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Hatch, which is maybe best recognized for its baby-focused products, is turning its focus to grown-ups. It made a smart rest light called Restore, with the purpose of helping people drop off even more quickly as well as obtain a better night’s rest. With everything going on sleep is one thing that we can’t afford to lose.
Babies, kids, adults… everyone feels better after a good night of sleep. And Hatch knows sleep — it’s helped over half a million families sleep better, and they’re just getting started. Originally inspired by new parents and their babies, Hatch has evolved its suite of smart sleep products to help humans of all ages and stages develop — and maintain — natural, healthy sleep habits.
Launched in 2014 by parent entrepreneurs Ann Crady Weiss and Dave Weiss, and featured on “Shark Tank” in 2016, Hatch is headquartered in Menlo Park. Designed by experts and loved by parents, the original Rest Family includes Rest and Rest+, all-in-one sleep products designed for babies and kids that can be controlled remotely.
In these unprecedented times, Hatch has become a wellness resource for those who are looking for a good night’s sleep. This past May, Hatch expanded its suite of products to release Hatch Restore, its first fully-customizable product geared toward helping adults sleep well. With the nation’s renewed focus on health, sleep, and overall wellness for all members of the family, Hatch is hopeful that its suite of products will be a welcome solution for those looking to improve their sleep habits.
I have had trouble with sleep for years, so I was excited to test this out.
It’s is the tool all-in-one sleep system. Functions consist of an analysis light with lowered blue light, comforting sounds (like white noise, wind as well as water), and also a light-based alarm that simulates the sunup. You can personalize a sleep regimen through a mobile app or on the tool itself.
The Hatch Rest is a combination of a few things:
- A sound machine (aka white noise machine)
- A nightlight
- A time-to-rise / time-to-wake system for toddlers and older kids
- An iOS/Android app that allows you to control the Rest from your phone (only via Bluetooth for the Rest)
The Rest and Rest+ bring with them a selection of 8 white noise options (from rain to wind to ocean waves) and 3 lullaby tunes.
If you’re like me, you believe that color matters and soft colors with red hues can help with sleep. Secondly, brightness, and the ability to control brightness, is super helpful. Nightlights can have several applications with babies and young kids; a reading light before bed, a middle-of-the-night feeding light for young babies, and all-night-long comfort light for older kids with Hatch Rest/+, you have the ability to control color to an infinite degree using a color wheel in the app and an LED bulb that can produce any color in the rainbow. Additionally, you can control the brightness level with the push of a virtual button
Especially kids who are too young to tell time, even with a digital clock. With a time-to-rise system, you use another system to visually tell kids it’s time to get up or it’s too early to come to see what is going on. With Rest, you can program a time to rise that changes the color of the Rest’s nightlight from, say, red to green. You can also build in sound if you want it to be a true alarm clock, or keep sound levels the same if you don’t want to let your child wake up on their own.
The Rest/Rest Plus has some physical controls, but they can both be controlled, and programmed, with a smartphone app. The app allows you to turn the machine on and off, set color, brightness, and white noise. But, Rest products take it a step further by allowing you to program different combinations of these things at different times of day/days of the week—scheduling bedtimes, wake times, and naps.
On the device, you’ll find volume and brightness up/down buttons; turn either one up or down easily with the push of a button. Plus, on top of the device you’ll find a ‘touch ring’ (a metal band around the top), which can be used to turn on and off the device, and cycle through any pre-set color and sound combinations you’ve programmed with your app.
Do I recommend, the Hatch? Absolutely! As I said, the Hatch is multi-functional, easy to use, and is available at a great price.
Do you own a Hatch?
