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Best smart device with decent sleep tracking

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Can anyone recommend a smart watch with good sleep tracking? I was looking at the Samsung ring but I read that it cannot compare to a decent smart watch, but when I look at some of the Samsung smart watches, they have very short battery life.
I have an old, generic brand smart watch but the sleep tracking is inaccurate, e.g. one night that I went to bed at midnight but lay awake until around 2.30am, it told me I 'd been asleep from midnight. So I'd like one with a deeper analysis, as moneysaving as possible (but obviously may have to spend more for decent sleep tracking/analysis)
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I have an old, generic brand smart watch but the sleep tracking is inaccurate, e.g. one night that I went to bed at midnight but lay awake until around 2.30am, it told me I 'd been asleep from midnight. So I'd like one with a deeper analysis, as moneysaving as possible (but obviously may have to spend more for decent sleep tracking/analysis)
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Can only relate my experience with Samsung Watch 4.
Sleep tracking seems to be accurate, reporting is clear when viewed on phone.
Battery life is rotten, daily charge to 100% will just about last 24 hours if the phone doesn't do much beyond telling you the time. Don't know if this has improved with later models.0 -
Thanks, that was one of the ones I was looking at, and the battery life was what was putting me off!0
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flaneurs_lobster said:Can only relate my experience with Samsung Watch 4.
Sleep tracking seems to be accurate, reporting is clear when viewed on phone.
Battery life is rotten, daily charge to 100% will just about last 24 hours if the phone doesn't do much beyond telling you the time. Don't know if this has improved with later models.
I personally use it with all the bells and whistles on and charge it while I sleep, but if needed it can be charged extremely quickly (30 mins will usually charge the majority of the battery).
I think we have different expectations, because there is no difference to me between a watch or a phone that lasts 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 4 days, whatever, as I charge them while I sleep.
But herein lies a problem with sleep tracking - if you are wearing a watch during the day, and you want to also wear the watch while you sleep, there is no opportunity to charge it, so you'd need to specifically work out half hour a day where you can charge it. Though certainly not a deal breaker, you'd have the same issue with any watch, just less frequently.
Obviously a watch comes with a ton of other features the ring doesn't, and there is a lot of overlap between them. If money was no object, I'd suggest getting a watch for things like telling the time, notifications, health scanning, etc and the ring for sleep tracking as I heard the battery lasts for a week (but I've never used one - it is hard to justify buying a ring while the price is similar to that of the watch that does so much more).Know what you don't0 -
I'll second the Samsung watch....Mine lasts 2 days at a push if I need it to. However, I have gotten into a routine where I take it off first thing in the morning and put it on charge, by the time I've got myself ready for the day it's full (only takes 20-30 mins). So, unless you want to wear your watch in the shower you won't be inconvenienced in any way.
I find the sleep tracking on the watch to be pretty good.Drinking Rum before 10am makes you
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I have a Garmin Fenix 6S and I think the sleep tracking on that is pretty good - battery life is also 6-7 days if I don't track activities and 2 - 3 days if I track things like my walk to work, gym sessions etc.
Mine is a multi sport watch, suitable for pretty much all activity types including swimming (but not diving below a certain level)0 -
I recommend Huawei.
I have a Watch GT 4 Pro and it is excellent, 3-4 day battery life with all the monitoring running.
The Heart Rate and EGC functions have proved invaluable with my recent cardiac condition and my doctor and the hospital consultant have been rather impressed with the data.
The latest Watch GT 5 Pro has even better battery life.
https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/wearables/watch-gt5-pro/specs/
I have had no issues side-loading the Huawei Health app on Android and it works well.0 -
Thanks all, some good suggestions to look into. Much appreciated0
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I have a Garmin Vivosmart 5 which has excellent sleep tracking. It is not my primary tracker, but that does not have sleep tracking. The Vivosmart 5 is available at competitive prices. Standard price is around £100 - £120 (varies depending on promotion) but I purchased mine from an actual John Lewis store where they have a counter under the display models with all the "open box" products so I only paid £45. That does depend on the luck of what they have as "open box" on the day.0
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I have the Garmin Venus sq. Not too sure about the sleep tracking. I tend to read in bed for up to 90 mins before I settle down to sleep and it sometimes takes this as part of my sleep as I don’t move about much0
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Due to disability I can't and don't do any exercise so my primary function for the watch was sleep monitoring.
First I bought the Galaxy watch 4, which before I ran over it in the car by accident, Wasn't brilliant at either battery life or sleep monitoring with any degree of accuracy... however, it did impress me enough to replace it, so I bought the Galaxy watch 5.
Battery life Went from 24 to 48 hours including 'normal' smart watch usage in the day.
Sleep monitoring was much more accurate in fact because I noticed certain patterns of low blood oxygen saturation, snoring, and waking episodes my suspicions were confirmed and after a hospital study I was diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea. All from a self referral because of the Watch.
I've also seen atrial fibrillation registered after having heart palpitations regularly... which is currently being investigated. So the whatch could literally have saved my life.
Like many I take it off for half an hour or so to charge it while having breakfast and it's good to go till the next morning.
Obviously a Galaxy phone and the app gives you great insight but if you don't have a Galaxy phone some of the garmins are very good indeed.
The difficulty with the ring is it's not as functional over and above heart rate blood flow and body temperature because it's infrastructure is miniscule and I don't know how useful it is paired up with anything other than a high end Galaxy phone? I cannot imagine that the Galaxy watch 6 or 7 in all the various iterations are any worse than the Galaxy watch 5, and more likely better and even more accurate but I say it's pretty good as it is.
Should I have another accident I would happily replace with a newer model.
The last shocking revelation is that even in an SUV Weight 1½ tons with a 100 kilo electric wheelchair and 2 x 20 stone front passengers the only thing that broke on the Galaxy watch 4, was the strap and the glass around the sensors at the back but the Watch still worked perfectly and the face was completely undamaged!!!
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