Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My wife is deaf and we've had issues with the cords wearing out and eventually breaking on SonicBoom alarm clocks. So this wireless shaker seemed like it would be a miracle when we first ordered it, and initially it was. Set up wasn't overly difficult, however, the application was a little awkward getting the alarm set up and then saved to start. But after reading through the directions a couple times and playing around with it, we finally got it worked out. For the first couple days, everything seemed ok. Then on the third day, I got a call from the school that my son was absent and hadn't been called in sick. After getting in touch with my wife, she swears the alarm never went off. This shaker is less intense than those of the SonicBooms, so I assumed she just didn't feel it and slept through it. Then it happened again the next day. Now I was starting to question what was going on, so I personally turned it on and made sure the bluetooth connection was active and connected before we went to bed. In the morning, before leaving for work, I turned on her phone and sure enough, the app said the shaker was disconnected. So I turned the shaker off and back on, then held the button for a couple seconds to force it to reconnect and it worked ok for her that day. So that's been our routine, she connects it at night before bed, I check it and reconnect it in the morning and then pray that it works. It's now failed 5 days in a row, even with reconnecting it between 6am-7am when I leave for work, it's disconnecting again sometime before 8am when the alarm is set to go off. Overall, I love the concept and even though the shaker is a little on the soft side, when it works, it actually works. But it's absolutely UNRELIABLE and since it must have a bluetooth connections for the alarm to go off, it's worthless since it disconnects after a short period of time. I have gone through her phone settings and turned every battery saver option off that I can find, but it's only gotten worse over time. My recommendation to iLuv: Keep the design! It's small, lightweight, wireless and easy to travel with. However, store the alarm settings INTERNALLY so that it doesn't rely on a constant phone connection. You can go ahead and continue to use the application to program it, but build it so that the shaker itself has onboard memory and a timer that controls the alarm. Then the disconnect issues wouldn't matter. I really had a lot of hopes for this product, but in the end, if it's not 99.9% reliable, then it's no good to my wife nor myself. In it's current form, I cannot recommend that anyone who is an Android user, purchase this product. I do not have an iPhone to test with to see if it's more reliable with Apple products, so please consult additional reviews before making a purchasing decision if you aren't on Android.