Vagustim: Vagus Activation

My only beef with the unit is the poorly designed earpieces. Within the first 30 days of use, a wire came loose of one of the earpieces making it useless. On top of that, they fit poorly and are extremely temperamental even after following the tips on best use. They fall out of my ear so easily, I have to wear a headband or hat just to keep them in place. Another issue is it’s very difficult to get just the right amount of moisture so they work (assuming you can get them to stay in place). Lastly I cannot say I’ve noticed much wrt improvement. With all this, I am HOPEFUL they will address the earpiece issue.

The device popped out of my ears no less than 12 times while attempting my first usage, so much opinion of the app might be colored by my frustration with the design of the device... But was this made by actual idiots? Why have a device glow blue that's meant to help with sleep? Blue light disrupts melatonin production. We know this. That has been proven with far more statistical certainty than anything else related to vagustim. Why state multiple times that metal knobs should be in contact with the concha and tragus areas without a simple diagram of ear parts pointing out which areas these are? Why include a video of application where the model leaves a huge dollop of the gel in the wrong place? I have a pulsetto, the first use of which put me to sleep like a baby. I heard good things about vagustim and thought perhaps I could get more benefits, but wow…the opposite is the case. I only wish I had never purchased this joke of a product.

It’s obscene that the new app forces people to pay an expensive monthly subscription to be able to run the stim for more than 15 minutes. The instructions that came with my device said I should be using it for 60 minutes a day. Not only that, but after the 15 minutes, the app forces you to reset your settings for the level of intensity, further creating an inconvenience having to do it four times. The app does exactly what the old one did but charges. The only addition is that it looks prettier and tracks which days you have used it. I would be more OK with the subscription if the device did not cost me over $400 already. This is not a device that is currently covered by any insurance or medical subsidies in the US. Also, I’ve wasted a lot of money buying batteries for this device because it does not have the simple technology to automatically shut off. I would pay a subscription for whatever incoming AI tech but not to run the device at the recommended time duration.