Anyone who has ever slept in the same room as a chronic snorer has surely dreamt – or imagined, in those maddening hours of forced awakeness – a device that would poke said offender in the ribs over and over until they shut up. We can’t say that anyone has had the gall to develop such a draconian device just yet, but in the mean time, the SnorePro is about as close as you can come.
Like an oversized watch, the SnorePro snaps onto a snorer’s wrist before bed, monitors for loud snoring during sleep, then administers a “programmable digital pulse” (read: a mild shock) to stir the snorer partial awake and get them to change sleep positions. HBI claims that this not only forces the snorer to quiet up immediately, it also serves as a feedback mechanism to actually “teach” snorers to stop snoring by tightening up their nose and throat muscles.
Besides correcting the problem over time, the SnorePro also has built-in tracking functions that allow users to actually track their own snoring to see how it has improved, and even record loud snores, in case you need to save them up as samples for your next DJ Sleepytime remix. Since different people may have different thresholds for how much noise is considering snoring, it can also be adjusted for sensitivity.
HBI will begin selling the device soon for $120. That’s quite steep compared to a pack of nasal strips, but pretty reasonable if it can live up to its promise of truly retraining sleepers not to snore. The company will also discount its device to $100 off the bat, offering early adopters an excuse to dive right in. More information can be found at HBI’s SnorePro page.
HBI SnorePro
