Dry-Me: Some Deceit by Perversion and Concealment.

Dry-Me               http://bedwettingstore.com/dry-me-bedwetting-alarm.html    (June 19, 2013)

We looked at the home site for the Dry-Me bedwetting alarm. Generally speaking, there was little hype or phony boasting, and the product was adequately described. What a positive difference compared to the misleading web sites and the poor information presented for products like Chummie (and others noted in our reviews below) on their web sites.

 As we have mentioned earlier, it is not our intent to comment on or criticize about how well or poorly a product may work, or whether it has or does not have desirable features, and so on. Our primary concern is with whether the information presented conceals or perverts the truth and misleads the reader with respect to the product. Here too, the Dry-Me presentation is quite straightforward. Our quibbles are few:

In the first FAQ: “The volume cannot be adjusted. All wearable bedwetting alarms are about 80 decibels to help wake deep sleepers. To begin with, use both sound and vibration until you learn how your child will respond to the alarm, and adjust as necessary.”  We are glad that you have mentioned that the Dry-Me does not have a volume control. This feature may be particularly relevant as some users have mentioned (complained?) that the alarm is very loud. Mentioning the actual loudness in dB (what the user would hear with the alarm placed in its normal operating location) would be a plus. A bigger plus would be to point out more prominently that there is no volume control in the Dry-Me. The last statement in the FAQ quoted says “… learn how your child will respond to the alarm, and adjust as necessary.”  As a parent, caregiver or user, we would certainly like to know what sort of adjustment we should make as there is no volume control. Place the alarm farther away or closer to the ear? This has definite limits and is not a good approach to adjusting the volume. Deceit by perversion.

Another user complains that the Dry-Me does not have a low battery indicator. We can understand the importance of this so as to lessen the chance that the alarm will fail to function due to a failed battery. Dry-Me's not mentioning the absence of this feature is deceit by concealment.

We would suggest that interested readers look at http://urinealarms.com/Wired_Alarm_Chart.htmlto identify any good or bad points about the Dry-Me relative to other wired alarms. Overall, the site information for Dry-Me is generally relevant and reasonably stated so as not to mislead.

Some Deceit by Perversion and Concealment.