Owlet Smart Sock 3 - Review 2023 | Is it worth it?

[@lillyazores]

My cousins baby was wearing one when she stoped breathing at night. My cousin was able to rush to her room and get on the phone with a paramedic

[@mariyagrv88]

So, the problem is not in the sock if the monitor in the hospital is showing the same.....

[@petergriffiinbirdistheword]

5 to 10 seconds is not a significant lag. The notifications you described happens when the sock is fitted improperly. Its possible you did not put it on right. Its completely normal for rates to drop and increase with movement.

[@ruslanmustaev8170]

We use it for about 3 weeks with camera from owlet. Yes sometimes when the sock isn't fit right, it can false trigger the alarm but if it sits correctly, we haven't seen any problems with that. From fully charged to the zero we haven't had any false alarms that means almost 16 hours. We use it not to monitor the oxygen level only but to be sure that child is not suffocating because of the turning around during the sleep, we can't watch at him 24/7, so the sock is just additional measure in worst case scenario.

[@joshuamcdonald3649]

Fair review but you clearly put the sock on upside down at the start of the video. We’ve had no issues soo far. Not perfect and like you said hospital sensors aren’t perfect. But gives peace of mind.

[@evisw372]

This sock is amazing and gives me peace of mind, works just like an actual medical reading device

[@martinhenke6028]

Never had this issue. Using it for the second child now. Even if they move often - never experienced such low levels. Maybe a technical defect at your device? For me the sock seems to normalize this out and show movement instead of super low levels. Cannot confirm your described behaviour of the sock. Using the smart sock 3

[@niffumau]

An over simplified explanation is the oxygen sensor reads by shining light through the skin and looking at the colour. There are caveats to this, but just like everything, its an indicator. I measure my heart for af, use a stethoscopes to double check. This is all good and well assuming you dont become obsessive about it. I used an oxygen sensor / heart rate monitor long term to establish a baseline for myself and only when there was a notable change id take further steps. This is where you went wrong, you became obsessed with it. Heart rates go up, go down, sensor moves gets poor contact. Readings change.. its all normal. Establish a normal baseline first

[@ML-bk2eh]

So the sock told you exactly what the doctors did ? Isn’t that a great thing .

[@LauraJebb23]

I love mine. Yes it’s weird to set up but once up and running it’s so helpful. I have piece of mind that there is one extra layer of protection and I’d rather deal with the 2 alarms I’ve had in order to be able to sleep at night. It also monitors his sleep patterns. I love this and I have found it is accurate. I then know if my baby has had a lot of sleep, broken sleep, not enough and should need extra sleep time in the day. To me it’s worth every cent.

[@markstone6263]

Sock is made to alert of drops in O2, baby's O2 drops and alerts parents, parents stop using bc alerts are annoying/unsettling 😂

[@rickjames9339]

Lol every shot of them putting it on the foot it’s upside down

[@ruslanmustaev8170]

I had the same problem with sock setup even I'm IT professional.

[@CPM994]

I’ve been trying for 3 day now to figure out how to set it up and can not get it working. I’ve got the camera connected but the base station and sock will not connect to my phone. I’ve got to say the set up of this devise is horrific and the last thing I needed to deal with on-top of dealing with a new born.

[@resistance_x1381]

If you’re in USA & using an iPhone it won’t work

[@zaccuda7302]

I am writing as the video plays but i am writing this on every video about this. A. Plain and simple camera is complete ass. B. I have finished my analysis of the accuracy of the sock. My wife is a nurse and I am about to be an EMT we take our newborns vitals in contrast with the owlet. The accuracy is meh on heart rhythm but the O2 sats is waaaaaaay off it drops to 88 then up to 100 if we were not a medical family we would be rushing to and from the hospital. You can still use this (as it is still a great tool for lack of a better alternative) but allow for a decent amount of scans before rushing to conclusions. IF! The baby is cyonotic (blue) at anytime around the lips GO TO THE HOSPITAL OR CALL EMS!!!

[@danw82uk]

I'm considering one of these for a 32week prem baby and I'm tempted to try it He's currently under 5lb and sinuses are quite blocked up so he has noisy breathing, but when they clear a little and his breathing goes quite i'm lying there awake listening any movement. My current thinking is a few false alerts are better than that. Quick tip for people worried about things like this, don't use coloured or tinted lights on the baby room, they'll stop you from seeing the babie's true colour. Along with WiFi and bad traces i was also wondering if people had issues with the socks needing to be replaced. We needed to use hospital sats monitors at home 24/7 for our 1st born (0.7kg and lots of health issues), the probes/sensors needed to be changed quite often say every few days so we worry about the life span of the sensor. For our 2nd we didn't need anything like this. On higher spec machines with a larger screen there is a trace line and you can generally see from they it's is a bad trace but the ultimate test is the babies colour, if it's a real problem you can tell. We have the advantage of knowing about traces issues from past experience but that won't stop me from jumping up in they night if the thing beeps, then regardless of what the O2 reading is I'll need to put a lights on to check their colour. With our first when he was in a different room if we got a false alert we had the camera setup so we could see if he was wriggling around. The next technical leap with this tech is to join it up to the motion sensors and alerts based on the 2 things combined.

[@melindapupos8668]

The main question is: why would you put your newborn that was born with only 700 grams, in a separate room? Are you crazy?

[@danw82uk]

@@melindapupos8668 no I'm not crazy. We didn't put him in a separate room and at no point does my comment mention a separate room. Are you crazy thinking a 700g baby would even be allowed out of hospital? That's 1.5lbs

[@HolaSoyPedro2]

owlet app doesn't work in some regions

[@RebeccaBancarz]

Does the sock heat up from being worn all night ?

[@Dad_things]

We never noticed it heating up.

[@aaronmoore3739]

No.

[@SaruEMSEducation]

Unless you are an advanced medical provider, these type of devices can do more harm than good. Parents calling 911 or ED visits because they saw something on a screen, freaked out and are using a medical device they clearly do not understand what information is being displayed. -PARAMEDIC/RN

[@Shehimslimjim]

👍 thanks

[@SirSpinalColumn]

You should take this video down. You have no where near enough experience or sample size to make this kind of statement. If even one child dies because their parents saw your video and decided against trying it, thats one too many.

[@KBQ9971]

Agree. Completely irresponsible to discourage people from using a potentially life saving device based on absolutely no expertise.

[@KRVKENx]

This device has been a great peace of mind for me since my brother died of SIDS. I entirely agree with this comment. These people although expressing their own opinion to which to do indeed have the right to do so just actually might end up causing legitimate deaths of babies of someone doesn’t take this video with a grain of salt.

[@prestonward9096]

An honest opinion or review of a device should be trashed because even that he tells the truth about the device it may lead others away because it could possibly save a life at some chance? How about give a review that will force the creators to do better and make something that can save more.

[@toastingbread]

Don't take it down, it's just one couples experience - thanks for posting. Listen to doctors not PR/ advertising

[@tahneedavis6864]

I agree that this needs to be taken down. I wish I’d found owlet sooner. Worth every penny. You’re not even putting it on right, it was probably too loose or upside down!

[@dean4781]

Hahaha so the sock is bad because you struggle with technology and the sock gave the exact same reading as the professional hospital system........ right.

[@SirSpinalColumn]

@@dean4781 and then posts videos of them putting the baby’s foot into the sock backwards. This jackass has no business posting reviews .

[@kushagrasingh7731]

Thank you this was very helpful, so basically it’s a waste. Removing from the registry now 👍

[@lillyazores]

Yes and no. The owlet actually saved my cousins babies life. The baby stoped breathing at night and the app woke them up.

[@kushagrasingh7731]

@@lillyazores thank you

[@simonmallett2584]

Not a waste at all, ours provided months of peace of mind for my wife without the issues he describes.

[@kushagrasingh7731]

@@simonmallett2584 no I finally got it and we sleep peacefully

[@Tattleta1e]

​@@kushagrasingh7731that's great