Owlet Smart Sock Plus – Baby Monitor – Track Heart Rate, Oxygen and Sleep Trends (0 – 5 years) – Mint Gree

A smart sock baby monitor, that monitors a baby’s heart rate, sleeping trends and oxygen levels.
The set comes with a charger disc and three sizes of sock bandages, to fit the monitor to the baby’s foot. It also has USB C charging and a UK and continental style slot together mains plug, but no instruction book, you have to source this out on the internet, so if you don’t have internet, you’re stuck. They could have at least included a quick guide, seeing how much you have just paid out for this device.
When I tried typing in the the web address to get the instructions, I was met with a notice that the page could not be found, what a great start, if I’d have paid 340 I’d have sent it straight back at this point. But let’s carry on, seeing as I’m reviewing the device. This was the America site, I transferred over to the UK site, and no instructions there either.
Let’s try the UK support web page, still nothing, in fact I search the whole of their web site and no mention of a user guide. I did find a troubleshooting guide on the US site, but still nothing that I would call a basic instruction and set up guide.
I then did a web search and found it, unfortunately I cannot put a link here, as it’s against amazons rules reference reviews.
I then downloaded the app, to see if maybe there is a set of instructions on there, but of course first thing you have to do is register for an account, and as I got this for my son and his new daughter, I don’t want to register it to me, in case that causes problems when I hand it over to him, ie do I have to de-register it, for him then to be able to register it in his name, again a set of instructions would have helped.
But now I have the user guide, I can take you through the set up and how it works.

“The sock sensor uses pulse oximetry to get readings from your baby’s foot while they sleep. A small red light shines through the skin and the amount
of blood flow and oxygen levels are estimated based on how much light is transmitted to the sensor.
The sock sensor collects the data and sends it to the base station.
The base station notifies you, as needed, based on the data sent from the sock. The base station is your primary notification device, in the event of a red notification and as such should be placed in a location where you can hear it, if it sounds the alarm.

To use LAN mode, your phone must be on the same Wi-Fi connection as your Base Station. Using Wi-Fi, the app establishes an initial connection to the Owlet cloud and will deliver data to the app, as long as the app is not closed and the Wi-Fi connection does not change on the app or Base Station.

The Owlet smart sock requires access to an iOS or Android device, with
the Owlet Care App downloaded; minimum OS versions apply, see app stores for details.
The Smart Sock works on baby’s up to a maximum of 30 lbs, this is very important.
A 2.4 GHz wireless internet connection is required for live readings in the Owlet app, remote access to the app and some app features. HotSpot WiFi and 5 GHz are not supported, so you may have to turn off your 5GHz on your home hub, until you have made a connection during set up, then once connected, you can switch your 5GHz back on. It’s much the same with all smart devices, ie smart bulbs etc”.

Once you have installed the app, follow the instructions on screen and register the device. Once you have paired the device to the base station, place the sock transmitter onto the base station to charge it, the base station will pulse white to show its charging. If the sock needs updating, it will carry this out now, so leave it connected until this has finished.
A full charge takes 90 min, and this will give you a 16 hour battery life.
You get 3 sock sizes, and it’s important to use the correct size as per your baby’s weight. Size one is up to 12lb, size two from 12lb – 30lb and size 3 from 30lb – 55lb, and you get a left and right sock for each size.
The instructions take you though the fitting of the sock on baby’s foot, as certain parts have to line up to get the correct fit, so the device can take correct readings.

The base station communicates via different coloured lights:-
Bouncing green: It’s updating its readings.
Pulsing green: The readings are within the normal range.
Flashing blue: The sock is out of range of the base station, the battery is depleted, or the signal is being blocked.
Flashing yellow: The sock is improperly placed on the foot, or has fallen off.
Flashing red: The heart rate or oxygen levels are outside of the preset range.
Pulsing white: The sock is charging.
White: The sock is fully charged.
Bouncing white: The sock is not paired.

To switch the sensor off, ie to stop it glowing red, remove the sensor from the base station, and disconnect the USB cable. Then press and hold the base station button, while re-inserting the USB cable, hold the base station button until light glows orange and you hear 4 beeps. Then tap the button once and the light in the sock will turn off. To turn the Sock back on, place the sensor back into the base station charging port.

The sock can be hand washed with a mild detergent and air dried. Frequent washing is recommended, to not cause a rash on baby’s foot.

Once we got over the initial problems of no instructions, the set up was pretty easy, it was a bit touch and go setting the sock setup on my granddaughter, as she’s 6 months and not used to it, but once you line up the notch with the little toe, as the instructions state, we got there in the end.
I will update as we go along, and let you know of any problems we encounter.