Astric Dry-Bed Bedwetting Alarm

I have been waiting patiently for my daughter to achieve a dry night and at the time of writing, she has been dry of 3 out of the last 4 nights. She had her first dry night after just 2 and a half weeks of use.This is the second bed wetting alarm I have owned. The last one I bought was more expensive and failed miserably.BackgroundMy daughter is 6 years old and had never been dry. She had been referred to an Enuresis clinic and I was waiting for her first appointment when I purchased this alarm.This alarm is brilliant for the following reasons:It keeps the bed dry.This product consists of a waterproof mat, which keeps the bed dry. Unless your child produces excessive amounts of urine on wetting the underlying sheets will remain dry and all you will need to do is change the top sheet and clean the mat. This takes no time at all and I had the bed ready again by the time my daughter had gone to the loo and changed her underwear. I kept a roll of kitchen towel and spare top sheets in her room at the ready.It is easy for the child to disconnect the alarm.The mat simply plugs into a battery operated unit, which is kept on the bedside table next to a night-light. The alarm is very loud. When the child wakes it is easy to disconnect quickly even if the child is half asleep.No fiddly attachments for the child to cope with.This product works without attachments to the child. The last one I had involved attaching a sensor to special pants which was difficult for my daughter to cope with when half asleep.No special underwearThe child wears their own underwear, which means less expense! The previous alarm I had involved expensive underwear which needed to be washed several times to become sensitive enough to activate the alarm quickly, leaving my child and the bed completely soaked before it went off.The system is responsiveThe mat is sensitive and the alarm will sound at the first touch of urine.Long battery lifeThe alarm unit comes with a battery that is designed to last in excess of 12 months, unlike my first alarm where I had to change the battery within a couple of days. Your child will be cured long before you need to worry about the battery.TIPSThe unit is also sensitive to sweat which can trigger false alarms. This happened to me a couple of times. Prevent this by folding a flannelette sheet in half so it doubles-up and absorbs excessive sweat before it can set the alarm off. I bought large flannelette sheets and cut them to size.All you need on top of the mat is a flannelette strip of sheet (folded as explained above) , large enough to easily cover the mat and long enough to be tightly tucked in on both sides.Use a night-light to gently illuminate the unit. I used my daughter's baby monitor, which comes with a night-light on the child's unit. This meant that I could hear the alarm and did not have to be in the same room with her once she got used to it. It is a good idea to stay in the child's room for the first few nights until they are accustomed to the new routine. The alarm is very loud.HydrationKeep your child's fluid levels up. I was advised 1 to 1.5 litres per day for the age of my child. This helps to increase the capacity of the bladder. My daughter's school helped with this. Speak to your GP about this if you are unsure.I am so happy now that after all these years I can see an end to expensive pull-ups. This product is worth every penny and with junior pull-ups costing roughly £1 a time, it will more than pay for itself. My daughter is so proud of herself. She never believed she could be dry. I am so relieved and happy for her!

I’ve been itching to write this review for weeks as I can’t believe what a transformation this has made to my daughter’s life! I have twin girls aged 9. One has been dry at night for over three years and the other never except a few dry nights here and there. When it got to her 9th birthday I had to look for something to help. I’d previously only tried going cold turkey a few times (unsuccessfully). I came across this product and to be honest it was the first time I’d seen it, even though I’ve sought out solutions many times.Anyway, fully dry by week 7 and a further 21 days using the pad to make sure.The first three nights were awful. Everyone in the house woke up except my daughter. We had to wake her, she got very upset and we had to change the whole bed. I didn’t think I could do a 4th night but we persevered and she never had a fully wet bed after that point! She had about a week of part dry nights, so the alarm would go off but we still had to wake her and send her to the loo and then we started to see some dry nights! For a part dry night the pad can be washed and your little one back sleeping in about 5 mins. It was great and from week 3 and 4 we had many dry nights where she started to wake and go to the loo herself.About week 6 we had regression so I called for advice and we changed the tone of the alarm and that seemed to work. The support line is fantastic. Really good advice and I used it three times.The product is easy to use - I just used a double flat flanelette sheet folded over the pad tucked in and it worked well. It’s quite a simple product, but I work out that it costs the same as 6 months of Dry Nites, so in a few weeks from now I’ll have re-couped my initial outlay. Worth every penny.Wish I’d found this earlier. Can’t praise it highly enough. Thank you Astric. 🙏

This is a great product,and my grandson has been using it and is dry already after 4 wks .negative is the price

We bought this after trying a different system that just consisted of a wire that was connected to our son’s pants at night and was quite uncomfortable. Whilst this system is quite expensive which is what put us off in the first place, it was well worth the money and within two weeks of using it our son has now been dry for almost a year and we have a good system in the cupboard in case any other children have the same problem. What's really nice about this system is that because it doesn't connect directly to your child's pants they can just lie on top of it (it is placed under the cover sheet) and it isn't in any way uncomfortable. The alarm can be set to different sound levels and we found that the highest sound level was the most effective as our son could literally sleep to a volcano erupting. It is quite a lot of money, however for the relief of a dry night and the amount we have saved in laundry costs it was well worth the money. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for and in this case we got a great system that works.

Our son went from no dry nights to being fully dry within a month and a few weeks, absolutely amazing piece of kit! You have to stick with it, and follow the instructions to the letter, but it does work! Have recommended to countless friends.