Belatedly checking back in to report on our experiences trialing the hypoband. Unfortunately for the band, but fortunately for Dan, he hasn't had a night-time hypo while wearing the band. This is really unusual for him but he's fourteen and hormones are raging and I think that's making his numbers higher than usual. I know that the band hasn't missed any hypos because we use a libre so can see the night-time trends. The only time in the last few weeks he has had a night-time hypo was when we were on holiday and couldn't use the band because there was no phone/internet reception in the place where we were staying - sods law. We've tried popping the band on during the day when he thinks he might be going hypo but we've never got the timing right for this. However will keep trying because I really want to be sure that the band will trigger for him. That said, I do feel more relaxed at night knowing he's wearing the band and will update as soon as we get a proper trigger. So putting aside the massive issue of no-hypos here are my pros and cons of other aspects of the band.
1) The new instructions for setting up the band have removed early problems we had with it alarming when worn straight from charging. It's working really nicely now and is v easy to set up.
2) The only remaining set-up issue is to do with using it on a teenager. Because the app needs to run on his phone, if there is any problem with internet disconnection, or if we simply forget to put it on before he goes to bed, there is always a big to-do of me having to get into his phone via his password. So I have to wake him up, persuade the password out of him etc. Repeat ad nauseum every time he changes his phone password - which is every day - which might suggest I have more to worry about than night-time hypos!!! In an ideal world I would have control over the app on my own phone but I accept that this is a technical impossibility!
3) The watch is standing up well to regular use, it feels nice and sturdy though the wrist band does feel a bit cheap and plasticy.
But all that said, if I could just get one night-time hypo to test the alert, then I would have no hesitation in recommending this product. So when that happens I will come straight back and edit this post to reflect that!