The product reportedly made millions by “luring” young parents into believing it would help keep their babies safe. The product comes in three sizes to fit newborns through 18-month-old toddlers. Instead, parents must also purchase traditional baby monitors as well. It is worn as a sock on the baby’s foot while sleeping.Īt $299 each, the Owlet Smart Sock provides no visual or audio capabilities, notes the Owlet class action lawsuit. The device works by monitoring the vital signs through pulse oximetry technology. Owlet release the first device, the Smart Sock 1 in October 2015, according to the Owlet class action. “Owlet failed to disclose this material information to consumers prior to sale and actively concealed its knowledge of these defects to the purchasing public.” “Conversely, the Smart Sock also regularly fails to detect abnormal oxygen levels and heart rates–the exact purpose for which it was designed and advertised,” alleges the Owlet Smart Sock class action lawsuit. Arreola claims that she discovered her child was turning purple, a sign of low oxygen, but the Owlet monitor failed to provide any warnings. “Owlet has had knowledge about this defect and has referred to it as ‘false alarm fatigue.’”Īrreola says the Owlet Smart Sock 1 failed to warn her on three occasions that her daughter’s oxygen levels were dangerously low. “The Smart Sock gives false alarms and causes parents to rush their babies to the hospital, believing them to be grievously ill,” allege the mothers in their Owlet class action lawsuit. Ruiz says she called 911 on each of these occasions, but medical professionals found that her child was within normal ranges. Ruiz says she purchased the second version of the smart sock, but stopped using it after getting two false alarms – red alerts that indicate a serious problem. Lead plaintiffs Amanda Ruiz and Marisela Arreola allege in their Owlet class action lawsuit that the smart sock issues false alarms and, more alarmingly, fails to issue a warning when a baby’s oxygen levels are low. Putting on the sock is part of my son's bedtime routine.A baby “smart sock,” Owlet, that purportedly monitors a baby’s oxygen level and heart rate and warns parents if things are off malfunctions, according to a new class action lawsuit. There's literally no down side to keeping it on if it gives you peace mind. You're not crazy for keeping it longer than average. OP - Glad he's OK - hope everything continues down that path. I startled him and he took a big breath and it went right back up. I think he was just really hungry and didn't breath enough while he was eating (he was still only 3 months old and at 2 months premature still early in his development). I ran out like a lunatic because we'd never gotten a red alarm before (and haven't since) and so I ran out ready to go to the hospital expecting to find my son blue. I was asleep in bed with the base station on the night stand and my wife was up breast feeding my son in the living room. We've only gotten one Red Alarm in the 7 months we've used it. Now that he's bigger if he also occasionally kicks the sock off if we don't strap it on tight.
Mostly when my wife forgets to plug in the sock and let it charge all day - and the battery dies at some point. Yellow Alarm plays a lullaby tune really loud and usually happens when the battery on the sock dies, it loses connection to the base, or the sock has fallen off. I highly recommend it - there are some false alarms but I've never gotten one that was an emergency false alarm - they do a really good job of weeding them out. My son was 2 months premature so we were a little more paranoid because of that. We sleep pretty soundly without worrying as much.
View QuoteI use it also for my son (7 months), and this reinforces why.
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