Bought 3 units for my wife, my son, and me. All three units have issues connecting to ios devices by bluetooth. The remote control that comes with the units is very limitted and does not provide sufficient operation of the units. In addition, these units to not cool! They are basically a very expensive fan that blows air to your feet. This item will NOT replace your A/C on hot days. I have also contacted the manufacturer 3 times. There is no phone support whatsoever and by email they would keep telling you to reset the unit over and over again. Which does not help. The item has a design flaw which must be repaired. I have attached a picture of the error massage as well as a screenshot of the app’s page on the Apple store (look at the rating).
I want to share my review, as this is a big ticket item for me. Before I start, a few caveats:
- I bought this because I'm a very hot sleeper
- I live alone, so don't share my bed with anyone (except my pets)
- I live in SC where it's hot and humid most of the time
I decided to get this because regardless of what I did, I woke up sweaty. In the summer, I would set my thermostat to 65 and still wake up sweaty. This is not because of hot flashes! So I decided to get this in the hopes of saving on my electric bill in the summer.
It was easy to set up. I read the book and followed the instructions step by step. It wasn't difficult at all. I was nervous for a minute that it wouldn't slide under the bed, but it *just* fits underneath. If my bedroom wasn't carpeted, it would likely fit a bit better. At this time of year (it's February), I'm sometimes cold when I go to bed. This is perfect for warming the bed or my feet when I get in. I use the Sleep Cycle to set it to turn on about 1.5 hours into my sleep. I then have it turn on to run at the lowest heated setting (72 degrees) at about 40% wind current. I found the cool setting to be too cool my first two nights. I have a feeling that will change in the summer and I will use the cool setting. I am sleeping better and waking up not dripping with sweat! Finally - this is what I've been looking for to keep me cool at night! (And warm if I need it!)
Other things to note:
- it's very quiet. I sleep with a white noise machine and can't hear the BedJet at all
- it can dry your skin out, so I lotion up before I go to bed; if you have a severe dry skin condition, this may not be good for you
- I'm using 100% cotton sheets and it works for me; the company recommends high quality sheets. I don't know if 100% cotton counts as high quality, but that's what I have because they were the ones that kept me the coolest.
Like most people other people here, I was apprehensive about spending so much on a fan but it has turned out to be worth it. I've never slept so well in the summer, even when I used to turn the A/C down and use several fans. I've been using this for two months now and have hardly ever woken up hot since. I really like the fact that you can program the air flow to change throughout the night based and configure it based on either time or duration. It did take a few weeks to get that really dialed in (and for the molded plastic smell to mostly go away) but now I've found settings that work for most nights. I do wish that I could start the program from the remote instead of opening the app every night before bed though. It is nice to have the app for setting up the schedule but if I don't remember to turn it on in time my phone lights up the room while my wife is trying to fall asleep. It would also be nice if there was a way for it to read the room temperature and adjust the fan speed up or down from the set temperatures. I have had a few nights where the temperature dropped in the night and I woke up shivering. The changing temperatures over the course of the summer in general also mean that I have to tweak the schedule every two weeks or so which is kind of annoying but mostly a limitation of using any kind of fan for cooling. All it all, it is far from a perfect solution and still feels a bit overpriced but has some good options and is still probably the best option out there for keeping cool at night without a dedicated bedroom A/C.
First time I have ever been moved to write a review on Amazon but this is the single most amazing product if you sleep hot due to Menopause! This thing WORKS and it is saving my life! It only took a NASA Engineer to solve my propensity to burst into to flames every night at 2:00 a.m.!