Drowsie Flexi

I love to listen to podcasts as I fall asleep, so I researched under-pillow speakers and this one seemed to have the design that took care of all my concerns. I was most worried about the battery overheating under the pillow. Since it's so long, the battery and controls stick out from under the pillow while I can still hear it if my head is in the middle of my pillow. You can control the volume, change the track, pause/play, and set/cancel a 2 or 4 hour timer so it saves battery after you fall asleep. The only weird thing is the timer doesn't completely turn off the Drowsie, it's still connected to my phone's Bluetooth in the morning. This has made it difficult to use with my sleep tracking app that gives me an alarm during a provided wakeup window. The alarm sounded through the Drowsie, which was not loud enough to wake me. Thankfully I set a backup alarm in the Samsung app, and that alarm sounded through the Drowsie and the phone. It's a mild inconvenience compared to all the benefits the Drowsie delivers, though. I used to fall asleep with a single earbud in, but my ear would often ache the next morning. Or I would find the earbud rolling around in the bed the next morning. Using an earbud meant I couldn't find my most comfortable sleeping position because I had to pick one side, or sleep on my back. Now it doesn't matter, I love this thing! Edit: The Drowsie now fully disconnects from my phone when I use the timer on the Drowsie, so I can use my sleep app or any alarm without issue. It happened after the most recent Android update, so it appears it wasn't an issue with the Drowsie itself. It's September 2025, the Drowsie is still going strong. I love this thing!

I got this because my audiologist suggested it for tinnitus, to play sounds that mask it and finally be able to sleep. Well, it’s a great idea, but it does NOT work through my memory foam pillow (which I’m not willing to switch because it’s perfection). I even tried the volume “hack” they give you in the directions but it’s still not loud enough, plus the quality is not necessarily the best (this I’m ok with, it’s good enough for my purposes). Also, the fact that you can’t remove the speakers to wash the fabric is almost unacceptable to me. If I’m going to have something so close to my face while I sleep, I need it to be clean, that’s why I started using a little fabric cover, but I can already see how it’s getting dirty after a month or so. I usually put it next to my head, on my pillow, when the tinnitus gets really loud at night, otherwise I just use my phone and put it on the nightstand. I’m keeping it because it serves a purpose but I wouldn’t recommend it for everyone. If they fixed those flaws I’d buy it again.

I bought this for my daughter who likes to listen to audio books to fall asleep. It arrived, worked perfectly and then a week later died. Wouldn’t charge wouldn’t pair with her phone. So I returned it. No harm no foul, just a defective model; Amazon sent a replacement which arrived a few days ago. Lo and behold. Works great for 4 days and then same issue. Stops working. Won’t pair and won’t charge. This highlight super poor design (buttons are all underneath a stuffed layer and they’re not indexed, There’s also no real feedback in the form or lights or display)** update** drowsie customer service contacted me after my initial review and helped my troubleshoot. Long story short we diagnosed the issue as charging related. Specifically. While the drowsie charges with a usb-c of which I have many, The only one that works is the one that came with the item, you also need to make sure it is seated properly and you see the charging light. If not. You’re not charging.

I have owned every possible type of pillow speaker over the last twenty years, some, mulitple times (Sangean I'm looking at you). Every one is either not up for the task of getting sound through a pillow or develops a short somewhere along the wire, usually in 12-18 months. The Drowsie has been a huge breakthrough for me! No wire, long battery life, and several, strong speakers with good audio that penetrates my pillow. You can also raise and lower teh volume and I think skip tracks right from the Drowsie itself, meaning that you don't have to haul your phone out in the dark every time you want to do this. I love my Drowsie and my husband just bought one for himself too. Even thought it's a little bit more of a cost you definitely get what you pay for. Highly recommend.

How are you going to say this is for sleeping when the battery doesn't last 8 hours? Sometimes it lasts 2 hours. Sometimes it lasts 4 hours. Sometimes 6. It's just weird. Otherwise, it does work. The sound isn't like incredible audio but it's good enough for sleeping. The controls are easy to use. I like that I can adjust the volume without moving my pillows. I do wish the cover was removable so I could was it. After a couple years it looks a bint dingy. This would be 5 stars if the battery were more reliable

I use the Drowsie Pillow Speaker with the HeadSpace app every night to fall asleep, and again during the night to go back to sleep (I also occasionally use it with Netflix or Hulu). At first I had trouble with the volume being too low, but I contacted Drowsie and they helped me trouble-shoot my iphone settings and now it works great! It stays right in place under my pillow without moving during the night (I don't feel it under there at all). If I move around I do have to move it to reposition it just under my head. My husband can not hear it at all and I like to set the volume low so that I only hear it if my head is on my pillow. I have it set for the power to stay on until I manually turn it off, which I do in the morning. I only charge it about every 3-4 nights (the charging cord is very short so I just use my kindle charging cord). I have traveled with it and wish it came with a hard case for protection. I can't recommend this enough! It is the perfect under pillow bluetooth speaker!

The item was as described. I’ve had the item for a couple days and looked forward to trying it out. It is packaged very nicely. I was pleasantly surprised. The instructions are easy to follow. I did find the following items difficult; where were the red and blue lights representing charged and not; the location of hitting a timer for 2 or 4 hours. The lights are below the material and hard to see but you can see them. The on butter is more by touch but I was able to find it also. The instructions for connecting blue tooth worked as instructed. I set the device time for 2 hours and set my app playing the music for 30 minutes. After the 2 hours the device shuts off and no longer connected to my Bluetooth. I used the volume on my phone to control the volume on the device. I hear a voice when setting it up for the evening but it does not wake me up when it shuts off and I’m a pretty light sleeper. I have tried different items to play music at night over the years and so far this is my favorite. UPDATE- I have had this product for a little more than a year. I still like the product but reduced it to 2 stars because it no longer holds a charge. It is disappointment because the product is great otherwise. I expected it to last longer for the price. However I can’t get a replacement because of the cost. This problem should get resolved. There are others that complain about the battery becoming a problem.

UPDATE: Still going strong the end of 2024. I admit, I was very surprised at the quality of sound and the actual volume that came out of this little speaker. I read all the reviews about the sound not getting through the pillow, etc., etc., (I put mine under my pillow but inside my pillowcase) I haven’t had one bit of problem… except when it gets turned over or twisted around in my pillowcase at night, but no biggie - just reach in the pillowcase and turn it back over. My husband can’t hear it even though I have it turned up as loud as it will go (I think that’s as loud as it will go… I don’t turn the volume of my iPad up any). If I lift my head off the pillow, I can still hear it, but it’s very faint. The best sound comes from having your ear directly on your pillow. It’s small, doesn’t slip out of my pillowcase (I’m not a pillow flipper). The charge lasts all night long. The only complaint I have is the charge cord is way too short! But it doesn’t take it too long to charge after the first initial charge. I would definitely recommend this little speaker and when mine wears out, I will buy it again!

I have ADHD and find rave/dance music helps me quieten my thoughts to sleep but strangely, my wife doesn't appreciate 120bpm baselines. This little speaker has saved my sanity and possibly my marriage. I think you're supposed to use it between the top of the pillow and pillow case, but I've always used it *through* the pillow. Pros: * Sounds quality is more than good enough. * Volume is great without being audible to your partner. * As well as always on, there's a 2h and 4h timer option * Battery is good for 5 days on a 2h timer * It's the only flexible set of speakers I've found. All others have hard boxes, while I'm barely aware of these, even when I sleep with my arm under my pillow. Cons: * They don't report their battery level. I keep forgetting to plug mine in, so I actually have two with one always on charge. The older one always reports 30% charge and the newer one doesn't report charge at all. If you can trust yourself to plug them in every three or four days, this isn't a problem. * Very occasionally they don't turn off after two hours, and drain their battery. Weirdly, I think this is when Spotify runs out of music before the timer runs out, so the speakers stay awake. It happens maybe once a month, so hardly a major issue. For me, the pros massively outweigh the cons. If one of them dies, I'll buy another in a heartbeat.

I loved that it is as described. A little difficult when it needs to be charged, but with patience it is very doable.

At first I wasn’t too keen. But it is overall good. I do find if I put it under pillow it sounds muffled so I usually just lay it next to pillow. The things I don’t like are it’s difficult to access the correct buttons for changing volume, turning on etc and charging it is a pain, difficult to get the charging attachment out of the cover.

This flat soft light pillow speaker is great to put on my pillow to fall asleep to white noise. Easy to charge and long life. When I had a problem with my speaker that wasn't charging properly, they replied promptly and agreed to replace it FOC. Highly recommended and will buy again. The treble stopped working for a while, then started working again. Strange.

The product does what it claims to and works really well.