I am deaf and live alone in a rural N California forested area with high fire danger. I'm off-grid, no land line phones, just cellular service here and the closest neighbor is almost a mile away. I have a cochlear implant for hearing which works great when I am awake but I have to take the sound processor that hooks over the ear off to sleep. I've been looking for a ringer/flasher for my cell phone to wake me in emergencies. I was worried that the Serene Innovations ringer/flasher alone might not wake me out of a deep sleep so I also ordered the bed shaker accessory. Bed Shaker is a little misleading, it's more of a heavy vibration/pulsing. I just keep it under my pillow. It's slim enough that I don't feel a lump under the pillow. So if I have rolled over with my back to the flasher on the bedside table the shaker will still wake me every time. I highly recommend both.I have registered for text alerts with my county Office of Emergency Services and have programmed my phone with a custom vibration for their texts and the ringer/flasher to recognize the custom vibration. This eliminates nuisance texts, email alerts and voice calls from waking me except for important contacts I assign the custom vibration to. Instructions for this feature are in the manual .
Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]