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Re: Oura Ring 4

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Post by schwartzworld »

_yb2s wrote: post #45
david-gpu wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you wake up a lot at night and still feel tired in the morning... have you tried doing a sleep study? I believe that obstructive sleep apnea is severely under-diagnosed.

Yes, I did a real sleep study and they said I do indeed have "mild" sleep apnea but it "isn't bad enough that we are willing to treat it." I do usually need several naps to get through a typical day- and that is after identifying and treating three other major health conditions that can cause fatigue. The newer Oura rings actually have an integrated pulse oximeter and can measure apnea, but mine does not. I wonder if…

Alcohol and other cns depressants increase apnea symptoms, which is likely related to the results you’re seeing.

Regarding buying your own and learning to program it, I had to do this anyway. My dr was not helpful after I received the machine, and this is true more often than not, which is why so many people don’t take to the treatment.

Look into OSCAR software.

Re: Oura Ring 4

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Post by smogg »

underyx wrote: post #57
ederamen wrote: post #44

My second Oura ring (3rd gen) is ~3 years old and is currently collecting dust in a drawer because the battery lasts I might be able to get it replaced if support decides to be generous, but dealing w/support is a pain, and the alternative is buying a $400 replacement every 2-3 years when the battery starts to fail. I don't have to pay the monthly subscription - they had a deal where you could buy a third gen ring (a…

I had the exact opposite experience with support, possibly the best one yet with any company. I opened the live chat on the battery life support page and the chatbot asked (paraphrased) "Is your battery bad? Put in your email address". I put my email in and the next automated message was "Seems like your battery is underperforming, where should we send a replacement ring?" I got my replacement a few days later.

Same here. Got a replacement right away

Re: Oura Ring 4

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Post by m463 »

krick wrote: post #79
m463 wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Very few people want to interface with a wearable locally I think people WOULD like to keep their health data local, if given the option. But companies do things in their own self-interest, including carefully crafted product descriptions, privacy policies, apis, protocols and apps. I will mention Garmin watches don't require activation or to be "connected" to work.

You seem to have some very peculiar definition of "work". To display time, maybe? I don't think I need to buy a $800 fitness watch for that. And you cannot export any data without "connecting". Hell, you cannot really do that after connecting too, except to download each gpx track manually via very unfriely interface, or, if you happen to be European, find a very well hidden GDPR-compliance form on a separate site to…

Possibly peculiar for you. If you don't find value in maintaining your privacy, there's no reason to put others down that try.

In any case garmin watches are not all $800.

In comparison, most other devices require activation to work. Have you tried to use an apple watch or a fitbit?

I have a garmin watch, have never used bluetooth, wifi, garmin connect, etc. It keeps track of my health and activities, motivates and makes recommendations. It's really useful to track sleep and fitness level.

The only local thing it does not do is EKG, they lock that until you go online and give your location as in the US.

Re: Oura Ring 4

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Post by aucisson_masque »

Youden wrote: post #55
aucisson_masque wrote: post #29

> Oura Ring 4 starts at $349, with Oura Membership pricing at $5.99 per month or $69.99 per year. Oura business team forgot they now have much more competition than they had 2 or 3 years ago. Competitor that doesn’t charge a monthly fee, and competitor like Samsung that will be « good enough » for the average joe while being cheaper and without monthly fee. I don’t see how they can remain profitable in the near futur…

In case by "competitor", you're referring to Ultrahuman, I disagree that they're a competitor. Ultrahuman provides an overwhelming amount of information and a lot of useful-seeming recommendations on top of it but in my experience, the data collected by Ultrahuman are inaccurate to the point of being useless. For example I can be exercising with an ECG chest strap recording a heart rate of 170bpm and the Ultrahuman r…

Yes it was what I had in mind, Although I'd say that any finger ring will give you inaccurate heart rate data when doing any kind of movement, including oura ring.

These device are basically useful for one thing :monitor HRV while sleeping and maybe resting heart rate. That's all.

Both can be done manually and more accurately at wake up with an app like elitehrv and polar H10 chest strap.

I tried it, I tried the whoop, I tried many different brand sport watch. At the end of you remove the gimmicky feature these fitness device are all quite similar.

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