Up at 5.
Still in the same bed.

“Before: five alarms. After: one buzz.”

I counted before he started wearing it. Five alarms between 4:00 and 4:45, snooze on every one, and me nudging him after each. The first morning with the band, it buzzed once at 4:30 and he sat up. I filmed it from my pillow because I couldn't believe it. Day 21, and it's still one buzz.

Melissa R., 38 · Edmonton, Alberta

“I'm not his alarm clock anymore.”

For 17 years, I've been his alarm clock. His alarm goes off at 4:45, wakes me instead of him, and I lie there nudging him until he gets up. He's worn this band for two weeks. I haven't had to wake him once. I only know he got up because his coffee cup is in the sink when I come downstairs. I'm not his alarm clock anymore.

Jennifer M., 49 · Hamilton, Ontario

“I was sure it wouldn't work.”

This man has slept through a sonic boom alarm, an alarm across the room, his smartwatch, and me turning on the light and yelling. A buzz on his wrist? Please. The first morning, it went off at 4:15 and he sat straight up. Six weeks in, it hasn't missed once. If it gets him up, it'll get anyone up.

Angela P., 44 · Halifax, Nova Scotia

“His arm was on my side of the bed. I felt nothing.”

I'm the light sleeper. Everything wakes me. We tried a bed shaker before. Guess who woke up. So the first morning, I lay there waiting to feel this one too. His arm was on my side of the bed when it went off. I felt nothing. At 6:30, I found out he'd left at 5.

Danielle C., 32 · Victoria, British Columbia

“2 hours and 15 minutes of sleep back, every work day.”

His alarm: 4:30. Mine: 6:45. Once I'm awake, I'm awake, so for 15 years I got up at his alarm and lay there until mine. Now it buzzes on his wrist, he gets up, and I sleep right through to my own alarm. That's 2 hours and 15 minutes of sleep back every work day. I'd forgotten what that felt like.

Catherine B., 55 · Winnipeg, Manitoba

“I deleted my backup alarm.”

If he was late, it was my fault. That's how it worked in our house for 12 years. I set a backup alarm on my phone to make sure he was up, and if I slept through it, I heard about it. He'd already had one write-up for being late. He's been on time every day for two months now. I deleted my backup alarm. For the first time, I don't lie there wondering if he's up.

Priya S., 41 · Toronto, Ontario

“He gets himself up like a grown man.”

Every work day used to start with a fight. I'd shake him, he'd get grumpy with me, and we'd both be mad before 5 a.m. I felt like his mother. Now the band buzzes on his wrist and he gets himself up like a grown man. Last Tuesday, he got up, made me a cup of tea, and kissed me goodbye. I was half asleep, but I still remember it. We haven't had that morning fight since.

Rebecca L., 36 · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

“I wish I'd bought it twenty years ago.”

Twenty years I've been waking this man for work. I've slept on a mat in my office more nights than I can count just to get away from his alarms. He's had this band for a month. I'm back in our bed, and I sleep. Even on Saturdays, when he forgets to turn his alarms off. Best money I've spent on this marriage. I wish I'd bought it twenty years ago.

Marie-Claude T., 59 · Québec City, Quebec

“Why pay when his phone alarm is free?”

I almost didn't buy it. His phone already has an alarm, and it's free. But in our house, his phone alarm had one job: wake me up so I could wake him up. Four alarms every work day for 14 years. He's had this band for three weeks. His phone sits on the dresser on silent now. He hasn't missed a start, and I haven't heard an alarm since.

Natalie F., 46 · Ottawa, Ontario

“He forgets it’s there.”

I bought it thinking he'd hate it. He won't wear a watch to bed, and the last fitness tracker I got him ended up against the wall. He grumbled for one night. Now he puts it on when he brushes his teeth, and he says he forgets it's there. He hasn't taken it off in his sleep once. He even charges it himself.

Farah K., 34 · Vancouver, British Columbia

“A girl at work asked what had changed.”

A woman at work asked me what had changed. I didn't know what she meant. Then I figured it out. For eight years, his alarm had me up at 4:50. Then I'd do the lunches, the school run, and a full shift on five hours of sleep. He's worn this band for five weeks. It buzzes on his wrist, and I sleep until 6:15. Apparently, it shows.

Stephanie D., 43 · St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

“It’s been 365 days and it still gets him up.”

My husband's a hard hard worker. He works construction mostly in downtown and it comes with long hours. It puts a toll on him for sure i've seen it. The main issue was even if Tyler got up he couldn't stay up and awake. We had tried every fix i've seen even other vibrating bands. I bought this band with no hope but for simply one reason only. These guys built something I NEVER saw. They offered 5 vibration levels because those 2 or 3 ones never were strong enough. But truly the biggest thing was it takes 10 steps to turn the band off. It forced Tyler to get up and moving and once he did he was already up and and by then didn't need to come back. We used our anniversary coupon to get a couple more bands for christmas and gifted it to both of our parents :)

Jess M., 33, and her husband Tyler, 37 · Downtown Vancouver, BC

He works construction.

“I moved back off the couch.”

I’m the light sleeper in this house. His phone buzzing on the nightstand woke me. Earplugs didn’t help, and his bed shaker we tried woke me before it woke him. So for months I went from sleeping on the couch and the guest room Sunday to Thursday. I was sure I’d feel this one too. The first night back in our bed together, it went off and I had absolutely no idea. Literally nothing. I only knew he’d left when my own alarm went off. It feels like a overstatement but this band has literally saved our relationship from being a couple of roommates.

Marisol R., 42, and her husband Dan, 44 · Red Deer, Alberta

He’s an electrician who starts at 4:45. Three kids.

“Eight years as his alarm clock and I can finally say i've retired.”

When we got this band his biggest concern was not that it wouldn't work but comfort. He kept telling me it'll be bulky and he'll have the urge to take it off. I remember by the third day he barely would remember it was there. I have to say the comfort and how lightweight saved this from being in the trash like every other thing we tried.

Grace L., 41 · Richmond, BC

Her husband is a longshoreman who starts at 4:30. Two 9-year-olds.

“His phone alarm was free. I was the one paying for it.”

I’ll admit I rolled my eyes at $105 for an alarm when his phone has one for free. Then I saw the math of what it's costing me. His alarm used to be 2 hours before mine. It was basically our alarm. The worst is once I’m up, I’m up. I was on 5 hours of sleep everyday for years because of it. I teach a room of grade 2s which isn't easy on five hours a night. I was taking my anger out on things that were so small and I knew deep down why. He’s worn the band for six weeks. I sleep till 6:30, and we haven’t had an argument since. This is the cheapest thing I’ve bought for this marriage and I can't recommend it enough.

Julie D., 36, and her husband Rob, 38 · Milton, Ontario

“He said it wouldn’t work on him. He was wrong.”

Curtis has slept through a Sonic Boom, his phone under his pillow, and an Apple Watch he wore to bed for a whole year. When we first bought the band we used to setup backup alarms just incase and oh I tell you we never ever needed them. 5AM crushed it with this we've fallen in love. Cheers I hope this helps!

Denise W., 53, and her husband Curtis, 56 · Brampton, Ontario

He’s a millwright who has started at 5:00 for 28 years. Her shift starts at 8:00.

“I stopped being his alarm clock”

For six years his first alarm went off at 4:15 and his last one at 4:50, and I heard every single one. He heard maybe the last. Most mornings I'd end up elbowing him awake just so the noise would stop, then lie there staring at the ceiling until mine went off at 6:30. I honestly didn't think a buzz on his wrist would do anything. This is a man who has slept through a smoke detector test. First morning, I woke up at 6:28 to my own alarm and his side of the bed was already cold. I actually texted him to ask if it worked. He sent back a thumbs up from the truck. That's been every workday since. I didn't realize how angry I'd been every morning until I wasn't.

Erin M.

“Haven't been late once since”

Ironworker, tools on at 6:30, hour drive. I had three alarms on the phone and one on the old clock radio and I still had two mornings last winter where I woke up to the foreman calling. Second time he told me there wouldn't be a third. My wife was the backup system and she was done with it. Honestly bought this expecting nothing. I figured a buzz is a buzz, my phone buzzes all day and I don't notice. This is not that. It goes off right on the wrist and I'm awake before I know why. Four months, zero late. One alarm instead of four. She sleeps right through. Should have bought it two years ago.

Mike R.

“Baby finally sleeps till 6”

Our daughter is 7 months and sleeps in our room. My husband is up at 4:30 for the mill and his phone alarm would wake her every. single. time. Then he'd be in the shower and I'd be the one rocking her at 4:35 in the dark. Some nights I'd started sleeping on the nursery floor just so one of us got rest. We bought this after one of those mornings where I cried in the kitchen before 5. First week, she didn't stir once. Now she wakes up around 6 like a normal baby and I get an extra hour and a half I didn't know I could get back. He kisses us both on the way out and neither of us wakes up for it.

Leah B.

“Did what my Apple Watch couldn't”

I tried the Apple Watch alarm for about three months because everyone at work swore by it. Slept through it probably once a week. The tap is fine if you're a light sleeper. I am not. Plus, charging it every night meant half the time it was on the counter, not my wrist. This thing does one job. It's not counting my steps or showing me texts, it just wakes me up. Strong enough that I'm up on the first one, quiet enough that my wife has stopped asking me to sleep on the couch before early pours. Wish I'd skipped the watch.

Chris T.

“The fights about his alarm just stopped”

Every time I brought up his alarms it turned into a fight. "I work for this family, what do you want me to do, be late?" And he's not wrong, he works hard. But I'm a nurse and I need my sleep too, and his 4am alarms plus snoozes were costing me an hour every night. I bought this without asking him and left it on his pillow with a note. He rolled his eyes. Wore it anyway because I asked nicely (twice). That was in March. Now he tells the guys at work about it. The fights about the alarm are just... gone. Not because one of us won. It just stopped being a thing.

Priyanka S.

“Back in my own bed”

Embarrassing to admit, but I'd been sleeping on the couch Sunday to Thursday for most of the year. Not because we were fighting. My 4:00 alarm was wrecking her and she has to be sharp at work too. It was my idea, I didn't want to be that guy. But you don't realize how much you miss just going to bed at the same time as your wife. Bought this as a last try before we set up the spare room properly. Been back in our bed for 7 weeks. She says she doesn't even feel me get up. Best money I've spent this year and it's not close.

Adam K.

“Best gift I've given (to myself)”

Got it for my husband for Christmas and wrapped it up like it was for him. We both know who it was really for lol. He's a lineman, gets called out early a lot, sets like 6 alarms. I wasn't sure he'd wear it since he hates anything on his wrist at night. He said it's lighter than he expected and he forgets it's there. Me? I've slept through his alarm every morning since Boxing Day. He thinks it's the best thing I've ever bought him. I'm not correcting him.

Rachel P.

“I'm the heaviest sleeper you'll meet”

My mom used to dump water on me for school. My first boss in the trades drove to my house once. I once slept through a hotel evacuation drill. So when my girlfriend sent me the link I said no way a vibration does it. She ordered it anyway. First morning, it went off and I sat straight up like someone grabbed my arm. Not painful, just impossible to ignore. Two months in, it hasn't missed. I still set one phone alarm as a backup out of habit and I'm always up and turning it off before it goes. She hasn't heard it once.

Tyler N.

“Light sleeper here. I feel nothing.”

I wake up if the dog changes position. That's the level we're working with. My husband's alarm is at 4:40 and for years that was my day starting too, whether I liked it or not. I'd never get back to sleep after it. My biggest worry was feeling it through the mattress like when he tried his phone on vibrate under the pillow (that was worse, honestly, the whole bed hummed). With this I feel nothing. I don't hear it. Last week I didn't even notice he'd left until I saw his coffee cup in the sink.

Nina C.

“First year apprentice. Saved my job.”

First year electrical apprentice, 45 minute drive, have to be on site at 6:45. I was late three times in my first month and the JMan made it pretty clear what happens next. I live with my girlfriend and her alarm is at 8, so me setting 5 alarms was not going over well. This was the fix for both problems. Wakes me the first time, she sleeps. Haven't been late since November. It's a small thing, but when you're the new guy, being on time is basically your whole reputation.

Ben L.

“I'm better at my job now”

I'm a teacher. I need to be on at 8 with 26 kids. For two years my husband's 4:30 alarm meant I was running on maybe five hours and a lot of coffee. I was snapping at my students and at my own kids. I didn't connect the dots until a friend pointed out that I only seemed human on Saturdays. We tried earplugs (I can't sleep with them), his phone across the room (he slept through it, I didn't) and a white noise machine (didn't cover it). This is the only thing that's worked. I sleep until 6:30 now. It sounds dramatic, but it changed my whole week.

Sarah J.

“Bunkmate approved”

I work a rotation up north and share a camp room. My 4:15 alarm was waking the guy across from me, who's on a different crew and starts later. Not a great way to make friends. Bought this before my last hitch. No noise at all, and I'm up on the first buzz. He actually asked me what I was using. I also use it at home on days off when I want to get up early with the dog without waking my wife. Works the same.

Rob D.

“When you can't hear alarms anymore”

25 years in heavy equipment and my hearing isn't what it was. Ringing in my ears all the time, so I sleep with a fan on, which means my alarm had to be cranked to max to get through. My wife hated it, obviously. Turning it down meant I'd miss it. This takes the sound out of it completely. I don't need to hear it, I feel it. Wish someone had told me about this ten years ago. My wife says she sleeps better than she has since the kids were little.

Dan W.