Maybe you’re not so keen on wearing a smartwatch with a screen on it to bed. What if you wore a smart ring to bed instead? This Horizon ring from Oura is a competitive sleep tracker, with insights into everything from sleep efficiency, restfulness, readiness, latency, and more. I’ve been using the Oura Ring for the past month now, and it’s not only given me deeper insight into my sleep, but supplements those data points with explanations behind the numbers. Oura claims to accurately track sleep cycles, total sleep time, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and movement. The technology combines and converts this information into a sleep score.
Every morning I get a sleep score for last night’s sleep, can view my heart rate, my sleep efficiency, and my suggested bedtime range for the day. The lightweight build of the ring makes it a perfect bedtime companion — I barely notice it on my finger as I fall asleep, and I eagerly wake up every morning to check my sleep data and get my score. But it’s not just deep sleep it can track and point out; the Oura Ring can detect the shortest of naps as well, and factors those into your sleep score for the day.
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The battery life is masterful. It charges quickly and stays charged for days on end. The one downside to the ring is the extra $72 you spend on the Oura subscription a year, on top of the $350 you just spent on the ring itself.
Best Buy reviewers say the ring has helped them improve and further understand their sleep, and they appreciate the lighter build of the ring compared to smart watches like the Apple Watch. Redditors also agree that the Oura Ring, as a sleep tracker, is worth it. “If you struggle with sleep quality, overtraining, or anything else that affects recovery, I’d say it’s worth it,” one user wrote in a thread on the topic. One Best Buy reviewer noted, however, that the ring doesn’t offer half sizes, which could be an issue if your fingers swell, because the ring won’t accurately measure your biometric data, so keep that in mind as you shop for a sleep tracker.
Review: Oura Ring 3 review: Unobtrusive 24/7 health tracking with more to come in 2022
Oura Ring Gen 3 Horizon specs: Up to 7 days battery life | Sleep cycles | Bluetooth | 7.9mm wide, 2.55mm thick | Up to 100m water resistant | Blood oxygen, skin temperature sensor, heart rate monitoring | iOS and Android compatible
