The DRI Sleeper® Eclipse Bed wetting Alarm with remote Wireless Urosensor™ uses Break-Through Technology unique to the DRI Sleeper® Eclipse. Special electronics offer long term battery life of up to 3 full years!
The Urosensor™ docks on the DRI Sleeper® alarm unit when not being used and engages a second level of the battery saving technology.
World Patent Pending Urosensor™ technology – it’s the only non-metal urine sensor ever. So there’s no corrosion by urine, no skin irritation, and easy to clean for instant reuse.
The special electronics make the wireless Urosensor™ the thinnest of them all.
Features include:
- No wires between alarm and sensor.
- DRI Sleeper® alarm unit size: 80 x 40 x 20mm (3 x 1.5 x 0.75 inches)
- Designed like a small 'space rocket' for child appeal.
- High volume with a tamper-proof volume adjustment.
- Plenty of detecting area to detect the urine.
- The Urosensor™ can transmit to more than one DRI Sleeper® alarm unit, and so there can be another receiver in a parent's or carer's room.
The DRI Sleer Eclipse is simply to use.
- Put the Urosensor™ in the underwear (inside a minipad is best - click for alternatives).
- Place the DRI Sleeper® alarm unit on a table away from the bed so the child has to wake completely to turn it off.
- Switch on the DRI Sleeper® alarm and that's all.
- When the Urosensor™ is wet with the first drops of urine, it sends a radio signal to the extra loud DRI Sleeper® alarm unit and triggers the alarm – treatment has begun.
Extended Description
Frequently Asked Questions
How loud are the DRI Sleepers?
Both the DRI Sleeper Eclipse and DRI Sleeper Excel have a volume control, but it is inside so that a child is not likely to see it readily and turn the volume down when you have left his or her bedroom.
Both are tuned to high volume (around 98 dBA at the ear) and rarely do parents want to turn them down.
The DRI Sleeper Eclipse (wireless) because it can be put further away can be tuned to even higher volume (approximately 106 dBA), but it will switch off after 2 minutes and so there is no risk to hearing.
How does the Urosensor stay attached in the underwear?
The Urosensor is put inside a mini pad or pantyliner (any inexpensive mini pad or pantyliner will do), and this is done by cutting a 1 inch slit in the absorbing layers towards the top or bottom edge of the mini pad or pantyliner. Put the point of the scissors inside the slit, and moving them backwards and forwards and downwards, create a tunnel inside the absorbing layers so that you can slip the detector inside. Although the Urosensor will usually stay inside the tunnel by itself, to ensure that it does not pull out, you can tape across the slit with a sticky tape. With the slit facing upwards, the mini pad or pantyliner is stuck into the crutch of the underwear using the sticky back surface of the pantyliner or mini pad.
Why do you advise putting the Urosensor inside a minipad or pantyliner?
Consistently we have found that putting the Urosensor in a mini pad is the most effective, because the mini pad provides a collecting area that is even wider than the Urosensor, and it is very absorbing, and so quickly catches the urine and directs it onto the Urosensor. You will also find that once your child is starting to respond to the DRI Sleeper that only a patch on the minipad will get wet, not the underwear.
Do I have to put the Urosensor in a mini pad or pantyliner?
If you prefer not to use the mini pad or pantyliner, then the Urosensor can be put in between two pairs of underpants, or you can cut some rectangles of any cotton material and sew a rectangle into the crutch of the underwear, making sure that it is just wide enough for the detector to slip inside and to be reasonably tight. The opening will face upwards.
Why not just have a clip or a dome on the underwear?
Over more than 25 years of treating bedwetting and developing bedwetting alarms, we have found that having a small detector, such as a clip or domes, attaching to underwear may appear to be an effective and simple way of attaching the detector, but in our experience it is too easy for boys in particular to miss the small clip or dome and so the alarm is not triggered. Clips and domes are also likely to come unclipped. For this reason we developed our Urosensors which are long enough and wide enough for the first amount of urine to trigger the alarm.
Can the Urosensor be used in a pull-up?
The Urosensor is suitable to use in a pull-up. Simply cut a 1 inch (25 millimetres) slit in the pull-up in the crutch area, insert the point of the scissors into the slit, and moving the scissors from side to side, make a small tunnel into which you can insert the detector. To make sure that the Urosensor stays in place, it can be useful to tape across the slit once you have put the detector inside.
The pull-up has granules which are designed to absorb liquid and may keep the Urosensor too dry and fail to trigger. In this case either ensure the Urosensor is as close to the surface of the pull-up as possible, or put in a minipad and stick that in the crutch of the pull-up.
How is the Urosensor cleaned?
The Urosensors are moulded units and so no urine or water can get inside. Therefore it is simple to wash in soap and water, or if you want an even higher standard of hygiene, then you can clean it in alcohol (e.g., rubbing alcohol from any pharmacy).
Do I need to buy a spare Urosensor as well?
1. DRI Sleeper Excel (with plug-in Urosensor). You must think of this Urosensor as you would an earphone on a personal radio or an iPod. With reasonable care the radio or IPod lasts for many years and so does the DRI Sleeper alarm unit. However, the earphone is the consumable item of the iPod and personal radio and needs replacing from time to time. The Urosensor is the equivalent of the earphone, and just as people often have a spare earphone on hand, our advice is that a spare Urosensor is a good idea. Because the Urosensor is used by a child the exact life of the Urosensor is hard to predict.
2. DRI Sleeper Eclipse (wireless). The wireless Urosensor should not need replacing because it has no moving parts. The internal battery should give up to three years life, especially of it is "docked" on the DRI Sleeper alarm unit when not in use.
How long is the DRI Sleeper Excel Urosensor wire?
The wire is 2.5 feet long (850 millimetres) and is suitable for children aged five years, through to young teenagers. For older children and adults the DRI Sleeper Eclipse wireless model is more suitable because there is no wire connection.
How is the DRI Sleeper alarm different from many other bedwetting the alarms?
The DRI Sleeper alarms have special electronics. When the Urosensor is wet by urine, it triggers the alarm to start beeping, but then the Urosensor no longer has current running through it.
This is quite different from many other alarms, because with those alarms, all the time that the alarm is sounding, they have current flowing through the Urosensor and while this cannot cause a shock, it can cause the urine to become acidic and irritate sensitive skin.
In the case of the DRI Sleeper, this cannot happen, because there is no current continuing to run in the Urosensor.
Is the DRI Sleeper, electrically safe?
The DRI Sleeper Excel runs on six volts and the DRI Sleeper, Eclipse on three volts. Both use only a tiny current, and are so safe that you can put the Urosensor on your tongue, and trigger the alarm, but you will feel nothing. For much less than a second a few microamps (which you can not feel) pass through the Urosensor and trigger the DRI Sleeper alarm.
How do the DRI Sleepers turn on and off?
The DRI Sleeper Eclipse has an on-off switch. On the DRI Sleeper Excel model, the Urosensor plugs into the alarm unit and this switches it on so that it is ready to detect urine. When the alarm has been triggered by the urine, the alarm will keep on beeping until the Urosensor is unplugged from the DRI Sleeper Excel alarm unit. This switches the alarm off, and also resets it ready to be switched on again when the Urosensor is plugged in.
What sort of batteries do the DRI Sleeper use and how long do they last?
The DRI Sleeper Excel uses 4 X 1.5 volt alkaline "button type" batteries similar to those used in a calculator. They last at least a year and should not need changing. Batteries used in the DRI Sleeper Eclipse are a single Panasonic 2354 used in the DRI Sleeper alarm unit and this battery must be used in replacement. However, it lasts up to three years, and unless the DRI Sleeper Eclipse has been used before by several people it will not need changing. The wireless Urosensor is sealed and the battery cannot be changed. However it will also last up to three years because of our special battery saving technology.
Manufacturer's Warranty
This items comes with a 60 days Manufacturer's Warranty. Please note: The Urosensor on the DRI Sleeper Excel (plug-in model) is a consumable item, and it is expected that it will need replacing from time to time, just as the earphone on a portable radio will need replacing from time to time (and that's not even being urinated on). Remember that an earphone may last varying times depending on how carefully or otherwise it is used, especially when being used by a child, and so the life of the DRI Sleeper Excel Urosensor will vary, and it cannot be predicted exactly how long it is expected to last.
For this reason our strong advice is to purchase a spare Urosensor when you buy your DRI Sleeper Excel, so that there is no break in treatment while waiting for a replacement.
The Urosensor of the DRI Sleeper Eclipse is itself an electronic device and is not a consumable item. With proper care its life is limited only by the life of the internal battery (up to three years). However, if lost or damaged, replacements can be purchased for $29.99.
The DRI Sleeper Excel batteries last up to a year (and often longer) and the DRI Sleeper Eclipse batteries can last up to 3 years. However to maximize battery life both the DRI Sleepers (and in the case of the DRI Sleeper Eclipse, also the Urosensor) need to be switched off when not in use (switch off and on explained in the instructions). |
