Aquatic Safety Concepts has come up with a wearable band called iSwimband. This is a personal aquatic safety system that is innovative, portable and cost-effective.
Appearance
iSwimband is a wearable gadget that acts as a safety device to prevent drowning while swimming. Drowning has become one of the major causes of the death of children and youth, even when there is some form of human supervision present. To give a solution to this problem, the company has designed a smart gadget that alerts you when a non-swimmer enters the pool or a swimmer is submerged to a dangerous level. This band can be worn either as a headband while swimming or as a wristband by non-swimmers. The tamper-resistant and lightweight device that is safe to wear. As a waterproof headband, users can wear it along with goggles and swim-caps.
Performance
This wearable band can be synchronized with an iOS device using low-power wireless technology. You can easily customize it using the company’s companion app that is free and simple to use. It helps you in monitoring up to eight iSwimbands using a single iOS device. You can further expand the limit by adding another iOS device. The band is compatible with devices like iPhone 4S and above, iPad 3 and above, and iPod Touch 4 and above. You can use Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to add your devices. There is an additional option to add compatible speakers so you may hear any alert louder. Further customization can be done with the settings for each swimmer using iSwimband. This helps because every swimmer may have varied monitoring requirements.
Ease of use
iSwimband is simple and comfortable to be set up and used as both a wristband and a headband. This device has a wearable sensor that sends audible and visual alerts or alarms on your linked iOS device. This is done when a swimmer submerges to a dangerous level or a non-swimmer or animal enters the water while it is not supposed to be.
Usefulness
This device is highly useful to prevent people from drowning or to prevent your kids and pets from entering the water. Its waterproof sensor is suitable to be pocketed too. Thus, you can easily be alerted while your kids or friends may swim at a nearby pool, lake, river or beach.
Value for money
At $99 per package, iSwimband is a device worth owning, especially by those who have loved ones often going for swimming.
