My significant other and I both suffer from insomnia related to anxiety. You know the kind--where you lay in bed and things that happened 10 years ago haunt you into being wide awake. After over a week of both of us sleeping horribly, I was desperate. I'll admit this was somewhat of an impulse buy. I saw it on a facebook video and decided I was so sleep deprived, it was worth a try because there was a free return and we were exhausted. After nearly a month of using it nightly, I have to admit that I am quite shocked at how well it works. We don't use it nightly, just on nights we consider ourselves to be at risk for being wide awake all night, and each night we've used it, we've slept like absolute babies. Some pointers:
**Take it for what it is. THIS IS NOT A CURE. It is essentially a distraction technique that helps you escape your thoughts through intentional breathing. It calms you and allows your body to fall into a natural sleep. It isn't a magic cure and it requires dedication to the process. If you can't commit to something like that, then this isn't for you.
**It is battery operated. If you're an earth friendly household (like us), I would recommend simultaneously purchasing a set of rechargeable batteries.
**It doesn't work well when it's directly against a wall (on a nightstand, for example). The light kind of gets distorted on the wall instead of projecting onto the ceiling. We have a bench on the end of the bed we put ours on that works just fine. A larger piece of furniture would also work, but something that sticks out atleast 2 feet from the wall is my recommendation.
Hope this helps!!!

Did not work for me. I have horrid insomnia so I was hopeful.
Beware. They charge for the returns on this... NOT happy. Would have liked to know that free returns were not part of this. !0% of the purchase price... could be worse I suppose.

I bought this in a fit of late-night frustration. For the past couple months, I've been mysteriously waking up at 3 am every night and lying awake for over an hour, my head buzzing with thoughts about the day ahead. I tried medications, breathing exercises, reading boring books, exercise, nothing seemed to work. I was really reluctant to pay $60 for a silly glowing light puck, but it was either that or prescription sleeping pills, so I figured it was worth a shot: Either it works and it's $60 well spent, or it doesn't and I send it back.

Well, it works. For the past week whenever I wake up at 3am, I reach over and touch the Dodow and time my breathing to the light. The need to focus and concentrate on the light consumes my thoughts and crowds out everything else I might be thinking, and effectively "bores" me to sleep. It doesn't even take me eight minutes--within a couple minutes my eyes are droopy and I'm drifting out. Amazing, definitely a keeper.

Caveat: The marketing makes it sound like the Dodow is some calming device that will gently lull you to sleep like a baby's lullaby. It's not. It feels like work. The light is somewhat harsh, and your eyes don't want to look at it. But if you put in the work, if you focus, and if you really commit to timing your breaths and avoiding excessive thinking, it really does work. (Really, this is how all basic meditation works--the Dodow just gives you something visual to focus on.)

I could never get it to activate with a simple touch. The touch surface leaves something to be desired. What's the point of having to fight with something in the middle of the night that is supposed to help you sleep. It also doesn't actually put a blue circle on the ceiling that expands and contracts. It's more of blue blob that colors the ceiling blue and sort of gets bigger and smaller.

it was shipped out fast. It did not help me fall asleep when i woke in the middle of nite. It was also a bit difficult to operate, turning on and off was not always as easy as a "touch" or two. Finally, when i sent it back the shipping costs were not covered and i read, was told that the Return Shipping was covered...Not very happy with the entire experience