OOLER Sleep System & Bluetooth

Yes, you can use the OOLER Control Unit without connecting to Bluetooth. While pairing your phone allows you to access various features in the OOLER app—such as setting a custom schedule, getting bedtime reminders, adjusting fan speed, and more—you can still operate the OOLER Control Unit and Hydronic Pad manually if you prefer to avoid the app due to concerns about Bluetooth interference or EMF exposure. The physical Control Unit has temperature controls, including a Power Button for turning it on and off, as well as separate buttons to increase or decrease the temperature.

Here is how the OOLER Control Unit’s Bluetooth Radio works:  

• The Bluetooth radio is never turned on until the customer holds down the power button on the Control Unit for 5 seconds. If the Control Unit is put into Bluetooth pairing mode but was never connected to a phone/tablet; the Bluetooth pairing mode will timeout after 60 seconds and will go dormant until pairing mode is re-started.
• If the control unit is paired to a phone/tablet and the phone/tablet is out of range or disconnected from the Control Unit, the Control Unit’s Bluetooth radio will always try to search and re-establish its connection to the phone/tablet.
• While the Control Unit is paired and connected to the phone/tablet, the Control Unit will communicate changes and diagnostics from the Control Unit to its paired phone/tablet in real time.   

Some customers may want the OOLER Control Unit to run on a schedule, but also do not want the Bluetooth radio in the OOLER Control Unit actively broadcasting throughout the night. In this scenario, you’ll:

• Pair the Control Unit to your phone/tablet
• Setup a schedule in the OOLER app while connected over Bluetooth.
• With the schedule saved on the OOLER (there is not a "Pending Changes" banner on the Schedule page), navigate to the Device page and tap on the Settings gear in the top right. Then tap "Disconnect". This will tell the phone to stop trying to pair to this OOLER Control Unit.
• Stop the Bluetooth radio communications on the OOLER Control Unit itself by holding down the Power Button on your OOLER Control Unit until the Bluetooth logo starts flashing. The Bluetooth logo will flash for 60 seconds and then will timeout and go dormant (disconnected).
• At this point, your OOLER Control Unit will run your custom schedule and Bluetooth communication have been disconnected, thus EMFs are no longer present.  

Note: The system will not update for daylight savings if it is not connected to the app.