Acticheck: Life-Saving Wristband, Personal Alarm for Elderly/disabled | SOS Call | Fall Alarm | I’m OK Checks. This version only for use with broadband router | Starter system, inc 12 months service

Having an elderly mother living alone has always been a worry for us, especially after a fall during the night recently left her unable to get up and contact anyone. Fortunately she was ok after this incident but it got me worrying about what could have happened.So I did some research to see what technology was available that help if something like this happened again. This is when I discovered the Acticheck wristband system.After discussing with my brother we decided that it was the best option. A simple, no complications wrist band that could be worn all day, that had 1 year battery life (so no messing around charging it) and that was completely waterproof and generally robust.We set the system up using the clear instructions and found a suitable location for the base unit and performed the clever range check the system incorporates, to help ensure the system works all around the house and garden.We then configured the various responder phone numbers and tested them.We configured the “I’m ok” request to buzz the wristband once a day in the morning, and all Mum has to do is simply press one of the side buttons to acknowledge.And that’s all she has to do. Just wear the band and leave the rest to technology. We receive an email every morning with a status update and a quick look on the Acticheck portal shows that Mum is up and about and going about her business, safe in the knowledge that should she need help she just has to press and hold the two buttons together, and the system will do the rest.It’s a very clever bit of kit that has given our family peace of mind.

If anyone is thinking about getting an alarm device for an elderly relative, I can't recommend this little gadget enough. It's a very easy to use wristband that the wearer can leave on (it's water resistant and doesn't need charging) and with a squeeze of the buttons either side of the face, it will alert the responder (me in this case) that there is an emergency. It has fall detection which will also alert me, and movement detection so that I can see on my phone or laptop that the wearer is moving about. There is a one off payment so no subscription or direct debits, and last but not least, this is a British designed and manufactured product invented by a man who was worried about his mum. Ticked all the boxes for me. Brilliant little gadget and my mum is very happy.

This is quite a good bit of kit. Easy to set up and fairly comfortable for my 86 year old mother. She wears it all the time and it works. I get a message telling me she's up and about, we've had one warning which, upon investigation, was false alarm....but a welcome one as it proved the thing was working. Just had a call from the vendor doing an aftersales follow up, which was ace. For sub 300 quid this is a worthy expenditure to keep an eye on my mum.

It was a pleasant surprise that all features included in the description posted by Amazon were supported by the product delivered. The installation of the base station, configuration of the responders, checking the band functionality took around 30 to 45 minutes, and everything worked.The only thing that was not available initially was the advanced configuration menu for Fault detection. This gave me the opportunity to interact with the support department of the supplier. Again, a very pleasant surprise was the prompt answer. In less than 1 hour the support person has activated this advanced menu for me so I could properly configure the advanced features.In conclusion, very good product, meets the expectations, value for money!

The strap length needs more options, one setting is way too tight, the next along and the watch slides round my dads wrist.It constantly tells me it’s not heard from my Dad and it’s not connected, when it’s plugged in and his sat in the other room, this some times happens 4-5 times a day.The morning alarms don’t seem to work all the time.I’m not sure if there is a setting to stop it calling my Dad first when it’s activated but he answers it and then it never goes any further.. my Dads not tech savvy and struggles with his phone so this interrupts the call coming to me or my siblings.I will stick with it and continue to work with it, as all my dad needs to understand is he needs to press both buttons to get me to turn up, but all the other features arnt working as well as I had hoped.