From the makers of WATCHU GPS Smart Watch for Kids comes WATCHU Guardian developed specifically to help protect Vulnerable Adults and the Elderly. Designed Specifically for The Elderly and Vulnerable Adults With its built-in pedometer, you can monitor the physical activity of your loved ones daily from your WATCHU phone app. Concerned? Call them at any time from your phone directly to their WATCHU Guardian, and don’t worry; WATCHU Guardian only accepts calls from people on their family and friends list, so they won’t get unwanted nuisance and scam calls to their WATCHU. WATCHU Guardian is a lifeline for those who need it. With approximately 80% of missing people in the UK consisting of vulnerable adults, WATCHU’s pinpoint GPS Tracking accuracy means you don’t have to worry about losing your loved ones. The knowledge that the people you care most about are safe and free to live their lives is the greatest gift of WATCHU Guardian. A new way to keep in touch With its built-in pedometer, you can monitor the physical activity of your loved ones daily from your WATCHU phone app. Concerned? Call them at any time from your phone directly to their WATCHU Guardian, and don’t worry; WATCHU Guardian only accepts calls from people on their family and friends list, so they won’t get unwanted nuisance and scam calls to their WATCHU. WATCHU Guardian is a lifeline for those who need it. With approximately 80% of missing people in the UK consisting of vulnerable adults, WATCHU’s pinpoint GPS Tracking accuracy means you don’t have to worry about losing your loved ones. The knowledge that the people you care most about are safe and free to live their lives is the greatest gift of WATCHU Guardian. SOS Button WATCHU wearers can hold down the SOS button in case of an emergency and the watch will alert the app Administrator through phone calls and notifications. Listen In Monitor the WATCHU’s surrounding environment. Without alerting the watch wearer you can listen to all the activity in the WATCHU’s surrounding environment. Geo Zone’s Setup safe zones and be notified when the WATCHU wearer leaves or enters keeping you informed of the WATCHU wearers activity at all times! WATCHU Guardian - More than just a watch! Vulnerable Adults and the Elderly represent an increasing sector of our population, protecting them while keeping them part of our community is a need that’s been identified and maximised by WATCHU! About the Startup Describe your product in 3 words. Protects the Vulnerable How did you come up with the idea for this product? The phenomenal response to our WATCHU GPS Watch for Kids we were inundated with requests for a similar product that was more designed towards Vulnerable Adults and the Elderly. Protecting the vulnerable is at the heart of our business and so WATCHU Guardian was developed to address the needs of the most vulnerable. What makes your product special? WATCHU Guardian teamed with the CPR Chameleon SIM offers unrivalled mobile coverage across all networks from one device and SIM that ensures maximum mobile coverage. Keeping you connected to those most at risk at all times. What has been the best part of your startup experience? Having an idea move from conception into the real world and seeing people inspired by the potential of WATCHU.
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An imperfect solution to a difficult problem. BUT probably the best thats available
I purchase this product for my grandfather who has dementia. He was going for walks continuously and with no idea where he was we needed a solution. We agonised for ages over different types of GPS trackers and I ended up settling on WatchU. A 'pebble style tracker wouldn't work as he would have to put it in new clothing each time and a tag that he wears wouldn't work for a similar reason. As such we ended up getting a watch as he wears a watch - we told him it was a birthday present which he was delighted about in the end.I have given WatchU 3/5* as ultimately, it has saved us a few times a lot of worry, as we have known exactly where he was when we went for a walk, however, this is a really imperfect solution to a difficult problem and there are plenty of design flaws.The watch came with the following:- Watch- Simcard- Charging cable- Instruction manualI found the watch relatively difficult to setup. I am 30 and work in the tech world to add some context so I think others will really struggle with it. WatchUs customer support is VERY GOOD however. One call to their freephone 0800 number and they sorted things out. I set the watch up and then gave it to my grandma/grandpa to wear.Good things about the watch:- It does indeed track his location (to a rough accuracy)- All the family can download the app on their phone and using the login- The app itself is simple enough to use- customer service is excellentBad things about the watch- The time/screen stay on for only a split second so you have to turn it on often.- It says WATCHU in large letters on the front. Now the person using it may or may not get that, but it seems pretty stupid to me to have it on there as obviously, its for watching people.- The on/off button. You have to click this each time for the user to see the time, but oh, whats that? Yes the button if held down is also the SOS button. This seems like one of the most STUPID designs ever...it means that if my grandpa looks at the time and holds it down for a few seconds (imagine how possible that is)...it makes an SOS call (setup to my phone, not my grandmas so not to freak her out).- The SOS function. For that matter, there is no need for this and it CANT BE TURNED OFF. My grandpa with Alzheimers isn't going to remember to press a button. We don't want him to know that it does this, we don't want him to know that its more than a watch because he might take it off.- The call the watch feature. Also cannot be turned off. Have warned all family but its very easy to leave a message on the watch from the app. Imagine how freaked out he might get if the watch started speaking in our voices all of a sudden.- The app is OK but not great. I work in the world of apps and I know that there is WAY more potential to build something better.- The watch seems to break or something goes wrong quite regularly. Again customer support is great but still frustrating. I had to return my first one because the sim card came out and wouldn't go back in.- The watch has been clearly made for kids. All these problems above are basically because they have made a kids watch, then made a black one and said its for dementia.- Battery life isn't great - around 4 days. We get my grandma to charge it each night so its a routine.Those are the main points I can think of, I actually feel quite frustrated with the product having vented these negative points. I actually downgraded from a 4* to a 3* because of this.So - as I said its an imperfect solution. Ultimately, IT WORKS. We have found him or had piece of mind multiple times so I would recommend anyone to buy it and test out. So it may not work a few times, just appreciate when it does workSomeone else needs to make a better product, I think it can be done quite easily but I feel this is the best on the market for now.If you found my review helpful in any way - please feel free to click 'helpful' below
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A thorough risk assessment. Striking a balance between privacy, our stress levels and the stretched local police resource’s
We purchased this watch as a secondary option to solve a long standing problem with a venerable family member whom, occasionally just takes off and disappears for hours. After dialling 101 and reporting him missing on numerous occasions we felt that we had to do a thorough risk assessment.Striking a balance between privacy, our stress levels and the stretched local police resource’s it seemed highly logical to introduce an option of GPS tracking our loved one.Our particular venerable family member suffers mood swings and has been known to leave the house with little or no money, no mobile phone and very little clue has to having any concrete plan. Android or Iphone are out of the question as he struggles with technology and has already lost 3x cheap Tesco’s mobiles. !So the WatchU watch seems idea if he will wear it and indeed keep it charged. ?I’ve read the other reviews and I kind off understand some of the minor set-up issues these folks have struggled with! But having said that, if you research how the watch actually works and then test these functions before you set the watch to work. You will find you have a very useable device to track your loved one.The watch is pretty much set-up via the downloadable application and with some knowledge some Extra settings are set - via Silent SMS commands. I think this is where the confusion creeps in, as the watch appears to make and receive phone calls but reports the watch as being over 2 miles away.. !I’ve tested the watch on my own wrist for a week, and if you learn how it functions you will soon realise that the watch needs to be set on Auto Tracking mode and preferably receiving x3 or x5 satellite signals to report back really accurate GPS position’s. The Smart phone application has two settings for tracking mode, one setting updates every 60secs Automatic Mode and the other is Manual Mode which requires you to press a LOC button to track the watch. If the watch is virtually static and only receiving a Cell tower mask location (NOT A GPS LOCATION) this could disturb you and lead you into thinking the watch is far away from its target or preferred position. It’s the same as your Smart phone in as much as if you only just switched it on it can take 3 to 5 min’s to pick up on a good GPS signal.These settings are to strike a balance between Battery life and A reasonable location tracking. If you have your SMART PHONE running the sat nav App or the location services ON ALL DAY you will drain down the much battery faster. The watch is just the same. Bear this in mind if the watch is Moving the LBS or cell tower signal’s will eventually triangulate thus giving you a more accurate reading.To conserve the Battery levels, I keep our watch on Manual mode until I feel a desire or need to zoom right in and track at 60’second intervals. It works fine for us now that we understand how it all works.Important:If your struggling with your watch ask yourself even thou its making and receiving calls has it actually not an Internet signal ? i.e. can you send and receive push voice messages ? Chances are you Might need a silent SMS command to re-set the APN settings for the installed Sim Card. And if you change the Sim Card to different network you again Might need a silent SMS command to re-set the APN settings to match the installed network Sim Card.. I have tested existing sim and A Giffgaff a sim card and both really works fine.Customer Support can send you the APN settings - SMS Command or they can send it OTA for you. Just Please remember EE/VODA/O2 etc all have very different network APN settings.. You might also need to reset the GPS Server settings (but check with customer support 1st) ..Learn how your watch functions 1st and then enjoy less Stress.. I’ve only used the email support and it was a fast as 10 minutes’ to get A helpful reply that’s5***** stars in my book.
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