The Owlet Dream Duo tracks your baby’s sleep patterns and vital signs and allows you to monitor their health in real-time. It pairs a 1080p HD camera with the Dream Sock, a soft wearable sensor sock, which detects their pulse rate and oxygen levels so it can notify you if the readings fall outside safe parameters. Though the Dream Duo is a smart monitor and relies primarily on Wi-Fi, it also connects via Bluetooth at close range as a backup.
While the data that the Dream Duo collects is primarily designed for real-time monitoring and peace of mind, some of it can be useful for long-term tracking, including sleep patterns, heart rate and oxygen levels, and growth indicators. You can share the data with your healthcare provider, or use it to help adjust their bedtime routine to help them sleep better.
My friend and colleague, Liz Kadar, used the Owlet sock with her first two children when they were infants, and it was her favorite device. “After having two miscarriages, it really helped ease my anxiety in those early months when you’re constantly checking to see if your baby is breathing,” Kadar said. “It also helped me sleep better knowing the alarm would sound if there were any issues.”
Beyond the metrics, We were impressed with the Dream Sock’s quick-charging capabilities, which can give you 8 hours of battery life with a 20-minutes charge. At full capacity, it can last for up to 18 hours.
While the Owlet Dream app is free to download and use, Owlet offers a paid subscription service called Owlet360, which is $5.99 per month after a 7-day free trial. The service provides personalized insights into your baby’s health and sleep patterns, including video clips of sound, motion, or crying events, as well as room temperature and humidity trends.
The Dream Duo Pro is certainly pricey, but the peace of mind it provides is well worth the cost if you can swing it. (You can also purchase the dream sock on its own, if you want to add the metrics to another system.)