Smart Beddit Review

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We now offer our Review of the new version of the Beddit 'Smart Sensor', a sleep tracking tool that has the distinction of sticking directly on the mattress of the user. Produced by the Finnish company of the same name, the Beddit promises revolutionary features, and a help to sleep better. Let's see what it really is. 

Atypical presentation

Let us specify it of entry: what makes the originality of Beddit is the form in which it presents itself. Indeed, the product consists of an adhesive plastic tape, which sticks on the mattress itself (or on the bed, if your bed is equipped). This band is attached at its end to a small white box, rather thin, which is hanging on the side of the bed. It should be noted that this box must be powered via a USB port, either by plugging it into an outlet using the supplied converter, or to a computer if you are used to leaving your computer near your bed at night. The novelty in this Beddit Smart, compared to the previous Beddit Classic, is the fact that the connection between the device and the smartphone is done in Bluetooth Low Energy (4.0), and no longer in conventional Bluetooth.

No luck, the Review copy I received is too short, the tape covering barely half my bed width. I do not know if I should take the fact that Beddit assumed that I was single, so sleeping in a single bed. Even single people are entitled to a double bed, so thin. All this to say that the reliability of Beddit measures may have felt during my tests, even if I tried to sleep on the side of the bed "covered" by Beddit. Finnish society, however, has announced the release of a Beddit for couples (include a beddit that is the length of a double bed, and which measures the sleep of two different people in parallel), which is unfortunately still not available on the Store.

A simple and effective application

The installation of Beddit unfolds without any major hitch, except that I had a hard time taking off the adhesive part of the band; I almost flung the Beddit out the window. Fortunately, living in the basement, it would not have had very unfortunate consequences. After long minutes of struggle, I finally manage to install the Beddit, elegantly hanging the case on the side of my mattress. And it is not without excitement that I smart health connected the box to the mains plug. Nothing happened, but the Beddit was still running.

The customization is rather basic, in the sense that the product is not very curious about its user. It is not asked for sex, age, size or weight. Only the daily goal of sleep is configurable (from 6am to 9am), and the device will not fail to scold the sleeper not hard enough.

In order to start sleep monitoring, it is necessary to inform Beddit that you are going to bed. This is done via the dedicated smartphone application (iOS and Android) which I will present later in this Review, and who communicates with the smart health smart health connected object via Bluetooth 4.0. This presses the button "SLEEP" of the application, and Beddit begins to analyze sleep. It is regrettable for the moment that the detection of sleep is not done automatically.

It is possible to configure alarms on the Beddit, in order to be woken up at an "optimal" moment at the end of the night, that is typically during a light sleep phase. This is the same principle found on some smart health connected bracelets that also measure sleep.

Upon awakening, it is necessary to press the button "WAKE UP", as if this simple action allowed us to go out miraculously and without effort of the arms of Morpheus. This is unfortunately not the case, and this simply tells the Beddit that it can show you the data collected during the night.

First information: the total score of sleep. It is a number between 0 and 100 which, as the name suggests, is a "note" sanctioning the quality of sleep. It is calculated according to different criteria:

• Amount of sleep

• Sleep efficiency (unclear concept)

• Wake up (again, hard to say what it is)

• Agitated sleep

• Snoring

• Out of bed

• Sleep latency

The total therefore gives a score.

I emphasize that the Beddit did not detect snoring, even though I am a fervent militant snorer. Small disappointment here. As with many competitors, sleep time should be measured with tweezers, as it is difficult for the device to distinguish a sleeping person from someone trying to sleep, but not moving. . Nevertheless, it seems to have been quite realistic during my measurements.

Under the total sleep score, there are some nice "ideas for improvement", which are things that can help you sleep better. For example: "playing sports in the late afternoon improves sleep". Although this kind of advice is quite common, it is rather a good idea to integrate it into this kind of application.

Then come the more classic "sleep statistics", where we find the duration of sleep, with a graphic guilt reminding us how far we are from our goal of initial sleep.

Following this, heart rate, which the Beddit also prides itself on recording. I personally get measures included in 53 bpm and 62 bpm, which seems credible. However, this is impossible to verify, and it is obvious that this product can not in any case be a substitute for any form of medical analysis. The measurement is accompanied by a graph showing the evolution of the heart rate over the night. In the same way, the application also provides breathing data per minute.

Finally, at the bottom of the summary of the night, there appears a "timeline" modeling the different phases of sleep. Sleeping time first, then light sleep, pee breaks, and deep sleep. I notice somewhat fanciful events reported by the Beddit, which indicates that I got out of bed for 1h, or 2h. Unless I'm sleepwalking (which is not impossible, but still unlikely), we can consider that this is a whim of the device. Let's put this on the account of the tape too short.

There is a social dimension, because it is possible to share on social networks analysis page of the night. As if your "friends" had something to do, if you want to post a message "I really slept well tonight" accompanied by your respiratory rhythm chart …

To get a Beddit, it will cost you 149 €. It may seem a little expensive, but it is still 2 times cheaper than Withings Aura, for example … It should be noted that a Xiaomi Mi Band costs € 15, and offers the essential features of sleep monitoring (wake up and sleep time, sleep cycles, etc.). Everyone has to choose, therefore, according to their needs.

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