Companion Watch

Brilliant. It hasn’t left my wrist! No one has noticed that it’s anything other than a normal watch but are amazed when I start showing off the features - and in fact it has passed the fashion test from my two granddaughters! It’s comfortable and I love that there are options for changing the appearance. I started with the black one for testing but our dedicated Companion Support Specialist was also able to send out some more feminine options to try.

Honestly, sometimes I forgot I was even wearing it. I have quite small wrists but fortunately the strap fits me by using the last hole. I wore it day and night without thinking about it. I wore it in the shower and bath, and it only needed a quick dab with the towel and it was dry. The strap is very soft, softer than normal leather and the watch does not feel heavy.

Yes! I know with some personal alarms they don’t like you to put them near water but for me that’s when I’m most at risk of falling so when our dedicated Companion Support Specialist said we could wear it in the shower, and try it in the bath, I was most prepared to. Obviously, I didn’t push it by leaving my hand under water for long, but it coped fine if I needed to dip under quickly to retrieve the soap! I felt very relaxed wearing it. Like I say, just a quick dab with the towel and it was good to go.

Really good! I think I only needed to charge it once in the middle of eight days, and when I did I just popped it on the charging station, it made a happy noise and had a green light when it was charged to full. It felt like it took just only an hour. 

Yes, I did although I hadn’t fallen. I did set it off a couple times when it was just on my wrist. Fortunately, it is really easy to cancel – you just press and hold the big crown on the side until you fill up the cancel bar. I’d prefer it to be sensitive and easy to cancel than not go off when I need it.

Now this was impressive. It was just like using a mobile. You wouldn’t realise you were listening through the watch. It’s loud so you don’t need to look silly holding it up to your ear and the microphone is sensitive, so I don’t need to hold it near my mouth. 

If you click the crown twice you get shown a bar with your percentage marking your activity for the day. I’m happy if I’m hitting 80% everyday – it makes me feel like I’m getting on my feet enough but also gives me a little kick of achievement everyday! It also means my family can check up on me and make sure I’m not slobbing in front of the tennis all day!

Night and day. It beats my current SOS button on features and looks. I don’t feel embarrassed to wear it and actually I get a lot of compliments with it. It works wherever I am and calls my family first, not a monitoring centre. I think there is definitely an audience for those personal alarms but for me, the Companion Watch works a lot better.

Great fun! I’ll have another one of those! My support specialist was called Mark and he was very impressive! Although the session was only to cover the basic features of the watch Mark really knows his stuff and answered every question we had!

The box is simple, clean and smart. Feels very safe and I wouldn’t be worried about anything breaking in transit. Easy to open and to set up – just plug the charging dock in and set the watch on-top until it goes green! The instructions are better than a lot I’ve seen. The diagrams are clear and they don’t overcomplicate anything. The only comments I’d add is that they make it clear that the two buttons above and below the crown are touch sensitive and don’t work by pressing, and that you have to press and hold the crown (the button on the side) to cancel the fall alarm.

The whole thing for me is that it doesn’t look like what it is and what it does. I don’t feel like a liability wearing it and that my dignity has been compromised for safety and reassurance. I’m not embarrassed to wear it and I don’t think I’ll be taking it off anytime soon.