DRI Eclipse: Deceit by Perversion and Concealment.

DRI Eclipse          http://www.anzacare.com/bedwetting-alarm-dri-eclipse.htm            (June 13, 2013)

Anzacare has a fairly straight-forward web site for its DRI Eclipse alarm. It is not our intent, in this blog, to approve or disapprove of an alarm for any of its attributes. A potential buyer can always look at the information on the seller’s site, and often get more complete information from a comprehensive site such as http://urinealarms.com/which suggests a comprehensive method to select an appropriate bedwetting alarm, and also provides an exhaustive list of attributes and properties for these alarms. Our concerns primarily relate to facts being mis-stated or negative attributes not being mentioned (or concealed).

“World Patent Pending …” We asked two patent attorneys about the “World Patent.” Both said that there is no such thing. According to them, a patent has to be applied for in each country which has a patent award and recognition system. Potentially, a patent application would have to be filed and awarded in a very large number of countries encompassing the whole world. A search on Google confirms this. We very much doubt that Anzacare would have spent such a large amount of money to make all of these filings. Consequently claiming a “World Patent Pending” is very misleading, unless Anzacare would like to specifically state that they have all of these individual country patents filed and pending. Why have such misleading statements? This is deceit by perversion.

Anzacare also claims to have “the only non-metal urine sensor ever.” Chummie, for one, might dispute that. Deceit by perversion.

“The special electronics make the wireless Urosensor the thinnest of them all.” Again, you might have to dispute this with Chummie, at least. Deceit by perversion.

The volume of the alarm (set at its maximum, we assume, from the site description) is “around 98dBA at the ear.” Let’s be realistic. No child (or other user) is going to keep the alarm at his/her ear.  Since Anzacare recommends that this alarm should be placed “on a table away from the bed,” This distance could be 2 or 3 feet, or even more.. We all recognize that audible volume drops significantly as the device is moved away from the ear. Why not provide this volume in dBA at a two feet (60 cms) or greater distance so the buyer has a more realistic understanding of the volume that will be heard during use? It would be substantially less than 98dBA, and not mislead the reader. Deceit by perversion.

Anzacare claims that “When the Urosensor™ detects the first drops of urine it triggers the loud alarm, waking the child.” You leave it to the reader to understand that since the recommended way to attach the sensor to the inside of the underwear is a pad (or mini-pad), there must be enough urine or enough time after the beginning of urination for the urine to soak through the pad and reach the Urosensor. This will not be immediate, and this delay can depend on a variety of factors. Deceit by perversion.

“The Urosensor™ can transmit to more than one DRI Eclipse® mobile alarm unit, so there can be another receiver in a parent's or carer's room.” Do all receivers have to be within direct range of the Urosensor transmitter? If so, why not mention that? This could be a limiting factor for some users. Deceit by concealment.

Anzacare’s web site is ethically cleaner than several of its competitors. Getting rid of or correcting some “errors” and clarifying some matters would help.

Deceit by Perversion and Concealment.

DRI Excel: Deceit by Concealment.

DRI Excel              http://www.anzacare.com/bedwetting-alarm-dri-excel.htm      (June 10,2013)

Looking at the DRI Excel on the manufacturer’s web site, we must give credit to Anzacare for not using excessive hype in describing their product. We did not notice any significant misleading claims. However there were several questions raised in our minds which we could not find answers to on the web site, which does raise questions about Anzacare’s “hiding” facts that could be interpreted negatively for the DRI Excel.

Anzacare says to “Put the DRI Excel® alarm unit on the shoulder of pyjamas or a T-shirt with the fastening provided.” There is no description that we could find about what this fastening is. If Anzacare believes that this fastening mechanism is one that users would find convenient to use, comfortable and safe, why does Anzacare not provide details about it?

No information is provided about the “life” of the “Urosensor” sensor device. Does it decay or stop working after some use?

There is no information on this web site provided about any warranty for the DRI Excel or its Urosensor. Could this be embarrassingly short? Looking at http://urinealarms.com/Wired_Alarm_Chart.html, the warranty is described as 6 months for the alarm and 90 days for the sensor. If this is correct, The DRI Excel has a significantly shorter warranty than almost all of the wired alarms listed on http://urinealarms.com/Wired_Alarm_Chart.html.

The volume of the alarm (set at its maximum, we assume, from the site description) is “around 98dBA at the ear.” Let’s be realistic. No child (or other user) is going to keep the alarm at his/her ear.  Looking at the picture on the web site, where the alarm is attached to the shirt above the breast, a 20 cms (8 inches) distance is more reasonable. We all recognize that audible volume drops significantly as the device is moved away from the ear. Why not provide this volume in dBA at 20 cms so the buyer has a more realistic understanding of the volume that will be heard during use?

Anzacare claims that “When the Urosensor™ detects the first drops of urine it triggers the loud alarm, waking the child.” You leave it to the reader to understand that since the recommended way to attach the sensor to the inside of the underwear is a pad (or mini-pad), there must be enough urine or enough time after the beginning of urination for the urine to soak through the pad and reach the Urosensor. This will not be immediate, and this delay can depend on a variety of factors.

In conclusion, although the DRI Excel web site is refreshingly straightforward and not filled with advertising gimmicks and exaggerations, it does omit some important issues that could adversely affect the readers’ opinion of the device. 

We would suggest that the reader to go to a detailed comparative site such as http://urinealarms.com/Wireless_Alarm_Chart.html  and compare this alarm’s properties and price with those of other wired bedwetting alarms. 

Deceit by concealment.