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Maybe my comment came off too strong, but I'd not be surprised (especially given the audience for the WakeMate) if a majority of WakeMate users have a daily intake of caffeine adversely affecting their sleep cycle.

Another way to put it is this is premature optimization for those folks.

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I don't drink coffee. I don't drink tea. I don't drink soda. I consume 0 caffeine and as a student I get my energy from good sleep. However, I've realized that more sleep does not necessarily mean I wake up refreshed. I've self observed with myself that if one day I sleep 7 hours or 8 or 5 and feel well rested and then I try to repeat that, I don't produce the same results. This is an excellent product that addresses this sleep issue and your comments are really not justified.

Exactly. I'm in the middle of trying to let my wrists heal from RSI, and I've noticed that my sleep quality isn't consistently good. Deep sleep seems necessary for healing to occur. I'm looking for something that will let me try out different sleep tweaks (less ambient lighting/no caffeine at all/exercise in morning/exercise in afternoon/various diets) and see which ones are actually effective for me.

Hopefully Wakemate fits the bill. I'll wait for the initial reviews to come out. I'm excited about the future of health afforded by devices like these.

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