VB80 12 Alarm Vibrating Watch, Silent Vibration Shake Wake ADHD Medication Reminder

After not being able to rely on my Apple Watch to wake me up during the night, I decided to try the VB80 12 Alarm Vibrating Watch. I need to get up during the night to take a medication and don’t want to wake my husband when I do. Unfortunately, if my wrist that is wearing my Apple Watch is under the blankets or my pillow, the alarm quickly shuts off, before waking me up. I wasn’t sure how well the VB80 watch would, as it significantly cheaper than other alternatives. I was pleasantly surprised! Admittedly, initially it took a bit for me to get the hang of setting the alarms. I would now say it’s easy to do. This watch has a low profiles and is only slightly bigger than the band. It’s very comfortable to wear while sleeping. The vibration is very strong and doesn’t easily get shut off, like my Apple Watch. Where I only use this once at night, the battery life lasts over 2 weeks. It also has 12 alarms that can be set. Again, once you get the hang of it, it’s easy to set alarms. I would highly recommend this watch for anyone that needs to get up during the night or early morning for both it’s effectiveness and price.

The product title seems to advertise for the ADHD but this watch is quite useful for the deaf and vision impaired. I like it better than my Fitbit Sense. It doesn't stink up from needing to be worn snug or feel intrusive while I sleep. It's lightweight, as the watch display is nearly as thin as the silicone band, and can be worn loosely-- I don't even notice it around my wrist yet it still wakes me up without an issue. This is impressive for a deaf guy needing a vibrating alarm clock who spent at least $50 on those deaf clocks that come with a vibrating wired puck (or wireless) you put under the pillow that sometimes fail because it unplugs or the puck falls off the bed. The deaf clocks are prone to design flaws. I hated needing to set the deaf clock's vibration back on after the alarm went off because I'd sometimes forget to set it back on or set it incorrectly because the button slider design has a bad tactile feel to it which led to some days where I didn't wake up and I was late. The alarm of the VB80 is set by its own software and automatically goes off everyday without the need to press anything (other than to stop the buzzing) to readjust the alarm thus always works via set it and forget it. The Fitbit requires your phone in order for the alarm to set but ends up glitching, plus the aforementioned problems with deaf clocks-- I find the VB80 to be the holy grail product that solves my vibrating alarm clock issue. I get the anxious-free feeling that the alarm will work 100% of the time rather than other devices where 99% or less has led to being late a few times. If you're hearing impaired and rely on vibrating alarms you must know what I'm talking about. It's those little things in design that can royally screw up a product. I'm writing to let you know the VB80 is the best solution I have found. The font size is big on the VB80, which is useful for the vision impaired. The watch's horizontal display rather than a conventional round or square display allows plenty of room to display numbers and letters. EDIT: I've owned it for a year and still love this thing. The battery life is insane. Charge it once for only a few minutes and it lasts for a month. I recently discovered a secret. When the battery reaches 10% the watch shuts off and can't be turned on. After charging it, the watch displayed the correct time and retained my alarms. I think what's going on is the company programmed the watch to power off at 10% in order to utilize the remaning battery life to keep your settings so you don't have to configure it again? Truly a set it and forget it watch. I just got home from bumping into a guy on the street causing the clock to fall out so I ordered another one. Word of advice: be careful when you lift the band to charge it. I ripped the band which caused the clock to slip out sometimes. I wore it loosely today so grinding into someone caused it to fall out and I lost it. Kinda funny knowing that thing will buzz loudly every morning on the street for a month. Happy to buy another one though! If they sell spare bands I recommend getting some because they're a little fragile. As someone with a deafblind condition, I plan to use this forever.

Worked great for 2 weeks. Thought I just got used to it and wasn't waking up. Turns out the time was 5 hours off and it was going off when I was not wearing the watch since I was already at work

Not sure how this product will be for the long run, but for now it works as it says it works as the vibration works... It's very simple to set up. Top right button is for alarms... One press scrolls through the 12 alarms you want to set up and holding down that top right button on the alarm will turn it on and holding down that top right button on the time of the alarm will set the time with both buttons being up and down and to finalize it you just hold it again. To set the time however you need to click the bottom right button, one click to pop it up and then hold it to actually set up the time... Then it will also give you the option to set up as a 24 hour clock or a 12 hour clock... Same thing though to confirm anything you just hold it in which this case it's for the bottom right button.... Also when you press this button once to bring up the time you can press it again to bring up how much % your battery has left. Now I sweat a lot so I'm not sure how long this will last... There is a more expensive option for people who sweat and it's like more of a wristband type watch does the same thing but more comfortable... But I'm going to see how this feels to sleep/how long this will last... 11/11/2024 update Now after spending some time with it... Yeah it works great actually, the vibration of the watch actually wakes me up well... Though it's not quite as comfortable to wear on my right wrist so I switched to wearing it to my left wrist.... And I don't really think I would use this for daily wear either, I'll just use this as purely an alarm clock... So my overall rating will be a 4/5.

When my battery gets below percent it dies and when i start charging it after that it shows its charging and is in the 1-10% range of battery and then quickly turns to 60% again. The battery reading is lying to you and only has half the max charge it claims but they programmed to add 50% max charge so it seems like it has more than it really does. Ive also noticed that sometimes the alarms randomly dont go off despite being enabled. However this is somewhat rare. I'm not rating this at 1 star however as its not uncomfortable and when the alarms work is is really nice to have 12 of them. Its also nice that the watch dosent light up all the time and only does when you press the buttons.

Works exactly how I wanted. Scenario: Wanted to have an alarm go off and wake me up and not my wife. This watch vibrates and wakes me up immediately without disturbing her. Alarm: Vibrates very strong. Wakes me up right away. Battery: Charged once 3-weeks ago. Still shows 100% battery. Very impressed with this. User Friendly: Only has two buttons. It is a bit confusion to set the time and alarms, but you get used to it quickly. Would highly recommend.

El único medio con el cual puedo despertarme a la hora programada... soy discapacitado auditivo, y para poder despertarme a la madrugada para tomar mi medicina, es el único medio efectivo para levantarte...

It is simple, it works well at what it is programmed, it has a nice look… unfortunately after about a month of use, I found out that any sweat evaporated into the band messes with the circuitry. As in it involuntarily sets off the buttons. I randomly look at the watch while I’m at work and I see it trying to reprogram the alarm on its own. I got this to be considerate to my roommates in my apartment when I have to get up at random hours for work. It does the job of waking me, but as a normal daily watch it doesn’t hold up to the day to day use (and yes my job requires a watch that isn’t a phone). Just washing hands can get it to go bonkers. Another thing to note is after a month of use, buttons are noticeably at different elevations. Admittingly I am reprogramming my wake alarms fairly often as I don’t have a set work schedule but this seems too fragile. I understand this is probably used to take medicine on regular set intervals (and thus shouldn’t be reprogrammed so often) but I want others giving this watch a look to set reasonable expectations. It hasn’t affected button use yet, but I have my concerns. This seems more a set it once and done, maybe change timing occasionally as you change prescriptions or something. Other than those outlined, the battery is a mystery. It went from 20% to 90% in like 5 mins, but the watch lasts almost 2-3 weeks with occasional use to check time and daily alarms going off. That’s pretty phenomenal. Again watch is simple, and kinda makes sense it doesn’t take as much power. However, this charging time isn’t always consistent. Sometimes I need to charge for at least an hour before it hits 100% I can only wish it was more durable toward moisture. It can be very useful as a day to day but with that vulnerability to moisture, that limits use for those that perspire or washes hands. For a $20 price tag, it’s painful for a daily use but can be vital for very specific things. Unfortunate that my need is for something that can wake me quietly and durable for day to day use.