Oura Smart Ring

Aaron

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I just got one of these delivered.
Will report back in a few days how’s it going with more data collection.


“The Oura Ring is a smart ring that tracks key health metrics like sleep, activity, heart rate, and body temperature using built-in sensors (LEDs, NTC sensor, accelerometer) to provide personalized health insights and scores in its app, helping users understand their body's readiness, recovery, and patterns for better balance and wellbeing. “
 

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I had to look up the definition of "NTC sensor": "An NTC (Negative Temperature Coefficient) sensor is a highly accurate, low-cost resistor made of sintered ceramic or metal oxides that decreases in electrical resistance as its temperature increases. Primarily used for temperature measurement, control and compensation, these solid-state sensors (e.g., 10kΩ epoxy, bead, glass, SMD) are widely applied in automotive (coolant/intake air), HVAC and consumer electronics to monitor or react to thermal changes."

Then I had to look up "sintered": "produced by or subjected to sintering (the process of coalescing a powdered material into a solid or porous mass by means of heating without liquefaction)."

And I had to look up "SMD": "SMD (surface mount device) sensors are the solution for temperature measurement applications where the sensor needs to be incorporated onto a printed circuit board (PCB)."

I also learned that Oura is pronounced "aura." I are so much more smarterer now!

 
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JHDK

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I have the RingConn and like it quite a bit. Congrats on your new toy I'm sure you'll dig it.

I got one because I want to have a health tracker but still wear real watches and it's done everything I was expecting.
 

JHDK

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Not to be a downer but you have to pay a monthly fee for Oura tracking right? That was a big reason why I went with RingConn.

What size are you Aaron? I'm a 12 on my left middle finger where I mostly wear it.

There are more or less 3 brands:

Oura - which is a million miles more popular than any other health/fitness ring.
Ultrahuman
RingConn

Samsung makes one too but even though it is backed by such a huge name it is the least popular.

I'm on my second RingConn. The gen 2 is thinner which is really nice and has sleep apnea tracking along with everything in the gen 1. They have an even thinner one called RingConn Air but you lose some of the tracking features.


 

Aaron

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Yes, $5.99 monthly subscription with Oura. I’m wearing a silver, size 11 on right hand 4th finger. (Wedding band on left hand).
 
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Yes, $5.99 monthly subscription with Oura. I’m wearing a silver, size 11 on right hand 4th finger. (Wedding band on left hand).

Yea I wore gen 1 on my ring finger and i'm a size 11 there too. I read something about how it's best to wear on the index finger but I find it more comfortable on the middle finger so I split the difference haha.
 
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