Medgadget Reviews the Sleepace **x Sleep System
 

Medgadget Reviews the Sleepace **x Sleep System
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Last year, Shenzhen-based Sleepace let us test drive their RestOn smart sleep monitor to gauge the quality of our sleep. Aside from a few design quirks and a single major bug (which has since been fixed), we thought*the accuracy, features, as well as*personalized advice and action plans in the RestOn made it a cool device.

Since the release of the RestOn, Sleepace has come full circle with the release of the **x, a smart sleep light that can help you fall asleep more easily and wake up more naturally. **x can be used on its own, or in our situation, integrated with the RestOn to form a complete **x Sleep System. Since we’ve previously reviewed the RestOn, and it hasn’t had any hardware changes, we’ll focus our review on just the **x sleep light.



Design and Hardware

http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/...4111950039.gifWith its rounded edges and*simple, modern design, **x can be an attractive addition to any style bedroom. The clean white upper two-thirds of the **x is the light itself, while the gray, lower third contains a simple display. The display, which only shows*the time and a wireless connection icon, blends softly with the **x’s gray housing and completely vanishes when the display turns off. It’s simple, but **t harsh like the the bright red or green 7-segment numerical LED displays of our “dumb” digital clocks. The top of the **x consists of five touch-sensitive buttons that turn it on and off, control the speaker volume, and adjust the brightness of the light. It’s a nice design, but the lack of tactile feedback sometimes made it difficult to k**w if our finger touches were being registered. On the back is the speaker grille, power jack, and a USB jack for charging your mobile devices.



Use

http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/...55-169x300.png http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/...56-169x300.pngIn the majority of cases, **x will be controlled with the Sleepace app. As a light, you can choose the brightness as well as the full spectrum of colors. As a sleep light, **x has a feature called “Sleep-Aid Mode” which allows you to select the brightness and tone of red light (said to*raise the secretion of melatonin) as well as soothing background music to help you fall asleep faster. A programmable smart alarm will gently wake you up with white light and music designed to act kind of like a sunrise.

If you’re using the RestOn bed sensor, the smart alarm will wake you up when it detects that you’re at the lightest point of your sleep so you wake up more refreshed. Both the sleep aid and smart alarms seemed to work well for us, although the sleep aid will take a bit of tweaking to determine at what point the light and sounds go from soothing to distracting.

We should also add that **x*provides additional insights to what could be affecting your sleep: hidden sensors measure room temperature, humidity, light, and **ise levels. Pretty nifty!



Likes:

• Simple and attractive design
• We didn’t s**oze*through the smart alarm!
• Additional sensors measure temperature, humidity, light, and **ise levels

Dislikes:

• **t as useful if you don’t own the RestOn sleep monitor
• Would be nice if the built-in speaker could play more than built-in background sounds
• Still **t sure if our sleep has improved

Conclusion

While we’ve yet to conclude whether or **t our sleep has actually improved with the addition of the **x, we did find ourselves waking up to the light’s smart alarm feature, which is a nice change from our iPhone’s rude klaxon tone. And while we’re still trying to learn how humidity, temperature, light, and **ise levels are affecting our sleep, these measurements are an interesting feature.

In terms of additional utility, the **x isn’t much more than a light. The USB jack was hit-or-miss in terms of being able to charge our devices, and, as the **x features Bluetooth 4.0, we would have liked to use the rear speaker to play our own music. At $149, **x is cheaper than its main competition, the Withings Aura, but more expensive than standalone “smart lightbulbs” that can have similar functionality through a smartphone app. But, if you’re struggling to get a good night’s sleep this summer, **x may be just the thing.



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