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I’ve been sitting on this review for a while because there is so much to say about Zeo and it is all good. My husband and I spent a month reviewing the Zeo, a sleep measuring device. Yes, it measures how well you are sleeping, the depth of your sleep, the length of your sleep. It determines how many times you wake up, and your overall sleep score.

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We took turns and in the end wanted to keep the device, it was just a loaner, so sadly at the end of the month we returned it. My husband has decided that when it can measure two people at the same time we will buy one. But it has to be in our budget to, because honestly, I would have purchased it for him for Father’s Day if we had the extra money for it.

Zeo Personal Sleep Coach (www.myzeo.com) conducted a study with Sentient Decision Science, LLC of 2,000 consumers of which 70% of women with children said they didn’t they get enough sleep – can you relate?

We can both relate, but my husband does not sleep well at all EVER. So using the Zeo to understand his sleeping habits was not only fun but useful; it was also satisfying because we are both very analytical people. We love data and numbers, yes we are both nerds, computer science geeks. We love playing with new technology and comparing each other’s stats, but it wasn’t a surprise to find out that I have average to above average sleep at night and he has well below average.

Zeo’s supplemental online coaching program helps educate you on how to achieve smart, efficient sleep, rather than just logging hours.  The system walks you through a 7-step Sleep Fitness Program that enables you to “wake up” to they lifestyle habits and factors that are attributing to your lack of quality sleep.  You can record you sleep data on a daily basis and track your improvement results over time.

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I know that if I work on my blog up until bed time then I’m all stressed out all night long. I can’t fall asleep easily and I wake up feeling like, oh I didn’t do this or I didn’t do that. So I will fall asleep faster and easier if I get off the computer at least 30 minutes before I go to bed. Using the Zeo can help you determine patterns like this and use them to get better sleep.

Looks:

The headband that you wear at night is not exactly attractive but it is comfortable. It never kept me from sleeping. It is very adjustable and light.

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It’s a very stylish machine, and my husband thinks it would make a beautiful alarm clock even if it didn’t have all of the other features that it has. Our nightstands aren’t nice enough for the Zeo.

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In Summary:

We love the Zeo. It’s a great alarm clock, and sleep analyzer. It’s fun to use, and useful.

Enter to Win:

A Zeo to keep!

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Tell me how you sleep at night

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The contest will run until June 21st  11:59 pm Pacific. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

 

I received a loaner to facilitate my review, Zoe provided me with information and is supplying the giveaway unit.

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  1. Don’t sleep great, but mostly because I wake easily to noise or vibration and my wife sleeps poorly. She wakes a lot in the night, which on turn wakes me up. It’s a vicious cycle and then my one year old is up anywhere between 5:00-6:30. Ah well, it’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it 🙂

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  6. I sleep very badly. I’m a light sleeper that needs total dark, comfortable temp, a pillow to hug and one by my feet, and white noise. And I have an eight month old baby who sleeps in his crib in my room, so I think you can guess how badly I sleep!

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  21. I haven’t been sleeping very well lately. It seems like I just have too much to think about so I have a hard time falling asleep.

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  24. After taking sleeping pills for a couple of years to be able to fall asleep, I have learned to fall asleep on my own again but I don’t usually sleep soundly and wake up unrefreshed most of the time.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

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  33. I toss and turn. I move all over the bed. I am a fairly sound sleeper, but suffer the occasional bout of insomnia.

    Cheers!

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  37. I usually sleep pretty well. I find I sleep best if I abstain from caffeine after 3pm and get a good workout in at some point in the day.

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  39. I sleep pretty well, but I do toss and turn and wake up at least once. I would be curious to see what the quality of my sleep really is.

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  42. Most of my family suffers from sleep problems. Several became addicted to sleep aids. I have the same problem, but refuse to take drugs to sleep. After many years I have learned to avoid all but occasional bouts of severe insomnia. However, I am still likely to wake up several times in the night, so I donj’t think my sleep quality is great. You can see why I would be interested in this device.

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  43. I sleep fine, except when I am woken with a jab telling me to roll over as I allegedly snore, although I dont hear it.

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  46. I have always had trouble falling to sleep and the fact that my husband snores, makes it even harder. I usually end up on the couch a couple of nights a week.

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  72. I try everything>>> I cannot sleep beyond four hours at a time>> sometimes I get to go back to sleep. but most of the time that is it! I have a Tempurpedic bed and were it not for that, I would be in pain and not sleep at all>>> It would be wonderful to win something that would help…

    Thank you for the chance to win

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  75. I work the steady graveyard shift so I sleep a few hours here and there during the day time. Not a good thing at all!
    dolniaks[at]consolidated[dot]net

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  77. I got to sleep too late, wake up too early and am woken up numerous times throughout the night by my kids

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  85. I have a very hard time sleeping like your Husband. I toss and turn all night. I always have 3000 things going on in my head at any time so it stays with me while I sleep. Unlike me, my Husband hits the pillow and he is out like a light. He can sleep 4-5 hours a night and still be up and about like he slept for 12 hours!!!!

    sarahcoulsey03 at gmail dot com

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  90. I’m sleeping very poorly, now, thanks to my 2 month old. I tell ya, having a 2.5 year old who sleeps with no issues really spoiled me…

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  93. Because we have more than 20 hours daylight in Alaska for summer, it’s been a struggle to sleep continuously at night and get a good rest. I’d be curious to try this out!

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  98. I’m shocked when I get a full night’s sleep without waking up at all. I bet I wake up once or twice on my own and the kids get me up any number of times a night, not to mention my husband’s snoring.

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  105. I don’t sleep very well. I have trouble falling to sleep, and then wake-up several times during the night. I feel tired in the morning when it’s time to get up and I get tired in the middle of the afternoon.

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  107. I sleep horribly. Some nights I don’t sleep at all. I toss and turn. I get up at least four times a night to go to the bathroom. I get up to take pain meds for my back or other areas that I am having pains in, which is many. The only time I have a decent night sleep is when I end up taking a Migraine pill for a Migraine, then that night I will sleep. The only problem is I can’t take the Migraine pills more than three days in a month because they are so hard on the liver. So I have to pick and choose which Migraines I can live through without meds and which ones I will take the medicine and log that I took it so that I don’t go over how many days in a month I can take it.
    lfhpueblo at msn dot com

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  108. Became a fan of Zeo on Facebook and left a comment on their wall today.
    Lauralee Hensley
    lfhpueblo at msn dot com

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  117. My sleep is a disaster. I have tried everything you can think of to regulate my sleeping and nothing seems to work. I have to take supper sedateing drugs just to put me to sleep and im not talking a little xanix or Amiben because those are controled substances and i cant take them as i am a recovering addict. I have to to take stuff LIKE serequil. I dobt take it now, but am taking one like it. ANYWAY…I go to sleep fine with the medication, but wake up at like 3am and my ming gets to going and i am wide awake. This would not be a problem if If I was able to nap during the day, but that is not an option for me as my dities as a mother, student and wife dont allow it. I am going to go have a sleep study done because it is affecting my health. I am one of those people who cant function well during the day unless i am well rested. I have not woke up refresh and rested since prior to the birth of my second child. 🙁
    lynnnjoe(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  126. How do I sleep at night? Mostly not. I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine…which keeps me breathing in and out, but is such a nuisance to wear, it wakes me often. I also suffer from degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease, so I’m in constant pain. This too, keeps me from getting the appropriate amount of sleep. I was supposed to have a sleep study, to re-evaluate my continued need for the CPAP machine, but I have to pay $300 up front for the test, which is impossible in this economy, so I’ll have to pass on that for now. I’d love to have the opportunity to use the ZEO Personal Sleep Coach, just to see what my level of REM sleep is, (which is the restorative, healing, recharging sleep mode).

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  127. I wish that I did sleep at night, but I work third shift. Most days I sleep well but there are times where I have a terrible time. Being able to analyze what I need to change to avoid this would be a godsend.

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  133. Comment on another post:

    Mom Central and Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta photo dilemma. I voted on this one, but I can see that the majority prefer #2 the most. It’s a good picture, well framed and cute….but I still like the ones where they are “slurping” up their spaghetti. Spaghetti was always my boys’ favorites, and it seemed they always managed to get more tomato sauce ‘on’ them then ‘in’ them! 🙂

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  136. I probably sleep better than I think … I have trouble falling asleep and feel like I wake up often. I’d love to win this to better understand both my husband’s and my sleep patterns.

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  142. It varies from night to night..sometimes it feels like it takes me forever to get to sleep and others I pass out instantly. I’m a very active dreamer and I sometimes feel like I was up all night.

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  144. Awesome! I’ve heard of this before and I’ve been really wanting to try it out. Sometimes I sleep like a rock, other times I can’t sleep at all.

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  150. I have really bad insomnia and have a hard time falling asleep. I usually find it easier to fall asleep on my couch in the living room than in the bed because I feel there is less pressure to fall asleep when I’m on the couch, lol!

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  168. Sleep… right.. whats that again? We co-sleep with our 2 year old part of the time and I am still breastfeeding, so sleep is fleeting. Plus I work till 12 midnight and get up with the boy at around 7 (he starts feeding around 5) so yeah. Sleep doesn’t really happen for long at our house. Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com

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  173. I don’t sleep well at all. It’s 2:31 am and I’m still up applying to win your contest cause I’d like to know why I can’t sleep!

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  182. I sleep terribly most nights. Maybe it’s hubby’s tossing and turning or his snoring every now and then. Or then again..

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  187. I sleep like an absolute rock–even managed to miss a car accident three houses down with the windows open one summer night.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    –Liza

    ejm6x (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  189. I have fibromyalgia so sometimes i sleep a lot and sometimes not at all.It would be great to have a readout to show the dr without having to go for a sleep study!Maybe corrolate my my pain and sleeep levels.

    mitch1066@gmail.com

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  196. I don’t sleep at all at night, I sleep MAYBE 4 hours a day and that’s if I get to sleep finally around 5/6 am!
    six_one_nine_girlie86 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  201. I sleep awful at night but that is because my 20 month old toddler still does not sleep through the night…I wish I could sleep as well as my husband!

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  202. I sleep great as long as I take my sleeping pills. If I don’t, there is NO SLEEP for me! 🙂

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  219. I sleep horrible at night. I am not sure if it is the mattress, or something more serious. I wake up every morning feeling tired. I would love to give this a try.

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  229. Although I have significant sleep apnea and have to use a CPAP machine every night, I would love to win the Zeo as I have a 25 y/o DS who lives with us who has really struggled to get through college due to chronic severe insomnia. Thanks for offering the chance to win this!

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  239. i sleep badly, because I never feel like I get enough REM sleep, and my sleep apnea seems to be more brain related not obstructive, so this would help me to try and track that without having to keep forking out to the hospital for sleep studies.

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  249. I sleep fitful….nightmares, hot flashes….cover stealing, sheets uprooted and that is while taking melatonin and something to keep me from obsessing, yuck!

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  283. Sometimes I sleep well, but usually I wake up a few times every night because there’s a HUGE lamppost right outside our bedroom window. And…I’ve been to lazy to get a curtain. Probably because I’m so tired from waking up all night.

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  288. It varies how I sleep at night- sometimes soundly, other times I wake up repeatedly, and some nights I can’t get to sleep or wake up hours earlier than I should. I would love this device.

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  306. I am pretty restless when I sleep! I might be in bed for 8 hours but I only feel like I got about 3 hours of sleep or less sometimes! I’m always tired!

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  316. Only with Ambien…and occasionally Melatonin…and even then I’m lucky to get three or four hours uninterrupted. It’s terrible. I feel like a zombie all the time!

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  349. I don’t sleep well at night – I wake up all the time. Problem is my husband does too – so between us one of us is always up or waking the other one up. Thanks.

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  350. I usually sleep on my side. I think I get a decent amount of sleep. And i usually have to make 2 trips to the toilet. umm yeah, i try not to drink anything before bed but i still end up having to go. no good i know.

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  365. I sleep okay at night, but I really do have troubles getting to sleep. So much so that I’ve wondered how good of sleep I am getting. This product seems fantastic!

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  368. I sleep great but little noises wake me easily but my boyfriend is up and down all night wish I could help him!

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  381. I am a night owl and sleep an average of about five hours per night.
    So anything that will help me sleep better or longer would be a blessing.

    Thank you so much for the giveaway.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

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  390. unless i take some benedryl or I stay up till the sun comes up i am tossing and turning and flipping over. sometimes i am not sure if i am even asleep. i really have no idea how much sleep i get, but i have a feeling it is never enough.

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  395. I don’t sleep well at night. I usually toss and turn and go to sleep late. I’d like to get a good night sleep. I do sometimes, but more often than not I don’t. sigh.

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  412. I go through periods of insomnia (both having trouble falling asleep, and waking up in the night) but if I follow some simple rules I don’t have as many….no caffeine after noon, no exercise close to bed, etc.

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  426. I either am sleeping great or i go for a few weeks at a time were i can’t sleep. i stay up all night. then get a few hours of sleep.i hate when this happens. i have no energy to do anything for the weeks i cant sleep
    jmajor4870(at)aol(dot)com

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  441. It always take me forever to fall asleep. Occasionally I’ll wake up in the middle of the night. I also have a lot of bad dreams.

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  449. My sleep is so up and down ! I can fall asleep at 9PM and then I am up at 1 AM ,fall asleep for a couple more hours. I am up at 5 AM I have a very tough time sleeping and I would love to use the Zeo. Maybe I will be able to sleep better
    Thanks

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  469. I have a problem going to sleep before 2 a.m., and then it’s hard for me to sleep longer than 5-6 hours.

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  481. I am one of those sleepers who toss and turn frequently and sleep lightlyl

    ardy22 at earthlink dot net

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  482. I think I sleep well but it’d be nice to know for sure. I know my kids wake me up too darn early!

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    • Hi R Hicks,

      You won the Zeo Sleep Diagnostic tool. Please send me your name phone number and address so I can send it to the sponsor. Thanks and congrats!

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  503. I don’t sleep well at all. I wake up several times a night. I can’t go to bed early otherwise I’m awake even earlier.

    mightynaynay(at)cs.com

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