Hatch Baby Rest Sound Machine, Night Light and Time-to-Rise

Extremely dissapointed, and my wife is returning the one we purchased. If you want to do anything like upgrade, set defaults, or really do anything custom that it requires the app. The app requires your location be on and the app allowed to use your gps location, this is any time the app is launched. They also don’t mention unless you go looking, that per their privacy policy they are collecting a bunch of information on you, and your child and it’s habits. Such as feeding times, etc. From their site: “While using our Services, we may ask you to provide us with certain information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, child’s name, child’s gender, demographic information, password, postal address and phone number (“Personal Information”). When using our products and services, we will also collect information including, but not limited to, child’s weight, child’s feeding amount, child’s sleep, etc.”Read more

*** SEE END OF REVIEW FOR UPDATE *** We needed a night light for our 3-month-old’s nursery and this has fit the bill beautifully. To be clear, this machine works via Bluetooth, NOT via WiFi. This has advantages and disadvantages which I’ll mention below. Overall, though, there’s a lot to love about this machine and only a few small quibbles I have with it. What’s great about this machine: 1) It looks stylish — modern yet neutral. And because the light can be just about any color, it can fit in with whatever color scheme your room is. 2) It’s easy to use. The downloadable phone app works for both Android and IOS and is very self-explanatory. Programs can be set to start and finish at any time each day (or set days of the week) and include settings for light color and brightness as well as your choice of sound (or silence) and the volume of the sound. 3) The sound machine function produces a wide range of soothing background sounds: “woodsy” noise (crickets), rain shower, white noise (like television static), singing birds, ocean waves, rippling water, a laundry machine, and three different sets of melodies. These sounds are surprisingly not nearly as annoying as I assumed they would be — most of them are actually quite nice. 4) The “Okay to get up” feature will be great when our little one becomes a toddler. Basically, just set a program for a particular color to turn on at a certain time in the morning so your toddler knows it’s “okay” to get out of bed for the day. I have no doubt this will come in handy! A few things I’m not as wild about: 1) The volume of some of the sounds could stand to have a wider range, particularly on the lower end. For example, the white noise sound is quite loud, even on the lowest volume setting. We have it dialed all the way down and it’s passable but still almost too loud. 2) The ability to program sounds and lights is a great feature, but it would be nice to be able to start a program on demand instead of only at a pre-set time. For example, we have our “overnight” program set to begin at 9 p.m. and end at 6:30 a.m., but sometimes our little one goes to bed a few minutes before or after 9:00. It would be nice to be able to start the overnight program with the push of a button at, say, 9:08 and have it still end at 6:30 a.m. 3) As I mentioned above, this machine is controllable via a phone app via Bluetooth, not WiFi. On the plus side, this means you don’t have to plug anything into your router, and the connection is very easy to make. On the minus side, only one phone can control it at a given time. My wife and I both have the app on our phones, and if we are both close to the machine one of us might have to close the app for the other to use it. Also, because Bluetooth has a relatively short range, you may not be able to control this machine from more than a room or two away. Then again, this is a night light, not a baby monitor, so the “need” to connect to it from the other end of the house is not as great. I’m very happy with this purchase and would certainly purchase it again! *** UPDATE 12/18/2018 *** We have been using this light for almost a year and a half, and we like it so much we purchased a second one to use for our son who was born a month ago. Although he isn’t sleeping in his own room yet, we have the Hatch set up in our bedroom so he has a night light. So, this is the first time we have used the phone app to control more than one device. You can pair more than one device with your phone, but unfortunately switching between the devices in the app is a little cumbersome because you essentially have to “log out” of one device and “log on” to the other. It’s not difficult, but it seems like a lot of steps. As I mentioned in my main review, I suspect this is because the pairing is via Bluetooth, not WiFi, which limits the complexity of the communication. And as a reminder, only one person can be “logged in” to a device at a time, so if my wife wants to change the volume or the sound and I was the last person to make a change, she can’t do anything until I log out on my phone. Fortunately this light will probably be used on a set schedule most of the time, so accessing it via the phone app is probably not something you will do very often once your have a set routine.Read more

I will start with the cons: Bluetooth only, while this is okay in most situations there doesn’t appear to be any security involved here, anyone with a bluetooth enabled smart phone can connect to this unit. If it was wifi I’d probably give this a perfect review. The only other con is probably that I tired to change a program that is already running, but this did not update the unit, it must only update the program at initial run, so if you change the end time of the program while the program is running the unit will not obey your change. On to the Pros: Sound quality is great for the size, a rich sound that beats our last sound machine. The software does work great, and there appears to be active development with feature updates. Support seems good and active. Take the time to learn the software, it takes a few minutes to understand how Programs and Favorites work. Over-all I would recommend the product, I do find it is priced a bit high, but once all the bugs are worked out and a wifi unit comes out I wouldn’t think twice about it.Read more

Purchased item for a gift.Read more

This is my first ever Amazon review, but I loved this product so much that I felt I had to share my experience! I bought this out of sheer desperation simply for the “ok to wake” function. My 18 month old had been waking between 5 and 6am for over 6 months, and literally nothing I did helped him sleep any later. We already had a cheap white noise machine, so when I first heard of this product, I balked at the price, thinking I didn’t need it for the other features. I first purchased a cheaper “ok to wake” product, but found it difficult to operate, and poorly designed and made. I finally purchased the Hatch Rest, thinking if it didn’t work out, at least Amazon would let me return it. Now, I had serious doubts about my 18 month old’s ability to understand and abide by the “ok to wake” concept. But mom needs a little time to herself in the morning, so I was willing to give it a shot despite my reservations. The beauty of this product is the app and Bluetooth capability. I set the clock for 6am the first night and told my son that when the light turned green in the morning, he could get up for the day. For the record, my 18 month old can only say about 10 words… but he seems to comprehend a lot. The next morning, he woke at 5:30. I wasn’t about to let him cry for 30 long minutes, so I opened the app, changed the wake up time to 5:35, and then when the light turned on, went into his room and did a big dramatic wake up. I said, “look, your light is green, that means it’s time to wake up!” I then turned on the lights, threw open the curtains… made a big deal of it. Over the next few days, I gradually set the clock back little by little, and he started sleeping a little later each day. After a week, I was able to set the clock to 7:30 (my ideal wake up time for him). He woke the first few days a little earlier, and I would just tell him through the baby monitor talk function that his light wasn’t green, and I kid you not— he laid down and went back to sleep until the light came on. Now if he wakes a few minutes early, he just plays in his crib and waits for the light. I can’t believe that this worked, but it did. And now I feel like I have to spread the word! I actually loved this so much, that I bought a 2nd one for my 3 year old. He loves it. He plays in his room until his light comes on at 7:30, and also stays in his room to play or look at books during “quiet time” in the afternoon. He loves choosing a nightlight color and sound on the app every night. I truly cannot say enough positive things about this product… try it!Read more

As a millennial mom of 2, I thought this would be great. Because the plug doesn’t really work this thing gets unplugged to the lightest touch and doesn’t have a battery option, so basically only turns on half the time. It is the most frustrating nightlight/noise machine to use at bedtime and nap time. Also, so difficult to manually adjust this when you are in a dark room, because you flip the thing over to adjust the volume (if you are not by your phone), and then it comes unplugged, noise and light won’t turn on. If you have a toddler who likes to touch things, forget it– device will come unplugged again and again. Not worth the very expensive price tag.Read more

I like this nightlight for my 3-year-old toddler, the sound is great and being able to control it from anywhere in the house is awesome. Timers work great, and the wake up one with birds is great… However… Here is my beef: Why does Hatch Baby need to know the age and gender of my child before I can use the product… this pisses me off, and so I deducted 2 stars for each silly question without letting me skip it… Great product, crappy they lock you into making an account and collect your data.Read more

Love our Hatch. So convenient to turn on the nightlight and sound while we are watching tv. When we bring the sleeping baby into the room it is dimly lit with sound already playing. Unbelievable colour choices and great sound quality. Customer service is top notch. They reply to you within an hour or 2. Every time it turns on it runs a diagnostic scan. Hatch contacted me to say the scan showed our audio was a bit off ( I couldn’t tell) they sent us a new one free of charge. I repeat…..they contacted me and said we are sending you a new one because the diagnostic scan is reporting an error. Like I said, great customer service. Buy with confidence.Read more

I really wanted to like this but I’m returning it as it just doesn’t work well enough for the price. The app glitches about half the time. When you close the app and later open a different one, the stupid Hatch app opens again on its own!!!!! The bottoms on the bottom of the unit don’t work great. They work….just not great. When you have only a light, and not sound there is a noticibke hum from the speakers that is super annoying and keeps my little awake. Not worth $75. If it was $25 I would keep it. But I’m returning it.Read more

Extremely dissapointed, and my wife is returning the one we purchased. If you want to do anything like upgrade, set defaults, or really do anything custom that it requires the app. The app requires your location be on and the app allowed to use your gps location, this is any time the app is launched. They also don’t mention unless you go looking, that per their privacy policy they are collecting a bunch of information on you, and your child and it’s habits. Such as feeding times, etc. From their site: “While using our Services, we may ask you to provide us with certain information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, child’s name, child’s gender, demographic information, password, postal address and phone number (“Personal Information”). When using our products and services, we will also collect information including, but not limited to, child’s weight, child’s feeding amount, child’s sleep, etc.”Read more

*** SEE END OF REVIEW FOR UPDATE *** We needed a night light for our 3-month-old’s nursery and this has fit the bill beautifully. To be clear, this machine works via Bluetooth, NOT via WiFi. This has advantages and disadvantages which I’ll mention below. Overall, though, there’s a lot to love about this machine and only a few small quibbles I have with it. What’s great about this machine: 1) It looks stylish — modern yet neutral. And because the light can be just about any color, it can fit in with whatever color scheme your room is. 2) It’s easy to use. The downloadable phone app works for both Android and IOS and is very self-explanatory. Programs can be set to start and finish at any time each day (or set days of the week) and include settings for light color and brightness as well as your choice of sound (or silence) and the volume of the sound. 3) The sound machine function produces a wide range of soothing background sounds: “woodsy” noise (crickets), rain shower, white noise (like television static), singing birds, ocean waves, rippling water, a laundry machine, and three different sets of melodies. These sounds are surprisingly not nearly as annoying as I assumed they would be — most of them are actually quite nice. 4) The “Okay to get up” feature will be great when our little one becomes a toddler. Basically, just set a program for a particular color to turn on at a certain time in the morning so your toddler knows it’s “okay” to get out of bed for the day. I have no doubt this will come in handy! A few things I’m not as wild about: 1) The volume of some of the sounds could stand to have a wider range, particularly on the lower end. For example, the white noise sound is quite loud, even on the lowest volume setting. We have it dialed all the way down and it’s passable but still almost too loud. 2) The ability to program sounds and lights is a great feature, but it would be nice to be able to start a program on demand instead of only at a pre-set time. For example, we have our “overnight” program set to begin at 9 p.m. and end at 6:30 a.m., but sometimes our little one goes to bed a few minutes before or after 9:00. It would be nice to be able to start the overnight program with the push of a button at, say, 9:08 and have it still end at 6:30 a.m. 3) As I mentioned above, this machine is controllable via a phone app via Bluetooth, not WiFi. On the plus side, this means you don’t have to plug anything into your router, and the connection is very easy to make. On the minus side, only one phone can control it at a given time. My wife and I both have the app on our phones, and if we are both close to the machine one of us might have to close the app for the other to use it. Also, because Bluetooth has a relatively short range, you may not be able to control this machine from more than a room or two away. Then again, this is a night light, not a baby monitor, so the “need” to connect to it from the other end of the house is not as great. I’m very happy with this purchase and would certainly purchase it again! *** UPDATE 12/18/2018 *** We have been using this light for almost a year and a half, and we like it so much we purchased a second one to use for our son who was born a month ago. Although he isn’t sleeping in his own room yet, we have the Hatch set up in our bedroom so he has a night light. So, this is the first time we have used the phone app to control more than one device. You can pair more than one device with your phone, but unfortunately switching between the devices in the app is a little cumbersome because you essentially have to “log out” of one device and “log on” to the other. It’s not difficult, but it seems like a lot of steps. As I mentioned in my main review, I suspect this is because the pairing is via Bluetooth, not WiFi, which limits the complexity of the communication. And as a reminder, only one person can be “logged in” to a device at a time, so if my wife wants to change the volume or the sound and I was the last person to make a change, she can’t do anything until I log out on my phone. Fortunately this light will probably be used on a set schedule most of the time, so accessing it via the phone app is probably not something you will do very often once your have a set routine.Read more

I will start with the cons: Bluetooth only, while this is okay in most situations there doesn’t appear to be any security involved here, anyone with a bluetooth enabled smart phone can connect to this unit. If it was wifi I’d probably give this a perfect review. The only other con is probably that I tired to change a program that is already running, but this did not update the unit, it must only update the program at initial run, so if you change the end time of the program while the program is running the unit will not obey your change. On to the Pros: Sound quality is great for the size, a rich sound that beats our last sound machine. The software does work great, and there appears to be active development with feature updates. Support seems good and active. Take the time to learn the software, it takes a few minutes to understand how Programs and Favorites work. Over-all I would recommend the product, I do find it is priced a bit high, but once all the bugs are worked out and a wifi unit comes out I wouldn’t think twice about it.Read more

Purchased item for a gift.Read more