Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)

Re:Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012) by sireat on Thursday October 18, 2018 @01:41AM (#18246162)

What are some good options for tracking your sleep quality(deep sleep etc)?

Sleep clinic would be the most precise but personally I think it induces its own bias as we sleep best in our own beds. Hopefully we sleep in our own beds most of the time.

So what consumer choices are there?

Apple Watch is what I read in this thread but any other fitness trackers/phones with reasonable accuracy ?

I am very doubtful of just a phone app accuracy without some on body sensors.

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Re:Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012) by erfgh on Thursday October 18, 2018 @02:32AM (#18246381)

If you don't feel sleepy during the next day, you had a good sleep. Nothing further needed. Why do people today want to insert a gadget/app into everything they do? Too much disposable income? Try investing it for your retirement or something.

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Re:Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012) by sireat on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:49AM (#18248749)

It's not quite as simple as that if the many posts on importance of good sleep here on HN indicate anything.

Sometimes you might wake from 7.5 hours of sleep groggy and with a headache and sometimes you might feel fresh after 6 hours.

If good sleep is one of the most important things in prolonging and improving your quality of life then it would make sense to take advantage of modern technology to track it.

What's the point of investing extra $100 for retirement if you do not live to enjoy it?

Besides, I live in a country where retirement is far from certain.

I would at least like to know the optimal time for waking up.

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Re:Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012) by erfgh on Friday October 19, 2018 @02:45AM (#18254646)

Optimal time for waking up is whenever you wake up without an alarm clock.

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Re:Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012) by sireat on Saturday October 20, 2018 @03:21AM (#18262189)

How many people have the luxury of waking up without an alarm clock ?

Also waking up without an alarm clock can sometimes lead to oversleeping which is not optimal either.

Ever wake up groggy and with a headache on a Sunday morning after 10 hours of sleep?

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Re:Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012) by dirtyaura on Friday October 19, 2018 @07:31PM (#18260837)

Although as a team member I'm biased, Oura ring is great and tracks your sleep stages and body signals during the night (HR, HRV, Temperature): https://ouraring.com

Pretty comprehensive recent review https://www.wareable.com/health-and-wellbeing/oura-ring-2018...

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Re:Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012) by mms1973 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @09:03AM (#18247935)

I use a Huawei wrist band I got for 30 EUR. It tracks your REM/deep and light sleep. I would say accuracy is good but not exceptional.

All fitness bands brands (Huawei, xiaomi, Fitbit) today track your sleep. You can give it a try and decide by yourself.

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Re:Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012) by jventura on Thursday October 18, 2018 @08:49AM (#18247842)

I’ve been using the Sleep Cycle app for iPhone. I got the recommendation here on hacker news.

Still not certain whether it works or not. Sometimes it tells me I’ve slept with a 90% quality but I still wake up feeling a little bit tired..

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Re:Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012) by geekster777 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:23PM (#18249632)

I haven't purchased one yet, but the Oura Ring is supposed to be exceptionally good for this.

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