However, if you’re willing to make changes to your sleep and ask professionals for aid in understanding data, they absolutely can be worth the cost and may dramatically improve your sleep. If you’re not able to ask a specific question, or consult your healthcare provider about what you’re seeing, the devices may not provide that much of a benefit. Ultimately, the advantages come down to one major factor: what you do with the data and information they provide. But, when you notice a change in how you’re feeling overall, you can go back even a couple months and compare the data. The data is there when you want it, but it’s not like a wearable which may beckon for you to check the stats on a daily basis. Winter likes sleep trackers, especially passive ones. Sleep trackers can provide useful data on your sleep. It’s still worth keeping on the radar, but it seems to be a concern of the distant future, if ever, as opposed to right now. Winter says he doesn’t know of any sleep trackers that share data in that manner-and that he believes users would almost certainly be made aware of it before their data was shared in that context. Neither Breus nor Winter are overly concerned about this application of data-in fact, to my question on insurance rates and sleep trackers, Breus simply says, “You are reading too many conspiracy theories.” Perhaps you’ve heard rumblings that insurance companies might use data to set premiums for folks-and that data from wearables could negatively affect these rates. (Sleep, or a lack thereof, is a strong predictor of certain health conditions, including high blood pressure.) Unfortunately, there’s not a clear cut answer to sleep as with any product that’s collecting data on your well-being. With anything that's gathering personal data, including health stats, privacy is a consideration. Instead of the wrist-based tracking that Fitbits and running watches like Garmin provide, these merely go around your finger to collect data. In fact, the Google Nest Hub's Sleep Sensing was more accurate than any other options I’ve tried thus far-including a handful of wearables and my personal Fitbit Versa.įinally, there’s newer off-the-beaten path technology like the Oura Ring, which many swear by. I’ve tested the Google Nest Hub, a smart display that can be used to track sleep. This type of device is also great for anyone who is bothered by something around their wrist at night.
And once they’re set up, you won’t have to think about it again. They’re hooked up to a power source, so you’ll never miss a night-barring any power outages, that is. That’s where passive trackers that plug in and rest beneath or beside your mattress might come in handy. He says it’s easy to run into a recharging conundrum: “It's either charge it during the day and sleep at night-then I don't have it with me during the day-or I charge it during the day and I can't sleep at night.” Wearables like the Apple Watch have one big downside, Winter points out, which is that they have a limited battery life. No surprise: The product you should buy depends largely on your preferences and sleep. Passive devices on your bedside or beneath the mattress are a great option for sleep tracking. He thinks that almost anyone stands to gain from using a sleep tracker, and personally loves them. “I think that people who have general interest in their health would benefit the most, since they will try to seek action to improve their sleep,” says Michael Breus, a clinical psychologist who specializes in sleep. How and why you want a tracker will play a major role in whether the device will be useful to you. “There's all kinds of studies that show that the way we believe we sleep influences our performance and behaviors,” Winter says. This opens the door for negative consequences, like worrying too much about how you slept-which could create its own issues. “For a lot of people that sleep well, it’s creating information that doesn’t have a question attached,” he says.
What’s more, if there’s not a specific problem you’d like to solve, the device may not prove all that useful. “I don't think that that's going to be particularly helpful because you've already arrived at your destination,” he says. The sleep expert likens it to an Olympic runner trying to supplement their speed. Christopher Winter, a neurologist and author of The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child. If you’re sleeping well, it’s likely unnecessary, says Dr.
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