Still, I wouldn’t recommend Oura Ring for someone who wants a fitness-focused tracker for training purposes.
My ring was Horizon in Silver.
Before I received my ring, I used the brand’s plastic sizing kit to determine my fit.
It took me a few days to get used to the three sensors.
They’re inside the ring and rest on the underside of the wearer’s finger.
Once I got used to the smart ring, I found it comfortable.
Similarly, my low Readiness Score days were days I felt under the weather or hadn’t slept well.
One day, however, my Readiness Score didn’t quite feel on par with how I felt.
I later discovered that I was coming down with a cold.
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Sleep Score
Each morning, checking my Readiness and Sleep Score was a welcome ritual.
Wearing the Oura Ring to bed was comfortablehalf the time, I forgot I was even wearing it.
Like most smartwatches, Oura Ring detects when you’re asleep thanks to optical sensors and accelerometer motion.
As a smart ring with plenty of power, the Oura Ring Gen 3 stands out among a pack of smartwatches thanks to its wellness-based features that measure your sleep, heart rate, readiness, and more.
Thankfully, when Oura did get my sleep wrong, I could easily edit my sleep duration.
Throughout the weeks, I watched my sleep metrics pile up.
On average, my sleep quality was in Oura’s “Optimal” category.
As a smart ring with plenty of power, the Oura Ring Gen 3 stands out among a pack of smartwatches thanks to its wellness-based features that measure your sleep, heart rate, readiness, and more.
I didn’t expect Oura to adapt to my night owl tendenciesbut it did.
(Thank you for not calling me out as an unhealthy human, Oura.)
But I’ll say it’s a useful feature that I monitored.
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I also had more sedentary days that registered impossible step counts.
Maris Jameson, Senior Product Manager for Oura, clarified this for me.
My Oura Ring averaged a 0.59% drain per hour or about 14% daily drain.
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Charging was speedy, too, with an average speed of 61% gain in one hour.
Should You Buy the Oura Ring Generation 3?
TheOura Ring Generation 3offers scientific study-based accuracy for measuring sleep and heart rate.
