Chummie Elite

We purchased this for our very deep sleeper. He was 4 years old and was done wetting the bed in 6 weeks total, but I'd say he was getting the hang of it after only 2 weeks. Here are the steps we took for successful training 1. We purchased the orange arm band to hold the device instead of clipped to pajamas. Our son didn't like it on his arm, so we out it on his ankle, which was much more comfortable. 2. We put a piece of velcro to the back of the sensor and instead of taping it to his underwear, we put a pull up on him over his underwear, and the velcro stuck to the inside of the diaper perfectly. This also made cleanup after an accident super simple, because we didn't have to change bedding, just his underwear and a new diaper. 3. My son was a very very deep sleeper, so he slept right through the alarm,both the vibrating & the audible alarm. But it was still incredibly valuable, because it allowed me to KNOW when he was peeing and keep track of when, so I could quickly see a pattern. 4. I would set an alarm to wake myself up and have him go potty about 30 min before the pattern of when the alarm was going off. After reading the book "oh crap, potty training" I used her advice to not wake the child, and basically pick up your floppy, sleeping kid, and plop them on the potty chair and have him go potty while sleeping. I remember thinking to myself "how is this teaching him to go potty when he's sleeping through it?" but what it was doing was training his body to let the potty out in the potty chair and overtime it trained his body to wake him up. 5. The first few nights the alarm went off about 5-6 times but after about 2 days I noticed more of a pattern and could get him on the potty before it alarmed,.so it was down to 2-3 times a night rather quickly. Then for a week I was having him go potty before I went to bed and then one more time at about 2am. 6. Pretty quickly he was starting to actually wake up either to me getting him to go, or to the alarm and going on his own. 7. We kept the alarm on him for several weeks after he was getting it for just in case, and finally we just stopped because he was getting up and going all on his own.

Design engineer here. This is one of the poorest products I have ever used given the comparative price point. Here are my observations: 1- Embossment features on the clip that secure the clip to the alarm unit are too small given the thinness and flexibility of the clip arms that attach to the alarm. They do not have enough positive engagement and holding strength. This means the alarm detaches from the clip too easily. The alarm falls out of the clip with only slight force. 2- The general robustness, fit and finish of the unit are more in line with an under $20 device. The snap-together design has too much tolerance, so the different plastic parts that assemble together to make the body rattle, squeak and chatter together. 3-Attaching the sensor to children's briefs does not work well. The size of the sensor is too large to accommodate the curvature of that area. 4- Stress on the sensor after attachment causes it to easily come loose. A secondary clip near the sensor could provide additional mechanical holding. 5- Sensor wire is far too stiff given the application. 6- Alarm kept going off with no urine, possibly due to perspiration on child’s briefs (does not make sense to me why the unit would have this level of detection). Had to relocate the sensor up to the waistband before the sensor would stop getting false positives. 7- The actual clip portion of the clip is too stiff. This feature either needs to be thinner, have flextural geometry added, or a joint as a separate feature with a spring. Design 101, people want easy to use, effective and inexpensive. I paid more thinking this would be added quality. I know this device is not going into space and quality is relative to the consumer. But like I said, I would put this in the sub $20 range. I hope they create a more robust design. Kids need solutions that work.

This does work. My five year old was wetting the bed every night and we decided to try this. Its a lot of work but if you stick to it its so worth it. It took about a month and a half of constant waking up with the alarm and having him pee even after he had wet. That way his body was training. He's been dry for months now. The sensor itself is a bit touchy and doesnt stay on very well sometimes but that's really my only complaint.

I had high hopes for this thing based on the insanely high price, but so far I'm very unimpressed. 2 reasons as of now that I would not recommend this product: 1) it goes off without actual bed wetting (not sure if it's sweaty sleeping, or what?). We don't need an alarm for just plain sleeping, thanks - the idea is to address nocturia. 2) my kid does NOT wake up even with both vibrator and alarm. While this is great when the alarm goes off for no clear reason, it's clearly not going to be helpful in solving bed wetting. The alarms's just not loud enough for a sound sleeping kid- or at least not my kid... And the buzz doesn't seem to be enough either. Maybe there's not a product short of a cattle prod that would help us, but this doesn't have what we need to help our kiddo learn how to hear her body's cues during the night. I'm pretty disappointed that I paid so much for something that's turned out to be completely useless to us. Pros: the instructions are very straightforward- using it is a snap. The sensor is comfortable. It just doesn't wake my kid up- like even a little bit. If you're kid's a sound sleeper- if they literally need to be carried to the bathroom in the night because they are essentially comatose- I doubt this is the product for you. I'm not sure I know any kids this would work for, but hey clearly my kids are very sound sleepers.

Excellent product, and not the only alarm we have used so are able to compare. My son loves the look of this one and it comes in a variety of great colours. He is now dry again so worth every penny! The options for alarm and/or vibrate mode are very useful, especially for nights away with family when a quieter option is useful. Sensor robust as we have used it for several weeks now and still going strong (my son tends to relapse if we take it off so we keep using it every night).

È il secondo allarme che utilizziamo, il primo aveva una molletta che, a forza di essere utilizzata si è rotta e non rimaneva più attaccata alla mutandina. Sicuramente con l’utilizzo dell’allarme abbiamo eliminato il problema allagamento letto. Non abbiamo ancora risolti del tutto ma sono fiduciosa, quindi ho acquistato questo che mi sembra molto valido e resistente, il sensore è sensibile e quindi confortevole e soprattutto lo ho scelto per le suonerie variabili affinché non si abitui ad un solo suono. Unica pecca se si bagna anche pochissimo la muta da l’adesivo è da cambiare perché non tiene più...

I have had a few bed wetting alarms over the past couple of years. All apart from one failed miserably. I achieved good results with a bed wetting mat but beware, the urine degrades the circuits and the performance of the mat deteriorates quickly. So my daughter has had a relapse which is not uncommon and I chose Chummie. It was sceptical about using a wired alarm. But taking everything into account this is an excellent product. Advantages: The one drop detection really works. The alarm sounds the second a drop is detected. Most nights no urine reached the bed, and if so it was just a very small patch so I didn't have to change the sheets till morning. The pad does not degrade. So if your child has a relapse you can use it again. The alarm is loud and the sound (and vibration) really irritated my daughter and apparently it changes randomly which she hated even more. The bottom line is it made her get out of bed! Disadvantages Positioning the pad on your child's underwear can be a little tricky to start with. On a girl don't place it too high. I mastered it after a couple of nights. The Chummie tape on its own will not hold the pad in place. I used it in combination with surgical tape. The loose wire will also need to be secured. I used the surgical tape to tape the wire in two places to my daughter's tummy. Without these measures the pad is likely to dislodge in my experience. Luckily surgical tape is inexpensive. My daughter started to have dry nights after a week and a half and I am very pleased. As long as you are prepared to help your child to detach and reattach the device at night, this is an excellent choice and value for money.

Es un producto que nos encanto nuestro hijo al escuchar el ruido va al baño y nostors escuchamos para apoyarlo muy buena compra ,gracias

Muy práctica y cómoda. Mi hijo de 8 años se despierta el sólo cuando la oye. Lleva una una semana con ella y estoy muy contenta. La pena no haberla comprado antes. Es fácil de usar y mi hijo se la pone y se la quita el sólito. Está cumpliendo mis expectativas y espero que mi hijo sea capaz de despertarse para ir al baño sin usarla en unos quince días.