I preface

With the popularization of intelligent wearable devices, sleep monitoring, which appeared to be "high-tech" a few years ago, has been popularized. Traditional smart bracelets are basically equipped with the function of sleep monitoring, which can provide users with detailed sleep data. In the field of smart home, the development of sleep monitoring is relatively slow. It may be that many manufacturers think that since wearable devices are available, adding such functions to smart home products would be superfluous. However, for most wearable devices, wearing such devices while sleeping will still make users feel a sense of restraint. For some smart watch products that need recharging every day, users often choose to recharge when they sleep at night, so the function of sleep monitoring becomes a chicken rib. 12sleep provides a set of smart home solutions in the field of sleep for users who want to have high-quality sleep. The 12 sleep neck protection memory pillow commented by Lei Feng.com this time is an important part of this set of products.

II Unpacking and Workmanship

This 1kg pillow is not packed in the common carton at present, but is packed in a non-woven material, which makes it more environmentally friendly. The front of the pillow is made of pure cotton, which has better skin affinity and is very comfortable to lie on. The side and bottom are made of minced leather, which feels good and looks very high-end.

Like the common slow rebound memory pillow on the market, this pillow adopts a B-shaped arc design, and the neck needs to be placed on the higher side when using it. When I first used this pillow, I still had some unaccustomed feelings, but after a long time of use, I felt that this pillow is more comfortable than the traditional pillow.

The pillow comes with a label with simple instructions.

III Appearance and function

This 12sleep neck protection memory pillow actually contains two devices. One is the 1kg slow rebound memory pillow produced by 12sleep, which is not very different from the common slow rebound memory pillow in the market in appearance, except that a zippered bag is built in the front and back of the pillow, which contains a Lunar, that is, a sleep recorder produced by 12sleep, Both are used together. In fact, Lunar can be placed on any pillow, but this storage design is more reasonable, and the official products will certainly do more adaptation work for such accessories.

Lunar adopts a non detachable design and cannot replace the battery. According to the official introduction, the built-in battery can be used for one year. This design reminds the author of the Bong2 of the same year, which also uses a similar design. Ultra low power consumption can make the product's life span much longer than similar products. However, this design has also brought some problems. For example, in order to achieve low power consumption, such products do not have heartbeat signals, which means that the products can never achieve automatic synchronization. Each synchronization requires manual wake-up of the device, which makes them a little irritable to use. In addition, although Bong2 used a different type of battery, the battery can still be replaced. The battery of Lunar cannot be disassembled, which greatly reduces the service life of the product, which is unacceptable to many users. However, compared with the bracelet device that is used more frequently, the sleep recorder records a small amount of data, and the use time and frequency are not high, so the power consumption is also lower than the bracelet device. Although bong2 is said to be in standby for one year, the battery depletion time reported by users is usually 6-9 months. Due to the low power consumption of Lunar, the author estimates that it should not be a problem to achieve the official one-year standby. I hope the manufacturer can improve this in the process of product upgrading in the future.

IV Software Experience

The supporting app of 12sleep is called "Sleeping", which integrates all the product synchronization functions and sleep assistance functions of 12sleep.

The "sleepy" icon is red. I can't see what the specific content of the red icon is. The design of the icon is not consistent with the design style of the APP itself, which can be said to be strange. The UI design of the app is fairly good. The interface is simple and generous, and the color matching is steady and lively. But I don't know why. After opening the app, the top bar of the Android system will disappear. Generally speaking, only game applications will adopt this design. Removing the top bar of ordinary apps is easy to make users feel lost.

The most important function in the APP is "health data". After the user synchronizes the information of Lunar, the mobile phone will display the user's sleep information. Sleep information can be summarized by day, week and month. Daily information can view the time of falling asleep and waking up, as well as the times of turning over and the length of deep sleep. The author's personal feeling is that the time of falling asleep and waking up is still accurate. As for the times of turning over and the length of deep sleep, there is no way to investigate. It is worth mentioning that when the APP "wants to sleep" is used for the first time, the system will allow the user to enter the time of normal sleep and the time of normal wake for auxiliary detection. Imagine a scenario where a user accidentally touches a pillow and then leaves, or lies on the pillow during non sleep time. The system will not detect it. It is reasonable to say that such a function can be realized through the system's self-learning function, which may be because the battery is not detachable and needs more energy saving. Lunar does not have such a function, so a short nap can not be detected. This is a pity.

On the supporting devices, we can find that in addition to the Lunar and 1kg sleep kits, the 12sleep sleep kit also has a sleep assist lamp called Solar.

Alarm setting interface. When I first found this function, I still wondered why a sleep assist app has the function of built-in alarm clock when the built-in alarm clock program of the system is highly developed. It was later discovered that with the help of the sleep assist light Solar, this alarm clock can realize extremely complicated light control functions. Of course, I don't have Solar on hand, so I haven't experienced it yet. Users with Solar might as well try it.

Another important function of wanting to sleep is "situation card", which is divided into two modules, "sleeping aid" and "situation". The "scene" function is relatively simple. As the name suggests, it is a recording in some natural environment, which helps users quickly enter a comfortable and relaxed environment and fall asleep faster. The "hypnotic" function is built with some hypnotist's recordings, which enables users to fall asleep at the fastest speed with the help of the ASMR effect and the hypnotist's personal technology.

However, there are two major problems that need to be solved for such applications. First, because of stereo, users must wear headphones to have an effect. However, when wearing headphones to sleep, the headphones will affect users' sleep quality after falling asleep, and only the player in the pillow can solve them. Second, this kind of sleep aid tool needs to update the sound source frequently. Long time use of monotonous recording will not only have no hypnotic effect, but also cause users to be irritable. It is hoped that the manufacturer can improve these problems in the process of subsequent product and software upgrades.

Finally, there is a dream interpretation function in the APP. Believe it or not is a matter of different opinions~

In general, the functionality of the app "Sleeping" is OK, but there is still room for improvement in the design of many details. I hope the manufacturer can work harder on the upgrade of the app in the future to bring better and better experience to users.

V summary

Taking "improving sleep" as the starting point, a series of smart products derived from it is indeed a new direction worthy of attention in the field of smart home. 12sleep's package product composed of 1kg memory rebound pillow and Lunar sleep recorder provides a good sleeping experience. However, as a new company, Keywu Technology still has some shortcomings in its performance, and its polishing of products is also slightly immature. I hope that the follow-up products of Keywu Technology can bring you a better experience.

advantage:

1. The pillow is well made and comfortable.

2. Mobile APP has rich functions and provides good services around the core of "sleep"

Disadvantages:

1. The synchronization mode of Lunar is unreasonable, too cumbersome and inconvenient.

2. The user experience of mobile APP needs to be improved.

3. The price is slightly higher