I slept 5 hours and 28 minutes last night plus I got up for 16 minutes in the middle of the night. The shocking thing is that it measures so much more! I was looking at the charts and checked a box that said perspiration and it had a complete chart of that for every moment of day and night which showed that while I was driving to work it started to increase, by the time I got there it had gone way up, while walking from my car to the office it skyrocketed and then it took over an hour after getting there for it to return to normal. I had no idea that work made me so stressed out! Really surprising to me.
This thing also takes your pulse continually and and has a digital watch which also has month and day. It records every step I take for exercise, it knows when I am really walking, like for exercise. It also knows when you are riding a bike or running. It even tells how many calories you are expending. The information is all constant and the graphs are incredible. The watch is suppose to last several days without plugging it in but the battery was still fully charged this evening.
They give out badges, like a game, for attaining goals. You have to make certain goals before going on and you can select goals from a list. Some are exercise, some are diet (I think), and some are sleep, like setting a time to go to bed every evening or setting a time to get up. The only fault I have found so far is that the sleep goal started at 6 hours and went to 10 hours. I have already contacted the company telling them the goal should be set at 1 hour and briefly explaining the plight of RLS and that many of us get from zero to 4 hours sleep a night. I don't know if it will do any good, but if they want to sell these I assume they will at least think about it.
I was apprehensive about the size because some online reviews mentioned it was large. I'm a guy and it is no bigger than my regular watch and actually lighter. You can purchase different bands, I just have the black one and the watch itself is black and chrome. It has 4 small buttons on each corner of the face, touch sensitive. One button on the side to sync, and on the other side are 4 small contacts in a row. You place the plastic charger frame over the top of the watch and it contacts these 4 side contacts to charge and communicate.
So far I love the Basis! I was sitting here last night doing a little biofeedback experiment. I could actually lower my resting pulse rate by just thinking about it
well it was a fun game for me anyway. Why would you want one of these? It will tell you not just if you are sleeping but the quality of your sleep. I got far more REM and deep sleep than I would have thought, I think the Suboxone is really working good. The goals are interesting too. I need goals to try to improve my health. I need to lose weight and to exercise too. This gadget is in your face all the time. Once you input your age, weight, and height this thing sets to work.It is so Star Trekkie! Amazing amount of information. I can't wait to wear this for a month or two and see how things are really going. The price is $199 plus tax. I'm sure I left off many things about this, if you are interested Basis has an online site and it is available on places like Amazon. There are 2 models. The old one and the one that came out last month. The older model is $179.
