Owlet Smart Sock 3 – Baby Monitor – Track Heart Rate, Oxygen
Owlet Smart Sock 3 – Baby Monitor – Track Heart Rate, Oxygen and Sleep Trends
Smart Socks
The Owlet Smart Sock comes with two sock sizes, and a right and left sock for each size:
- Size 1 fits babies up to 12 lbs.
- Size 2 is for babies from 12 – 30 lbs
Smart Sock Sensor
Sock sensor uses pulse oximetry to get readings from your baby’s foot while they sleep. A small 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
Base Station
The Sock sensor collects data and sends it to the Base Station. The Base Station notifies 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.
App
Owlet’s free baby monitor phone app gives you real-time notifications and let’s you see your baby’s heart rate and oxygen levels from anywhere.
The Owlet Smart Sock requires access to an iOS or Android device with the Owlet Care App downloaded.
Specifications
| What’s in the box | Socks size 1 and 2, right and left sock for each size, Smart Sock sensor, Base Station, Base Station cord, Power adapter, Quick start guide |
| Battery Life | 16 hour battery life, 8 hour charge in under 20 minutes; fully charged in 90 minutes |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (2.4 GHz). The Smart Sock will not receive interference from home alarms, cell phones or other electronics. The radio waves generated from the device are more than 20 times below that of the smartphones carried in pockets all day. The Base Station connects to your home WiFi to communicate through your internet to our cloud. |
| Specifications | BPA Free, Lead Free. ETL listed. Designed in USA. |
| Requirements | The Smart Sock and Base Station connect via Bluetooth low energy. WiFi is only needed if you would like to use the app to view live readings and view them remotely. |
| Requirements | The Owlet App requires iOS 13 or higher and Android 7.0 or higher |
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| Description | Our award-winning Smart Sock, the smartest baby monitor of it’s kind | A complete picture of your baby’s safety. The Owlet Monitor Duo offers the intelligence of our award-winning Smart Sock paired with the Owlet Cam | The Owlet Cam streams HD 1080p video with night vision and two-way audio to your smartphone over a secure, encrypted WiFi connection so you can hear and see your baby from anywhere | Our award-winning Smart Sock, the smartest baby monitor of it’s kind. This bundle contains 2 pairs of socks | Our award-winning Smart Sock, the smartest baby monitor of it’s kind. This bundle contains 2 pairs of socks |
| Tracks Oxygen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Tracks Heart Rate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Tracks Motion | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Tracks Sleep | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Monitors Video | ✓ | ||||
| Monitors Audio | ✓ |
| Weight: | 460 Grams |
| Size: | 0 – 18 months |
| Dimensions: | 20 x 8.5 x 14 cm; 460 Grams |
| Brand: | Owlet |
| Model: | BM06NNBBYG |
| Colour: | Mint Green |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Included: | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
| Manufacture: | Owlet |
| Dimensions: | 20 x 8.5 x 14 cm; 460 Grams |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Size: | 0 – 18 months |
I’ve been using the owlett for my baby since birth to now 4 months so far. As a very anxious new mum I’ve found the owlett extremely reassuring, it’s not recommended by healthcare professional but as a nurse for a pretty long time, the technology is exactly like pulse oximetry in the hospital and gives a very accurate pulse and spo2 reading. I found that it alarms between 15-30 seconds when I remove it and I can’t really relax unless my baby has it on at night. The 2 negative things i would say is I would like it to alarm at 95% ideally and not 80%, 80% is extremely hypoxic for a baby so you would want warning before you reached that low so you can act on it and the fact it doesn’t alert you unless it’s below 80% really worries me, similar the pulse rate gauge is also a bit of key and I think that’s a bit of a design flaw that hopefully in the future the threshold may be smaller for receiving alarms. The other thing is the foot sock to buy online is extortionate it’s about 70 quid for literally a scrap of material my little one has already out grown the baby sock and is on the next size up but preempting I found the price very high for what you get other than that I am so grateful to have the owle
just had my twins and was very worried about them at night time my niece told me about this owlet and got 2 and was so happy and not as nervous given me a great piece of mine will worth the money thanks for the great service and quick delivery
Worth it for a bit of peace knowing some of hid stats
Would defo recommend to any one with new born baby puts your mind at ease
After a case of SIDS in our immediate family, this product has given me complete peace of mind. We all get better sleep. Hands down the best newborn investment we’ve made.
Gives peace of mind when and stops (me at least) obsessing over breathing and heart rate when I can’t see my baby
I purchased the Owlet with the idea that it would monitor my son whilst I slept, relieving all of the fear and anxiety I was feeling.
I am happy to report that it has done the trick. I feel a million times better going to sleep now, as I know I will be alerted if his oxygen or heart rate drops.
The app is easy to use and setup was a breeze. I have had a couple of times where the sock loses connection to the base station, but plugging the sock back into the charging port seemed to fix it.
If you’re anxiety about something happening to your baby whilst you sleep, I cannot recommend this enough. 200 for peace of mind is well worth it to me.
My 1yo son suffers for a rare heart condition which can bring about episodes of cardiac arrest.
Recently he unfortunately suffered a severe episode in the middle of the night. There were no outward symptoms he was in respiratory distress and the Owlet monitor alarm going off was the only thing that alerted us, allowing us to call an ambulance straight away.
There are not enough words for our gratitude. 5 stars is not enough for this product.
This is worth every penny. And more.
Thank you
I honestly can’t procrastinate enough about how amazing the owlet is. From the moment we we were told our baby may have a heart murmur to her now turning one it’s given us peace of mind on so many occasions
Expensive but I would pay triple the price. BUY IT!
One of our twins experienced some difficulty breathing not long after coming home from the hospital. We both spent a couple of sleepless nights worrying about whether she’d be okay. We decided to invest in the Owlet so we’d get a warning if there was anything wrong again.
We have found it easy to use, accurate – with very few false alarms, and most of all reassuring. We believe it would afford us the opportunity to intervene if anything were wrong. We’d definitely recommend it if you have a premature baby, if they’ve experienced any complications, breathing difficulties or other problems after birth. It’s not inexpensive but it is worth i
Stopped working at 16 months of use. Outside warranty so no recourse. Would not buy again.
Bought this as a replacement for my grand baby. I just wish I had one of these when my daughter was a baby!
I can actually sleep thanks to this amazing product!! I had very bad anxiety for the first weeks of being a new mum and I had put off buying this but the minute we did, I actually got (some) sleep, it does alert for things like if they cry- we had it on before an over tired meltdown and the alarm went off and scared all 3 of us lol, but it also went off when he was nestled in my shoulder for a cuddle and had obv nestled in too far and his air quality went down, I panicked and quickly stood up with him but it immediacy went back to normal.
Sometimes in the night I will just roll over to my phone to check his levels and then get back to sleep. Highly recommend if you struggle with nerves and anxiety as a new mum!!
My second baby was very unwell. He was in Neos for quite a long time. At this point I considered the monitor but for some reason did not go ahead and buy it and I can safely say it was my biggest regret. On his due date my baby took a respiratory arrest which lead to a cardiac arrest followed by an ICU admission. As I said I’m a nurse so we started cpr immediately which helped. Thankfully he has recovered and he is doing better. I kept being told it was reflux but something in me felt he wasn’t right. I do think had I had the monitor I would have picked up on him being sick although when babies get sick they get sick very quickly which is what happened. I think had I of had the monitor I would have went straight to hospital rather than trying to contact the gp. However I also know we had no warning signs that he was unwell just that 2 hours before his colour drained. I do think the monitor would have picked up his oxygen dropping.
Cut to now we have had the monitor for nearly two weeks and I love it. It gives me the reassurance I need to be able to sleep. This is the main selling point to give parents reassurance and that it definitely does. If your nervous or worried it will help you feel at peace.
The readings are accurate. My baby got a snuffle and his o2 went from 99/100 to 93/94 which was an accurate reflection of his snuffles.
I had taken him to ED and the readings where the same. He had one apnoeic episode and it picked it up and alerted us.
As for the actual device it’s nifty, very innovative I can appreciate the time that has went into its design. The sock part would actually be brilliant in hospital. Although as I say I know it’s not a medical grade device and it hasn’t went through the testing they do. I have no doubt it would pass as a medical device if it were to go for it.
Battery life is great. I like the feature that tells how many hours/minutes are left and the traffic light system to alert that the battery is running low. I like the graph trends. The sock itself is of good quality as is the base. The only two things I would change are the ability to change the lower parameters. The oxygen parameter is set at 80% I would prefer to be alerted sooner than that. I would like an alert at 90 and at 85. 80 in infants to me is just a bit too low. The second thing would be connecting to wifi on 2g and not 5g. Hope this is able to improve over time.
All in all a really great device.
yes it is a bit pricey but even if not buying new and you are just looking for reviews I again would recommend.
I also love that I can now monitor while out of the house (work, ect.)
We had one for our older son which we bought from the US as it wasn’t available over here. We needed it for piece of mind for our newborn. We have had two red alarms (thankfully both false alarms) but both times you can see why it alarmed. We get good readings for the sleep state overnight and it’s just a relief
My son in law loves to monitor the twins sleep pattern. It is such a great device, that tells you if one woke up n for how long. My daughter suffers with anxiety but these really help her get a good night sleep. They are expensive, but what price do you put on peace of mind
The battery life lasts almost 17 hours. It shows me how long he slept for and how well he slept as well as monitoring heart rate and breathing all night. It gently alarms you if the sock slips without scaring. My baby stopped breathing in his sleep and ended up in hospital so we bought this to help alert us if it happened again and I am SO pleased we did. I now can actually get some sleep knowing I will be alerted if anything is not quite right. My only wish is that I got it sooner. Cannot thank owlet enough!!!!!
We bought the owlet sock after our 8 month old stopped breathing and collapsed shortly after waking up in the morning and I needed to give her CPR.
Although she’s been given the all clear with no underlying medical issues, we wanted to be able to immediately respond if it ever happened again, especially whilst she sleeps.
So far the owlet has given us exactly that:
Setup was relatively straightforward although there were some issues pairing the sock to the station and assigning them. The online chat was helpful in sorting this.
The sock comes in two sizes and can be worn on either feet (total of 4 socks) up to around 18 months of age. There is only one sensor that is swapped out between the various socks. Fitting the sock is actually very straightforward without much fussing.
Readings are relatively accurate and matched the SATS and HR we saw in the hospital stay. That said it’s almost impossible to do a direct comparison unless you have medically certified equipment to hand to verify.
The base station and application respond quickly enough to change in circumstances (e.g. loss of signal, movement, drop in metrics). So far we’ve had no false positives but our greater concern is false negatives which again are harder to verify.
The sleep log is a clever bit of algorithms combined with readings and on review is a generally good indicator of how well or poorly your little one sleeps.
Overall very impressed and pleased with the kit. For the average parent and child with no underlying issues i wouldn’t think it all that useful (if anything, more anxiety inducing for all parties). For those who have serious concerns and are actually soothed by the metrics it delivers then I’d highly recommend.
Possibly the best thing I’ve purchased. I can’t even guess the amount of extra sleep we’ve had knowing this Awsome product is keeping an eye our little one.
UPDATED AFTER 2 MONTHS OF USE
I purchased the owlet prior to the birth of my Son. I was worried that I’d be unable to sleep, worried about his breathing. The owlet has been great to help reduce that worry. We use it every night and at nap times if I’m also wanting to sleep. The battery lasts a long time (around 16 hours) and charges quickly. It is easy to set up and relies on home WiFi. I even took it on a recent hotel stay and it took 1 minute to set up.
The only area I think it lacks is the analytics you can see the next morning. The sleep graph often shows sleep when I know my son was awake or vice-versa. Also, the graphs only show 10 minute blocks. The sock captures data constantly so It would be good to be able to see all the data.
I know other reviews have mentioned the base station giving false alerts, but we haven’t had any.
Pros:
– Good fit of sock
– Easy set up with home wifi
– Good battery life
– Peace of mind
Cons:
– Expensive
– App analytics and navigation could be improved
Great product, gives re assurance and to know baby is well and safe. Sock is great alternative to having a pad under the baby cot to measure breathing etc. Loving it!
Battery life is good. It hasn’t ran out of battery during the night which is the main thing, but I put it on charge all day long, and have not yet tested how long the battery lasts when I don’t charge it. In regards to accuracy, the oxygen levels and heart rate are very accurate, however the sleep accuracy isn’t great. It has logged that my baby has been asleep for quite a while when she wasn’t. The sock itself is very soft, gentle and secure, and hasn’t ever come off or needed adjusting, even on my wriggly baby! I will add, that the sock gets dirty very quickly (see my photo) and needs washing regularly. Being on their foot means it starts to smell sweaty very quickly, but you are able to wash all parts of the sock to keep it nice and fresh. The set up of the product was fairly easy, and I loved that there is not a bulky confusing instruction manual to read through, instead it’s all done through the app. In terms of value for money, it’s quite a pricey product, but I do trust it. I trust that if my baby is ever in danger during the night that I will be alerted, so it does mean I can sleep soundly at night.
We have had quite a poorly newborn with RsV Bronchiolitis and a few weeks later covid- both requiring hospitalisation and oxygen. This product gave me such peace of mind when she was asleep that she was ok.
I found the app easy to use and when there were issues with sock placement and connectivity they were easily rectified.
I wouldn’t be without one now
We got this before our baby arrived. When we got him home it was difficult to fit on a small newborn, so we left for a week or so and he got use to it. Need to ensure good fit as the alarms scare you to death. Some red marks but putting on secure as wriggly. Hoping will be of more use as we go on. A level of reassurance but be confident with technology and don’t panic about the readings. Very expensive for what it is but appreciate the technology inside. Make sure you have good WiFi !
Battery life is about 16hours which is great, however when taken off the foot and not out straight into the charger it alarms constantly.
The sensor has to be on quite tight to the foot which I’ve found can cause pressure marks round the ankle and in the bottom of the foot so I only use at night as I don’t want to risk prolonged pressure.
The app is good – it breaks down awake & asleep time and how long for. However you can only access when at home with the base – so you can’t check if you are out and about.
I feel it’s very expensive for what it does – there must be cheaper alternatives.
This has given me so much peace of mind, it is expensive but baby is now 3 months and I feel it has been good value for money so if I continue to use it for another year then it will be even better. I worked out the price per week if I was to use it for 18 months and it is well worth it.
Battery life is good, you get a full night and then some for days when baby hasn’t been very well so I’ve wanted to leave it on longer. Then it charges quite fast ready for the next night. I find the accuracy is good, it’s only alerted me once and I had already phoned the doctor an hour before as I was worried about baby not being well so this just affirmed it for me. It doesn’t replace common sense, if you are worried about baby being unwell then you should get him or her checked. But it does allow me to sleep knowing it will alert if baby needs urgent attention.
My son was 14 weeks premature and has chronic lung disease. He has had several hospital stays and needed to go back on oxygen since we brought him home, so I finally bought one of these for peace of mind. I put it on him while connected to the hospital sats monitor and was surprised how accurate it is. I was a bit sceptical before.
I was able to wake up to sleep peacefully at night. I am very pleased
I love the fact that you can check your babys stats in a few seconds, it also tells you if they are awake and wriggling. I sleep a lot better at night knowing that it will alert me if there is anything wrong!
So first I need to say that I’m a tech geek. Any stats I can get out of myself for anything I do are a big winner. So when this product popped along I just had to get it. We have a 8 month old girl who follows a specific sleep routing and sleeps really well because of it – I wanted to see whether there was any correlation between moods in the day vs sleep at night – as well as keep on top of my girls health – which is where this product fits perfect for me.
I love the idea of the night stand for this, and also the setup is relatively straightforward, although it could be simpler. Basically you have to first connect to the base station with your mobile, then connect it to Wifi and then setup your childs details- some of which I feel are over the top and should just be simplified. Overall though, about 5 minutes to get it setup and ready for use. For those non-tech savvy, I’d allow for a little longer.
Placing on the foot of the child is a fine art in itself. Not because of the product as I find that holds up really well but, have you ever tried to keep a childs foot from moving while trying to fasten straps? Picture putting on a pair of sandals and it’s the same process! Once it’s on the foot – rock solid and it’s definitely not being flicked off.
The stats are great, you get oxygen level, heart rate and also the amount of time your child moves around of an evening. It’s great to see that some nights our daughter is sleeping through, 10+ hours of growing time. Others it’s more patchy – that makes it easier for us to see what the differences are, in most cases it’s food the day prior!
Overall, really happy with the Owlet. There are without doubt room for improvements although for me most of them are software related, the areas for improvement are:
– Notifications – We often feed our daughter in a different room (outside of range) to where she sleeps, I put the foot pod on immediately before feed time and that often means we get notifications until feeding is finished because it falls out of range. Simple solution is to power off the base unit until bed time – satisfactory but it’d be better to do it at a software level.
– Setup could be simpler. It feels less refined at the minute but I expect it’ll get better as they start to get feedback.
– In-App Navigation – whilst it works a treat, it feels difficult to navigate to areas you need to view. Nothing major and I always get there with it, but it could be a simpler interface in my opinion.
Would I buy it again? Absolutely. It’s a very very well made product which performs really well and gives great insight into your child that you’ll get from nowhere else.
I’ve seen this product appearing more and more on my social media and I love a gadget so was keen to try it. Yes it is quite pricey but the peace of mind it brings makes up for that. Everything is beautifully packaged and very easy to set up. I like that you get several different sock sizes so that it can grow with your child. I can’t say if it is comfortable to wear as I’m not the one wearing it but it doesn’t seem to bother my little one. The socks are lovely and soft and the velcro seems pretty secure. We have only had yellow alerts (thankfully) usually due to wriggling and I really like that rather than a shrill, upsetting alarm sound it plays hush little baby. It’s loud enough to get your attention but not a scary sound. I regularly look at the graphs in the app to see how baby has slept and I’ve found it quite interesting. I also like the little information bits about my baby’s development in the guide section of the app.
The battery life is brilliant and it charges very quickly. The app is very easy to use and I like that it is personalised with your baby’s information.
Overall a very good product. I will definitely continue to use it as my little one grows. I’m sure that it will become more important once they are in their own room too.
At first I really struggled with seeing this up on my phone and with the wifi. It just wouldn’t accept it and sync with the device. It took us a couple of hours to get right.
Once sorted though I was happy to see it working and picking up the heart rate and oxygen levels, this does give peace of mind knowing that you can check your phone every few minutes.
Worrying for me was we removed the sock to see how long until the alarm went off and it did take quite awhile to go off.
Otherwise socks nice and soft and fit well.
However, our little one had a bad case of silent reflux which resulted in a lot of throat discomfort and breathlessness periods in the early days and then later in coughing fits once he had developed some defence mechanisms.
The Owlet sock has let both of us sleep about 15% more because on the days when his breathing sounds odd or laboured, I’m able to check the owlet data to make sure it’s just a strange noise rather than something affecting his oxygen levels. This means I’m able to fall asleep and I don’t wake him up to change his position either so double win!
There are a couple of negative points however:
+ You can’t get readings from the sock without the base station. This means that if your wi-fi is down or more importantly, if you’re out of the house, the sock is unusable. This is the biggest downside for me because the position that babies are in when they are in car seats is constricting to the chest area so it would be particularly useful on car journeys, especially longer ones.
+ If your baby is a wriggler, likes to grab his feet or generally rub them together, you’re going to get a bunch of ‘false’ warnings from the base station because the sock is moved out of place – the most annoying part about this is that the notification from the base station is loud enough to wake up the baby!
+ The base station wasn’t super obvious to set up but I messaged customer service over the chat in the app and they helped straight away.
For us, the peace of mind was ultimately very much worth the hefty price tag. But if we’d had a baby with no reflux/breathing issues, I probably would have used it for a couple of days and then forgotten about it.
Certainly for the over worried parent, but works well, after a week In nicu due to respiratory distress, it was really nice to have this on each night to give peace of mind.
I still believe this device has an incredibly small impact on chances of SIDS, but the psychological advantage to my partner knowing something was there monitoring his oxygen made that irrelevant.
The app is very well put together, the device seems very accurate (although I guess I’ve no medical o2 monitor to compare!). The battery life is great, the different alarms are great so you don’t panic if it’s a device issue.
It’s surprisingly easy to place on the baby, even when wriggling and it really doesn’t seem to bother out little guy at all.
Money well spent, especially if you have a little extra newborn anxiety!
However best thing I’ve brought, great for piece of mind my little one is used to wearing it and doesn’t bother her, battery lasts for a good 18hrs and charges quite quickly, and absolutely the best thing about it is, if your WiFi is down it still works, twice now I have been without WiFi and all that doesn’t work is the app.
Give you that extra piece of mind, would recommend to anybody if they can afford it.
Got this to put our minds at ease during the first few days after our daughter was born. It was a godsend. It really helps especially in the first few days while you are still adjusting by letting you know your little one is ok and you can relax
Great product and brilliant for peace of mind. Defiantly worth the money.
Expensive but worth it for the peace of mind. Accurate
Great reassurance for new parents – especially those whose newborns are premature!
Currently having problems with the sleep/awake markers and the tech support have been responding so hopefully will be sorted soon.
Super reassuring – bit super expensive!
I’d still buy again, dispite the hefty price tag.