Do you have to log your going to bed time on the pc before you go to bed?

[Suzzi1961]

Hello all.  I am very new to this and have a question regarding sleep mode.  I have followed instructions on how to turn sleep mode on when going to sleep.  And as far as I thought I did the right thing.  So off to sleep I go.  In the morning I Turn it off as per instructions and it all seems to work ok.  However, when I log onto my dashboard it tells me that there was no sleep recorded.  Now my question is. Do we have to manually put down the time we go to bed and anticapated time we want to wake, before we turn on our flexfit?  Hope you understood the question, and hope someone can help?

[SunsetRunner]

@Suzzi1961 no you do not need to manually enter the start/end time for sleeping.  When you put your Fitbit model into sleep mode it notes the time and when you stop sleeping mode it notes that time as well.  What model Fitbit are you using?  I have had a couple times when on my 1st sync in the morning (after waking up) my sleep tile (on my iPhone Fitbit App) was showing "no sleep recorded" but later in the day it populated with my data.

If you forget you can also manually enter sleep data (start / end times) on the dashboard.  Not sure if this will give the same graph (restless / awake time) since you are inputting it manually and I have never had to do it myself.  Hope this helps.

[Suzzi1961]

I am  using flexfit...Thanks for the tip.  I will return back to the sleep tile later in the day then just to see if it populated like yours did.  

[MizLoo]

I had a Flex and found it very inconsistent at accepting the sleep on-off tapping.  Some days it worked & some not.  Since I was already using SleepCycle app on my iPhone, I manually entered the sleep time from that app.  Got a graph that didn't look much like the sleep cycle graph.

Now I have a Force (wanted the readout, not because of problems).  I find the sleep setting on the Force easier to use, and more consistentat working than on my Flex.

Personally i think the company has some QC issues.  The technology isn't as well developed as it will be in a year or two.  My overall feeling is that the current product is so far superior to pedometers and other simple tools that  it's worth the price and the glitches. My biggest complaint is the dumb clasp arrangement.

If it matters to anyone, I'm 71 years old  - and managing to learn this technology w/o much trouble. 

[Suzzi1961]

Well had a nana nap this afternoon and decided to turn the sleep mode on and it worked, hmm I get the feeling its all in the touch if it turns on or not. Have been little bit stronger with the taps right near the top where the lights show....Thank you for your input...

[Suzzi1961]

What I will do tonight is log on to sleep mode manualy tonight and see what happens will keep you posted...

[SunsetRunner · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the update @Suzzi1961 .  I agree the Flex requires getting some used to, especially when putting it into sleep mode.  There were times I would have to keep tapping for like 5 seconds to get it to vibrate and flash between 1&3 lights and 2&4 lights.  Some nights it seemed like I was just pounding by finger to my wrist to get it to activate.  Best of luck.

[Suzzi1961]

Well finally the flex bit is working properley, DKEwatson was right.  It takes a little getting used to the taps.  I have managed to log 5 nights of my sleep cycle so far without any glitches.  What I did notice is the following:

1.  Tapping at the top part of the band where the lights show up is the best place to turn on your flex fit.  (not directly on the lights just bit bellow)

2.  When you see 2 lights flash you turned it on sucessefully

3.  When you see all five lights flash and a little gettle buz on the wrist band then it is turned off.

4.  First couple of syncs will appear several hours afterwards. So check back in a couple of hours.

5.  After you synced your flexfit for several times it works fantastic....

Hope it all makes sense..........and help  

[_dt]

When you start reading all of the help files, somewhere it will tell you to wake your Flex up before syncing to make it sync faster.  I've found it works better when changing modes as well.  Now, I tap twice to wake it up and display either goal, or dancing lights (sleep mode indicator).  As soon as the lights go out, I tap repeatedly until the lights change, usually 5 taps, but don't count.  Once those lights go out, I tap twice again to verify I have the mode I want.

In the morning, after I've put it back into non-sleep mode, I log into the PC and sync the Flex.  I've actually found this works best if I really just wake up the PC and Flex, then go about my business for the next few minutes.  I come back 10-20 minutes later, unlock the screen-saver again, bring up the website, sync and check my dashboard and sleep log.