Oura Ring 4 – Silver – Size 8 – Size Before You Buy

I love it!
I don’t like wearing wrist watches, so having a smart ring is PERFECT for me! I love how durable it is, it’s easy to clean, and the app that comes with it is GREAT! The tracking on this thing is flawless and it uses light sensors to track my vitals, so it doesn’t even feel like a smart device, just a regular ring! It also charges very quickly, so if I’m using the bathroom or taking a shower at home, I just pop it on the charger for 10-15 minutes and it’s good for a few days! I only do it daily just to establish a good routine, and I have forgotten before and let the battery get low, but still haven’t had the power die on me yet!I can see it being an issue for lifting weights since it’s coated in stainless still and a little bulky, but otherwise very comfortable for other forms of exercise! I can also see it being a problem because of the red and green light sensors at night, it might be disruptive to light sleepers in a dark room, but I just keep my hands under my blankets or pillows, and I sleep just fine! It doesn’t light up all the time, just periodically throughout the night. If the tiny lights at night might bother you, you can probably put a thick sock or a glove over your hand at night to block the light. I’m personally not inconvenienced by it at night, and I like that I can’t feel anything when it checks my vitals (heart rate, blood oxygen, temperature, just to name a few).I wound up subscribing to the app anually because I really liked how easy it was to set up and how thorough its analysis was for my overall health.UPDATE:Recently I noticed the ring was draining too fast between charges and I actually needed to charge it everyday! I reached out to customer service via the app, they asked a few questions, and shipped me another one immediately! It was refurbished, not brand new, but it works like new and I would never have known the difference if they didn’t tell me! I keep the old one as a backup just in case since they said I don’t need to send it back.I basically haven’t stopped wearing the Oura ring since I put it on, and I’ve used it on long walks, swimming (fully submerged in water), and for general daily activities and it works great! I wash it with soap and water when I wash my hands and take it off to give it an.wxtra good wipe down before popping it on the charger or putting it back on!

Amazing data collection… but a very steep price and short life.
Note: This is a long term review, after owning the ring for 10 months.It disappoints me to have to give this a 1 star review, because when the ring works, it works. It’s very convenient, accurate, un-intrusive to wear, and gives you a ton of valuable data, especially related to your cardiovascular system.But, out of the blue about 10 months into my ownership, battery life has cratered, and even when it doesn’t run fully discharged, it has randomly started disconnecting, meaning it’s not harvesting the data that I expect and want it to, and even worse, without full days of data, it won’t build any trends, meaning the limited data it does collect is useless. Reading online it seems I am not the only person experiencing this disappointment.Oura’s customer service is non existent. I have yet to figure out how to get in contact with a human there. All their customer service is routed through “Finn” their AI assistant.After trying everything that “Finn” has recommended numerous times, and getting nowhere, it would be an understatement to say I am frustrated. One of “Finn’s” suggestions is to fully wipe the ring and app from your phone and reinstall it, and if that doesn’t work, the implication from the system is that it will then elevate it to a customer service rep. The issue with that is when you do that, a hard reset and reinstall, the record with “Finn” also seems to go with it, so the system will never engage a human, it comes across almost like it’s intentional firewall in their service.I am coming up on my 1 year membership renewal. I am at the point where I need to decide if I need to make the $72 annual investment again. I would gladly spend that again, but I’m not really looking at a $72 investment. Given my current ring performance, this means buying another ring. Between the membership and a new ring, with taxes, shipping, etc, etc, etc that’s a near $500 investment; and since it only made it 10 months, that really means it’s effectively closer to $600 a year.Battery powered wearables have a limited life; I went into this understanding that, but, I don’t think that after less than a year of usage, going from ~5 days of battery life and collecting non-stop data to less than 24 hours of life with random crashes is in any way acceptable. Apple or Garmin or Google would have mass recalls or replacements on their hands if their wearables behaved like this.Good health is priceless. The ring helped me tremendously in my fitness journey. I have lost over 65 lbs with its help. At this point, however, given I have hit and am maintaining my weight goal, and from my current experience as well as based on what I read from others online, I refuse to spend any more money with Oura, simply because of their poor customer service and poor product life.My final thoughts: the ring makes your fitness journey significantly easier. Data is king when you’re committed to self improvement. For that, I give it 5 stars; but if you buy one, understand that it most likely will not make it to a year without some sort of collection or battery issue. You have to decide for yourself if $500 for 10-ish months of data is a fair price to pay.

Amazon で購入後、3ヶ月ほどでバッテリー周りの不具合に遭遇しました。症状としては充電台から離すとすぐにスマートフォンとのペアリングが解除されてしまうというものでした。Oura Ring のヘルプセンターの右下にチャットボットがあり AI なのでありきたりな回答なのかと思えばそうではなく- 症状を入力- 普段使用している Oura アプリのアカウントのメールアドレスを聞かれるので入力。該当メールアドレス宛に確認メールが来るので承認- 交換対象製品を確認 & 交換品の送付先を入力という、ほぼ 3 ステップで交換対応の申請が完了し、1時間程度で無料扱いの注文完了メールが届きました。指輪タイプのデバイスはバッテリー周りの不具合遭遇率が高く懸念していましたが、スムーズに交換対応が行えたのでとても良かったですし、これぐらい交換対応がスムーズなのであれば月々払っている Oura の高額なサブスク代も半額分ぐらいは Apple Care みたいな保険代だと思えば割と納得感があるなと今回のトラブル発生から一連の手続きで思いました。

I hesitated for a while before investing in this gadget. And I love my Gadgets! but after doing some homework on the competition, I decided to jump for it.First, the fit and metal colour are great, I couldn’t be happier, the quality and durability is insane, i do everything with it, I rarely take it off.The connectivity to my Samsung Z Fold6 was flawless, no hiccups, plus, everything you open the app, it updates in no time. so great compatibility.Now, you need to give it time to gather data about you, of course… it will not happen overnight which is quite right, but the intel you get afterwards is great.Your body age, sleep quality, energy available, your stress, it is such a great little ring. it is a lot of money for such a small device but the value for money is worth it.I highly recommend it if you are curious and want to be nudge in the right direction for better health.