de la calidad del sueño. Recomiendo ampliamente este producto y revisar los demás que ofrece Nokia/Withings. Yo tengo la báscula, el medidor de presión, el termómetro y este dispositivo de medición del sueño y puedo contar que son unos excelentes dispositivos.

My first one lasted five years. Let's hope I get the same or more out of this one.