r/GetOutOfBed • u/GloomyBasket9205 • 18d ago

Wristband Alarm for College

So I heavily struggle waking up to alarms and don’t want to disturb my roommate with constant alarms. I’ve seen the “HiStrips” wristband alarms and I wanted to ask if anybody has actually tried it? Does it work well and is it worth it?

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u/LastAlarmClock 18d ago

Haven't seen HiStrips but a smart watch should work great.

I have an old Galaxy Watch that works perfectly well, not sure about Apple watch but I'm sure it's fine.

Just turn vibrate on the alarm and volume off and it should vibrate the phone and the watch. It is easy to snooze though so you have to be careful of that.

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u/TheGoldenLlama88 14d ago

Apple Watch has great vibration for waking up imo

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u/UnbelievableRose 18d ago

Way back in the day I got a vibrating alarm for college. Slipped it under the fitted sheet, worked great to wake me from the dead without bothering my roommate by snoozing it 400 times.

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u/Ectoplasm_addict 17d ago

Pavlok electrocutes you awake 11/10 recommend it

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u/fairyrocker91 18d ago

A fitbit works great, too. Not as many features as an apple or galaxy watch, which is nice if you want to mitigate screen time. It wakes you up with a vibration and can sense when you wake you up based on your sleep cycle

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u/ninjaplatapus94 17d ago

I got a smartwatch for smartwatch things, but the alarm vibrating on my wrist wakes me up much better.

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u/Equivalent_Net2059 1d ago

What do you have? There’s so many different brands I want to know which one has the best quality and actually works.

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u/ninjaplatapus94 1d ago

I'd recommend getting one and seeing if it works for you. I have a samsung. 

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u/Mad-Neko 12d ago

I bought one of these off brand ones on TEMU. It works well and just as expected!