Elite Bedwetting Alarm for Children and Deep Sleepers Award Winning Bedwetting Alarm System with Loud Sounds and Strong Vibrations, Blue

(6yr old boy; no dry nights ever)This is the first alarm we tried. We did not want to use medicine for the bedwetting so our doctor suggested using an alarm. After looking at different reviews the Chummie brand looked like the best.We went with this alarm (Elite) because my son (6yr) does not have trouble waking up with his morning alarm (has not gotten use to the sound/pattern) so we figured he wouldn't have trouble waking up to this one as well.He has been using it for a month now and I am amazed at what a difference it has made!First off the alarm is small with a good tight fitting clasp you can attach to the back to clip onto a shirt but my little guy moves around SO much that it was coming off every night and would unplug. Once it took forever to find because it was stuffed in his pillow case!! Crazy kid! haha! We ordered the armband and that fixed the problem (we did have to use velcro to attach it to the armband because it would still fall out sometimes).The alarm is loud and I can hear it a few rooms away (I'm a light sleeper). I though it would wake the 3yr old (next room over) but as of yet we have had no problems. I was having to get him up every time at first but now most of the time he is at least awake if not up by the time I get in there.The sensor is super sensitive! Really, one drop sets it off. I did go out a get more underwear for him because we have to use two pair each time. The first pair has the sensor attached to the outside of it and the second pair goes over that to keep the sensor in place. (Did I mention my guy moves around like there is a freaking earthquake or something!). The first few weeks we were changing his underwear up to three times (6 pairs of undies!!), just be prepared! We bought a second sensor but not sure if it was necessary really. It was nice to have it for a quick change but you can dry it off really good and use it again. Three weeks in and we were not even using the second one.It took a few days to get the hang of everything but we had our first dry night on the 7th night! My guy has not had a dry night EVER so everyone was super happy!!The next two weeks we only had a few more dry nights (we bought washable bedwetting pads to go over top of the sheets so we were able to get back to sleep quicker) but by the 4th week he was staying dry all but one night!He has even had a few nights now were he as woken up before the alarm! We are going to wait the full 14 days of dry nights before trying without the alarm but I'm betting by another month he will be off of it!So wish we would have tried this product sooner!!

Design engineer here. This is one of the poorest products I have ever used given the comparative price point. Here are my observations:1- Embossment features on the clip that secure the clip to the alarm unit are too small given the thinness and flexibility of the clip arms that attach to the alarm. They do not have enough positive engagement and holding strength. This means the alarm detaches from the clip too easily. The alarm falls out of the clip with only slight force.2- The general robustness, fit and finish of the unit are more in line with an under $20 device. The snap-together design has too much tolerance, so the different plastic parts that assemble together to make the body rattle, squeak and chatter together.3-Attaching the sensor to children's briefs does not work well. The size of the sensor is too large to accommodate the curvature of that area.4- Stress on the sensor after attachment causes it to easily come loose. A secondary clip near the sensor could provide additional mechanical holding.5- Sensor wire is far too stiff given the application.6- Alarm kept going off with no urine, possibly due to perspiration on child’s briefs (does not make sense to me why the unit would have this level of detection). Had to relocate the sensor up to the waistband before the sensor would stop getting false positives.7- The actual clip portion of the clip is too stiff. This feature either needs to be thinner, have flextural geometry added, or a joint as a separate feature with a spring.Design 101, people want easy to use, effective and inexpensive. I paid more thinking this would be added quality. I know this device is not going into space and quality is relative to the consumer. But like I said, I would put this in the sub $20 range.I hope they create a more robust design. Kids need solutions that work.

I had high hopes for this thing based on the insanely high price, but so far I'm very unimpressed.2 reasons as of now that I would not recommend this product:1) it goes off without actual bed wetting (not sure if it's sweaty sleeping, or what?). We don't need an alarm for just plain sleeping, thanks - the idea is to address nocturia.2) my kid does NOT wake up even with both vibrator and alarm. While this is great when the alarm goes off for no clear reason, it's clearly not going to be helpful in solving bed wetting.The alarms's just not loud enough for a sound sleeping kid- or at least not my kid... And the buzz doesn't seem to be enough either.Maybe there's not a product short of a cattle prod that would help us, but this doesn't have what we need to help our kiddo learn how to hear her body's cues during the night. I'm pretty disappointed that I paid so much for something that's turned out to be completely useless to us.Pros: the instructions are very straightforward- using it is a snap. The sensor is comfortable. It just doesn't wake my kid up- like even a little bit.If you're kid's a sound sleeper- if they literally need to be carried to the bathroom in the night because they are essentially comatose- I doubt this is the product for you. I'm not sure I know any kids this would work for, but hey clearly my kids are very sound sleepers.

Good value for the money, but does alarm usually once per night when there has been no accident, sometimes before our kiddos even asleep. Needs a little work to be 5 stars.