 My name is Alex Fergus from AlexFergus.com and today I'm having a look at the human charger Which is this device here also known as the Valkyrie device. I think that's how you call it So I was sent this to play around with because as many of you know, I'm into sleep I'm also into gadgets technology optimizing performance. I do a lot of traveling And I have some travel coming up as well So I don't work with clients and all those people looking at improving sleep So the one of the team see me or I bumped into him in LA The bulletproof conference and we got talking about this device and I had my doubts and I still do so he explained a bit about it and he said look I'm gonna see anyone you can test it and Who you think so it actually arrived about two weeks ago And I had it sitting here and I hadn't really got around to opening it I'm just opening it now. And yeah, it's a pretty nice device. It comes with What have I got here? It comes with the the battery pack. I guess that's what it is with a big button on it and Then it comes with their phones Which were in a which I was playing around with before and then I got in a big tangle So if anyone can come up with tangle-free headphones, let me know Well, they deserve to be millionaires honestly anyway, so so they look like earbuds But they're not they've actually got little LEDs on the end of them. So when I press the button here See how they shine boom. It's like a whitey bluey light, right? You wouldn't want that at night now they go in the air and You're getting um Light shine down there. It also comes with and I'll explain why that would you'd want to do that So it also comes with a charger USB charger. Oh, what else we got here? We've got some earbud sizing kits You know for the big ears and the little ears and stuff not that that really matters to be honest because you're not trying to get a seal Well, I mean, I didn't think you are you're not really trying to get a proper seal. So um, you get good sound quality You just want a good fit more than anything. So it's still important to have that And then a bunch of instruction manuals and Various languages which ones English here we go. This is English. Yeah, so I'll have to have a read through this So that's what it comes with now For those of you who have read my artichoke morning light and how it's important for sleep, you'll know how white Various colors of light, you know have different impacts on on the body So blue light for instance is stimulating and you don't want that at night. It suppresses melatonin Combump up cortisol. It's the last thing you want when you're trying to get to bed Which is why you wear blue block is and dim the lights and everything like that And you can read about blue light on my blog AlexFurgus.com If you have no idea what I'm talking about red light for instance is very healing Okay, so I've got a red light device a juve red light device and I've written about that as well And how beneficial that is for healing and everything So another thing is the timing of light exposure Can impact the body and in particular the scale circadian rhythm So again blue light late at night is stimulating all right You don't want that late at night But it is beneficial to get that in the morning all right and even during the day because that blue light effectively is Signaling the body and the brain that hey the sun's up. Okay, because anytime you really get that blue light in nature is through the sun So it stimulates signaling the brain that hey the sun's up, you know Let's go about a day body temperature should be higher energy should be higher Reproductions like you know all that sort of stuff with digesting food and all it all that sort of good stuff But unfortunately not everyone can get outside in the morning. Okay, maybe you work night shift Maybe you're traveling Maybe you just start early mornings. Maybe it's really cloud cloudy or dark saying that it's still better to get outside than stay inside Even if it is cloudy because you still do get that um bright light coming through No, it may not feel that bright. But anyway, so what this device does it allows you to hack the sign in a way, so The body has Photo receptors in the ear canal. Okay, just like in the eyes and even on the skin Apparently there's a lot in there the ear. So what this company have done is created these earbuds light sources that go in the air now the idea is you turn this on for 10 12 minutes I think it runs for truckmen the ears and that shooting Photons light photons at a particular wavelength. I don't know exactly, but I think it's a bluey greeny I don't think it says in here. I'll have to look at all the data to see exactly Exactly the wavelength of light that they're using. Oh, here we go 450 peak wavelength for 50 nanometers 12-minute duration 10,000 lux within one cinema. So it's really bright. Okay, so you can really bright Light go straight into the end and then that's going to have a stimulating effect Pretty much. It's like an artificial sun and it's going to trigger the body to You know cause all the good things that happen when the sun comes up in the morning All right, and again read about this in my article the importance of morning light for sunlight morning light for sleep because I explain all the science and what's happening on a hormone or when and Neurotransmitter point of view in that article note I don't want that this video to be about that and instead I want it to be about this so um If you following me on Instagram or Facebook, I share a lot of my sleep stuff, right? I use the ordering here and many of you know that I sleep really really good It's a big passion of mine. I do whatever I can to get a good night's sleep So this is why I haven't really been bothered using it lately But well what since it arrived because I'm already getting good sleep. I got stable sleep patterns. Um, It's not an issue. I'm out for the night. I fall asleep like that I wear blue blockers at night and we're coming into summer here in New Zealand So it's the sun's already up at you know six o'clock in the morning and it's nice bright warm sun So I'm getting outside anyway, right? So I was like, well I don't I don't really want to use this like there's not not much point in using it at the moment But I can see the benefits if it does what it's supposed to do. I can see the benefits for night shift work is for travelers Or for those that live in very northern or southern letitutes for instance Finland and that is where this There's a thing somewhere that that is where this was designed as you can see designed in Finland, right? Because they're come wintertime. They're not getting much sun in the morning, right? So If it does what it's meant to do, it's perfect 12 minutes put it in the air. It's gonna kickstart you You know, give the body going cortisol is gonna be bumped up a little bit You're gonna sleep better at night assuming you're wearing blue blockers and everything all those good things are gonna happen Now there is a bit of controversy controversy around this some people say it's not that effective some people say it's a gimmick I Had read those stories and so I was a skip deck, which is why I got talking To the company and LA and they said look you have to try it So it's been sitting here on my desk for a couple weeks and I played around with it But I was like, yeah, it's not real use but what's happening is I have just booked some flights to go to Finland of all places Not to see these guys know I'm going over there for other reasons So that requires something like 40 hours of traveling I don't know how many time zones I'm crossing but it's pretty much the opposite time of where I am in New Zealand So when it's my daytime to the night time stuff plus it's going into winter time for them. So they're not getting much sun at all So I'm gonna take this with me and I'm gonna use it and see if it helps Pretty much how I'm gonna use it every morning when I get up at least local time morning I'm gonna put this on even during the day. Maybe it was a bit of a topper so That's what I'm gonna be doing over the next week or two and then I'll be able to give you my thoughts on how effective this device is So this is the device here as you can see it's got a big button on the top you press that it glows and The light goes apparently that runs for 12 minutes and then it automatically shuts down You press it again, and you switch it off the manual here Explains silicon fittings USB connector and then it's got a few Benefits in here so increase mental alertness increase move mood energy levels It's saying use the human charge charger on a regular basis once a day within two hours of waking Jet lag recovery, so this is what I'll be using it for When you travel across several time zones you're likely to experience some jet lag Human charger is perfect for accelerating recovery from unpleasant symptoms of jet lag if your flight is eastward Use a human charger first thing in the morning four times during the day So it's got a whole protocol here. All right, depending on which way you're going, but I've been told there's an app So I'm gonna go check out that for more detail for the more detailed trip specific instructions You can download free human charger command you an app from the store Shift work energy boost if you need to extend your day or wake up particularly early So you use it for shift work Jet lag winter blows or just on a day where you maybe you slipped down or you don't want to go outside in the money All right, so I've just downloaded the app human charger app. Let's see what happens with this home airport. All right, we will say new Plymouth Welcome to human charger This app reads your flights from trip it and then turns them into optimal schedule to be jet lag Cool, so I don't have trip it but I can get it All right, so I've been playing around with this app and I can see the flights in here So it was thinking with trip it after all so anyway crazy, but we're here now. So what we are is here we're Monday afternoon and Tomorrow morning as we scroll through you can see It's got recommendations as to when you should Use the human charges. So it's telling me, you know in the morning eight o'clock I should use it and then again at ten o'clock and then I've got my flight to eleven o'clock and It's only a short flight. It's only like an hour long flight. And then I've got my second flight tomorrow Leaving at three o'clock local time, which is five a.m. And doha where I'm going to be stopping over now That's an 18 hour flight. It's a long way, right? So and then as I scroll through it's got all these recommendations, right? So it's got four times where I should be using it Which align the first one is one o'clock in the morning New Zealand time my home time and then Which is three o'clock doha time all the way through till 8 p.m. Doha time Which is interesting because I'm just confused. I'm like is that Is that working? So this is a dose taken at this point helps you adjust to local time Does that mean a local time and doha or local time at my in destination? Which is another flight afterwards. I'm not 100% sure how that's working. Um, I Might have to reach out to them, but it's young. I'm thinking it is the end goal at first I thought it was for doha because You know, there's like four flights there and that's The float four times there and then there was nothing when I landed in Helsinki in the morning, right? I landed Seven o'clock in the morning Helsinki times. So you'd imagine some light dosages there, right? But then looking at it telling me I need to do these the human use a human charger at nine o'clock Doha time. So anyway, um, oh, I'll need to clarify that but if it all is Is aligned with your end goal as in Helsinki then um, it's pretty cool And it's definitely going to be something that I'll I'll use To help me adjust see for instance is telling me I should be using it at nine o'clock in the evening Helsinki time which I thought it would be like, you know, you use it during the trip and then you land in Helsinki Seven eight nine ten o'clock in the morning. You're hammering it and then when the sun goes down at four o'clock Oh my god, that's gonna be crazy Then you you back off Some big concern that it's pulling my data from You plummet because those are the times anyway, look, I'm gonna play around with it But to be honest, I'm a total believer and when it comes to traveling just to get as much sleep as possible Um and and then towards the end of the trip trying to adjust to the local time and I will be using this when When I am waking up and to help kickstart me as well as using caffeine and then blue block is but I've written a few articles on jet lag So um, I won't go into that. But anyway, I fly tomorrow. So yeah, I'll keep you posted on How it all goes Hey guys Alex here, so I'm back from my epic Finland trip to Helsinki huge trip 10 days away. I think it was coming back it well going over it was like 35 hours of traveling coming back I was further north. So it was four flights an extra flight 44 hours of traveling 44 hours door to door It was insane. I wanted flights was like 17 hours or something. I live in time zone So it was literally the opposite, you know, like daytime here in New Zealand was nighttime over there Um, so it was perfect chance to test this out the Valky human charger Which must have the flight batteries right now? anyway, so Before I left I mentioned how you know, I didn't know that much about it and I tried it I think two or three days Maybe twice I guess all I tried it and I didn't really notice too much But then I thought about I was like, you know what like I already feel really good This is before I left, you know, I feel great my house great My ordering data was always showing anything from 85 to 95% sleep score. My readiness was really good I wasn't stressing the body much as doing one training a week I had I was doing all the right things when it comes to sleep, right? So wearing blue blockers pitchback room Stable bedtime, you know consistent bedtime Consistent wait time. I'd wake up in the morning. I'd go outside and ground it's summertime here in New Zealand So the sun's up nice and early bright sun lots of sunlight. I'd go outside I'd give that sunlight in my face I'd go for about a 40 minute or 30 minute walk during the day I'd get back outside and then yeah, no time would do the opposite, you know blue light glasses in the way And I could sleep in like I could do whatever on like I was flexible with my sleep time and yeah as a result I was getting amazing sleep data and feeling good So it was only natural that when I use the product that the human charger The sunlight in your pocket device that I didn't really notice too much right because I mean What I didn't need, you know, I didn't need that benefit so to speak Um, and then even during the day when I am inside every now and then I'll just go outside for a walk Or I'll check the garden and stuff and check out my vlog at AlexFigs.com And you can you can see more about these things and how I live my life in it But yeah, I'm gonna just pull up a few data points here. So this is the ordering yet Check out my review and there is a new one just been announced. So I'm excited to see that So this is before I left right like look at these sleep scores 91 85 88 85 84 94 like they're really good scores and their bottom line there is deep school sleep So, you know, my sleep is not an issue right and You know, I'm getting like nine hour sleep and stuff reading the scores as well. We're look at this This reading the score is based on Once it focuses in based on HRV heart rate or sleep, you know activity Look, these are reading the scores 94% 87 80 85 86 87 85, right? So the reason I'm showing you this is I Was I am healthy. I don't stress the body too much. I'm gonna lose so much. I sleep great so this is It's designed to help the body when we don't have perfect sleep We don't have bright light when we are traveling when we're stuck indoors, you know When you're not living the life I am when here it's three o'clock in afternoon I have a shirt off just being out in the garden in the Sun, right? A lot of you are stuck in offices or trucks or wherever and You might not be able to get outside and get that sun or you're living in northern climates And you don't get the sun, you know until three o'clock in the tool like 10 or 11 o'clock in the day And then it sits at three o'clock like it didn't else in key, which is crazy So all you you know, you're doing a lot of traveling and in that case I realized that this actually is a good product or amazing product because it can help you get the things that I'm getting here in a normal life. So for instance when I was traveling In the morning in Helsinki for instance, it was so dark, right? And then the sun would come up like hardly come up would be cloudy So it's not a very bright day and then it's only it's just hovering on the horizon And then it's sitting again at two three o'clock in the afternoon. It's just not my sun around so using this I could mimic the Sun without, you know, while I was sitting inside or sitting on a plane And I noticed like it was giving me a bit of a stimulating hit again I didn't notice this prior to going but when I was there it was a lot more pronounced and I think it was because here I didn't need it, you know, like I was getting the Sun from outside but over there I wasn't getting the Sun and it was like, wow, you know, this is this is doing something Um, and then from a circadian alignment, circadian rhythm jet lag point of view Here's my thoughts this helped And I'll show you how it helps using the app. I'll get into that soon. This helped when I got to Helsinki I went to be at the first night around 10 30 11 o'clock right local time. That was 9 30 in the morning New Zealand time Now I'll admit I didn't get a ton of sleep on the trip over I think I got, you know, like five hours sleep on one flight and then about three hours on the other And it was like 35 hours of traveling. So yes, I was quite tired But in previous trips before I've had this device even despite the bad sleep when I got to The destination I'd be exhausted But you'd go to bed and you'd just be like, you know, your mind was racing I just couldn't sleep and that happened in America for instance on a recent trip Where I was up to like, you know, three o'clock in the morning just lying there in bed And so it was funny because I went to bed Tired exhausted thinking I really hope I get to sleep and I did like my sleep latency time in the aura app Was was tiny. It was miniscule. I don't even remember like falling asleep You know, it was one of those nights where you get into bed to turn the light off and and then you'd wake up so that was great and um Again, it's very hard to Quantify this exactly like what would have happened if I didn't have this I don't know. I can't I can't do that. Unfortunately, but I didn't know that I was falling asleep bang on You know 10 30 11 every single night of that trip What didn't happen though was I didn't stay asleep for an extended period. So I was waking About six hours later at about five o'clock four thirty five o'clock pretty much every morning in that Finland trip I'd wake up Which is funny because that time is like three o'clock in the afternoon local time in New Zealand So it wasn't like I was waking up at, you know, nine o'clock in the morning Local time sorry New Zealand time, you know, when you'd expect to wake up or eight o'clock in the morning I was waking up in the middle of the afternoon, which was kind of weird But the point was I was falling asleep fast Which is a big thing for traveling and I was getting good sleep in those six hours. All right. It was just shorter And yeah, so I noticed that and then during the day I would just be hammering this which is why the battery is going flat again I'd just be hammering this all day. So I'd get up put it in two hours later Use it again during the day use it again. And of course in Helsinki. It was very dark, right? That winter time over there. So Or I was indoors the whole time like if I did get outside it was freezing There was no sun. It was cloudy. So you run back inside. So this was like a perfect substitute, you know, so And again, that's what it's I realized now. That's what it's for. That's who it's for people live in those climates People who can't get outside people stuck in offices people work night shift people travel a lot That's what it's for and that's kind of why I didn't really notice much and that now I'm noticing a lot. So, um Really cool. And then yeah, I was using that during the day and in the morning to adjust and then uh, I was there for about a week So I was using it every day and then coming home. I loaded my flight into trip it. Okay, so That was the app I set up the other day before I left and now it's really cool I should have done it a few days before I left because what it does is it pulls in all that data and looks at Where you're going in the time zone difference and then tells you when you should be using the app and everything Prior to going sorry the device prior to going I used I set that up like the night before like it was a bit silly So when I loaded in the data before I left this time, it was already giving me recommendations to help Sink, you know my my light cycles. So, uh, I got the app here. Um, I hope it's still got my flights on it Yeah, it does. All right, so Oh, maybe it doesn't No, it looks like I've lost the flights, but anyway, I'll show you what was happening So this is before I left and you'll see down here. It's got program starts And then it's just giving you these reminders like when to use the um The device see those little sunlight graphs there and then if you turn on notifications or just pop up It's human charger time. So then when I was in the airport in the plane, uh, Whenever that went I just I just Put the device in my ear and fired it up and was actually really cool and it worked The the time recommendations actually worked well like I That first was kind of like why is it saying then but then I looked at it I was like I can see how it sort of shifted me across. Uh, so then for instance You know, I got on my long 60 now flight I think I used it for a little bit to stay up a while and it was slowly pushing me back into that New Zealand time zone Then I had a good, you know 12 hour period without it Late, uh, and then I woke up from my sleep and it was telling me to use it again Which is good And then I then arrived in New Zealand five o'clock in the morning and I actually got outside I had a fight for our lever So I hung out outside and waited for the sunrise to come up But then it was saying use it again use it again throughout the day And then it was like pushing me to use it even later in the day, you know in the afternoon just to um You know so I could just to to keep me fresh You know keep me awake. It was like middle of the day one o'clock in the afternoon like give that sunlight give that sunlight rather than because Three days prior that exact time would have been, you know midnight in Helsinki So like I kind of adjusted to that. So anyway, I'm kind of rambling here But the idea was following the recommendations helped and even today Like it just told me to do the morning light at eight o'clock and 10 o'clock Uh in the morning today local time. So I did that of course I went outside for my walk and of course, it's the sun's out already today. So I'm being outside Tonight it's got no recommendations and then tomorrow morning it in so um, yeah, I mean That helped me the app really helped. I didn't know there was an app at first. So uh, that's why I was so late Sitting it up, but I'm definitely going to use it for other trips I'm going to see it well up in advance. Am I going to use it day to day No, not over summer because again, I've got the sun out there and all the good things the sun does Um, will I use it if I'm traveling? Yes. Will I use it in winter time in New Zealand? Yes Will I use it if there's a day when I can't get outside or it's really cloudy and miserable and I don't want to get outside? Yes, do I think it's helping me? Uh with circadian rhythm and alignment. Yes, do I uh know for a fact that's working? Um, It's hard to answer. I mean The science behind it is really solid So I'm going to do a blog article looking at some of that science I know the power of morning light and blue light for stimulating cortisol and suppressing melatonin I know all about that. So I understand that. Um, but that was more looking at the eye and the skin However, I am learning that the arphotoreceptors, you know in the air. So don't make sense Uh while I was in Finland as well, I spoke to some very smart people. Uh, very very smart people. Um Not related to the velky company or the human charger company and because this is a Finnish company Um, they were aware of it, you know, and some of them used it Well, they saw me using it and they were saying, oh, that's a really good product Like the the science behind it is solid like a lot of the locals use it. So that was kind of reassuring because um You know, again, these guys were independent. Uh, I mean it was a Finnish company and they were finished So there may be some bias there, but you know, there was switched on smart people And I don't think that'd just be you know hyping something up for the sake of it So learning that was good. My personal experience is now I can I've just shared them with you. Um And I there were a few other travelers, uh with me and they were using it You know one guy from America. He was using it every day And he swore by it as well. So that's my take on the human charger um Don't know what else to say check out the blog at elixfingers.com where I do a full review And look at a bit more the science check out my article on morning sunlight and why you need it for sleep Check out my article on blue light and why you need to block blue for sleep Make sure you get a pair of blue blockers as well Any questions you have about this device or if you're still with data, um, leave Leave your feedback or questions or comments in the feedback section or comment section below And I'll answer them or I'll try and find the answer to them if I don't know for sure If you do get it do understand that there is an app as well If the people from valkyre or human charger are watching this here's my tip for you Update the app. It's a little bit clunky a little bit outdated update the app and maybe put in like recommended sleep times as well For when you're traveling because I still had to try to figure out when's the best time to go to sleep and stuff Especially offline that would be really cool. They would just you know sit the app apart. Um, but yeah All right, so three o'clock in the afternoon. I'm going to get back to work and do some other stuff again Any questions? Let me know it's alex here from alexfocus.com if you're watching this on youtube Hit subscribe because I do a ton of reviews Check out my vlog if you haven't my authentic alex vlog vlog Uh, and you can see more about my life and you can even see how I'm using this on a day-to-day life Follow me on instagram alexfocus underscore coach. I share a lot of little stories and insights into my day as well and um That's all. Bye