Best Buy Review- Num 1-Zeo Sleep Manager

Hi friends! As I alluded to before, I have gotten the chance to review some fun new fitness products from Best Buy along with participating in a new fitness regime by experts from BlogHer.
I'm excited for this boost in my motivation to make 2012 the best year EVER and I am excited to share my thoughts and experiences with YOU my super awesome readers.
Please know that any opinions expressed are my own, honest ones.  I won't mislead you and if you ever have further questions about a product I am reviewing, please feel free to email me, and I will do my best to help.
So, with all that said...first up for review is the Zeo Sleep Manager. 
Can I be honest and say that I had no idea what this gadget did when it landed on my doorstep?  I am far from a technology dinosaur, but at the same time, if there is a technical issue with anything, I let my husband handle it.  If there is something new and great to be had, it is brought to my attention by my husband.
But I dove in, by MYSELF, and figured it all out. And really, it wasn't that hard.
The set up and prep to start using it was as easy as plugging in the head set to charge, downloading a new app on my iPhone, and we were off.  It was VERY easy.
The hardest part was getting the headband adjusted to the perfect sweet spot of holding the (very light and small) device in place on my forehead and not giving myself a headband headache, which I am very prone to.  The soft elastic band and easy-to-move Velcro made it easy to get this done though, and within about 15 minutes I was good to go.  
The basic concept, in Crystal terms, is that you wear this headband type device on your head, it monitors your sleep cycles, relays them to your phone wirelessly, and then its online program helps you find weak spots and areas and ways to improve your overall sleep health.
That's the technical part. The non-technical part?  It's been cool to wake up in the morning and be able to see my sleep pattern for the night.  The best part, for me, has been that it tells you how much ACTUAL sleep I am getting at night.
Let's just say I tend to be an overestimator.  Ask me how much sleep I got last night, and before the Zeo Mobile I would have said something like, "Oh, like seven or eight hours."  The Zeo says, "Um, no, you got six hours and twenty minutes."  It's like a reality check to work on ACTUALLY getting seven or eight hours.
The online program helps you to identify, through journaling, what they call "sleep stealers" and how to change them to result in better quality sleep.
The cons for me so far have been getting the headband to stay in place all night and having weird dreams about tiny robots sitting on my head monitoring my sleep through the night.
I kid you not.
I'm an active sleeper, just ask my husband, so its been no surprise that almost once a night the headband will slip down on my head, but overall it has not caused a disruption in the sleep monitoring or my sleep.  It's easier to sleep with than having your hair in curlers.
If you are looking for ways to improve your overall health, a Zeo Sleep Manager may be a good place to start.  If you need to make changes in the area of sleep, this would be the equivalent to having a "sleep coach" to help you look over habits and fine tune your sleep health.  It seems that it would work well with the type of people who would jump in and use ALL of the resources that Zeo makes available and with the type of people, like me, who need a reality check.
In a nutshell: you can get a full picture of your sleep habits with this mobile sleep manager that features an adjustable SoftWave sensor headband to track sleep stages and measure REM and deep sleep.
The SmartWake alarm helps you wake up refreshed and ready for your day.
It's been fun and helpful to now have access to my "sleep data".
And Best Buy and BlogHer want one of YOU to have a chance to improve your sleep habits as well.  I've been given the opportunity to gift ONE of you with your very own Zeo Sleep Manager!!
All you have to do is leave a comment on THIS post!
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Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.
You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
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This sweepstakes runs from 1/11/2012 - 1/17/2012    
Also be sure to visit the Inspiration to Fitness page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers' reviews, get great fitness tips and find more chances to win! You can also click on the Best Buy image at the top of my blog to view a calendar of all the Inspiration to Fitness content. Good luck!
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