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Ask HN: Where are the Wakemate reviews?

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I am so close to buying a Wakemate. I'm completely sold on the concept and it presents a compelling value proposition: sleep better, without taking meds, for $50.

However, I can't seem to find any actual hands-on reviews of the device. The website says the first devices shipped in January. Has anyone here used a Wakemate? Would you care to enlighten me about your experiences with it?

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As far as I know it hasn't shipped. I pre-ordered it last year when it was scheduled to ship at the end of January. They then delayed that and said Q1 2010. It still says that and they still haven't shipped. They made a post last week on their facebook page saying they would tell us shipping details soon, but haven't said anything since then.

I hope it's not vaporware!

I got an email on March 11'th saying that they were shipping out the first ones in March. I haven't heard anything since.

Sorry for the radio silence ? we have some good news: the first run of units will go out in March! We do not know how large the run will be right now, but it will not fulfill all of the pre-orders. We'll let you know if you're in the first batch as soon as we can. Thanks for your continued patience and interest in WakeMate; we can't wait to show you what we've made!

Hey Guys,

Greg from WakeMate here - Because we have not publicly shipped any units yet, there are no reviews of units just yet. We will be shipping out the first units at the end of the month so you should be seeing some reviews soon. More detailed information will be posted to our website and blog.

Here's the TC article from that January delay: http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/23/wakemate-delay/

Have you emailed them? preorder@wakemate.com

Haven't emailed them. I'm less worried about being the first to get one. I want to let the early adopters figure out whether this thing is legit and then I'll make my decision. I really hope it's the real deal.

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