OURA RING v. PILLOW APP v. WITHINGS MAT | Best Sleep Tracker Review 2020

[@trahimi6]

I stumbled across this video while doing some research into the oura ring. I appreciate how in depth you took your comparison, really helps with understanding the pros and cons of each option. Keep up the great work!

[@katie_moore]

Hey!!! Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment. It really makes all the hard work totally worth it with comments like these and I'm so happy you found it helpful!! If you're looking to dive even deeper down the Oura rabbit hole, definitely check out the latest video from @Kylegotcamera. He did a phenomenal review!

[@pauligle]

Honestly, one of the best tech reviews I've ever seen. You don't see real data comparison charts every day on tech reviews. Amazing!!

[@katie_moore]

this means the world!! i sometimes worry i include too much data, but it's how i measure if something is working and i really appreciate this comment -- gives me the momentum to keep it up :)

[@stephenheffernan9796]

100% for Withings for having a suite of products... for additional functionality ... if you're single or your partner is waking up at the same time as you I recommend tying it to smart lights to turn "daylight" on in your room for when you want to wake up so that you can wake up more gradually. Another great competitive review Katie!

[@katie_moore]

Great point, Stephen!! Smart lights have been a GAME CHANGER in our household as well! As always, thanks for watching and leaving your feedback :)

[@stephenheffernan9796]

@@katie_moore Sadly it doesn't seem quiet as accurate for your needs but I think for it's low price and ability to connect it may fit.

[@katiemoorevlogs365]

@@stephenheffernan9796 have you ever tried blue blocking glasses?

[@sarahblinka3644]

I just found your reviews and noticed that you have your video sectioned off with labeled portions

[@katie_moore]

Sarah - what amazing feedback; thank you for the love!! But I simply cannot take the credit for this -- my good friend @Shervin Shares - Smart Fitness Technology -- turned me onto the trick so hats off to him for sharing!! He's got an awesome channel and it's so great to be able to collaborate on things like this to help the larger community!

[@GeoffreyHale]

High quality review! Thank you!

[@khoubabioki]

Hi, Thanks for the review and I like how you compared the charts. Withings Mat actually does track your heart rate. Also, it does detect breathing disturbances, and its clinically tested. As far as I remember apple watch is also clinically test, but I am not sure about the Oura ring.

[@theunknownsamurai7426]

I would love to see review on the best sleep tracker ecosystem (sleep, fitness, medical trackers [ Cholesterol, Blood pressure..etc.] vs best sleep & fitness tracker vs best solo sleep tracker. Can you also include the best tracking apps for all those devices. 🤔

[@joshowen2372]

Awesome comparison! I would also love to see a comparison of some of the Apple Watch apps like Autosleep.

[@katie_moore]

Apple really doesn't capture enough data to get accurate sleep stats. I don't use it to monitor sleep because it just doesn't track enough data.

[@djTorchLive]

Cool Review! I ordered the Withings last night and agree sleep is very important part that many people don't take seriously. I will be comparing my heart rate of the Withings to my watch tonight. I have the Withings scale as well and I'm thinking about getting the BP meter too. However, I'm not sure if the scales metrics are that accurate, other than weight. So, why build an ecosystem on questionable tech. Even still I'll give the Mat a chance. Question. What are your thoughts on the fitbit trackers. I heard they did very well and in some cases are the new benchmark. They're a little more useful than the Oura Ring, I believe just as accurate and more affordable.

[@blairhickman3614]

I have been waiting for your Withings Sleep Mat review. I use both the Oura ring and Withings Mat. I will probably never own an Apple phone so the watch is out of the question. I have a Garmin watch that could track sleep but I can't get used to wearing it at night. I have experienced the same hiccups with both Withings and Oura ring. Last night Withings had me waking last night at 4:00 but missed me getting back in bed. So I missed 3 hours of sleep data. Oura missed a nap I took the other day. I find both devices to mirror each other pretty well. But I am glad to have a backup. From what I have read the accuracy of these types of trackers is pretty low, to begin with. I do find the Oura uncomfortable to wear during the day so I end up taking it off the morning to workout and putting it back on before I go to bed. My favorite thing about the Oura is the readiness score which seems to be pretty right on most days. My main gripe with all of the trackers at the moment is that I can't get them all to communicate so I have to parse info from everywhere to see all of my data in one place. All my fitness data is on Garmin. Some of my sleep is on Oura. Withings has sleep and also weight because I have the scale (love the scale). MyFitnessPal has all of my nutritional info and exercise since it links to Garmin. Google Fit gets sleep info from Oura and weight from MyFitnessPal. I am hoping someday there is one ring to rule them all or some kind of open sourcing of all the different trackers so I can have my exercise metrics, macronutrients, weight, and sleep analysis in one place so I can get an overall view of my data. Another great video. Thanks for the links in the description. They really help.

[@katie_moore]

Hi Blair!! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with Withings and Oura. I 100% agree -- my fiance and I are actually working on creating a digital dashboard that would help aggregate all of our miscellaneous health data into one concrete place. If we end up making something that works across multiple platforms, I will be sure to share it with you! I tried using google sheets to track all of my stats for a while, but it honestly became so much work to input manually every day. Have you heard about the new Withings smartscan watch? Looks super cool!

[@blairhickman3614]

@@katie_moore I saw the watch in a CES recap. It didn't pique my interest because I already have a Garmin Fenix that does 90% of the things the watch does in a form factor and ecosystem I am used to. I am not to impressed with my HR readings I get outside the chest strap I use for running. I would love one dashboard. I am hoping someone comes to their senses and organizes all the info on one open source program that lets us collect out information. Right now everyone is building their walled gardens trying to get us to go all in on their solutions. I would love a dashboard and was looking at learning HTML and Python to scrape all the info and collect to one spot. Seems like a lot a work. I am going to search through Reddit and see if there is a better way.

[@TonyPaulazzo]

Just wanted to add my thanks for this video, but maybe you could do an updated test on the latest versions (esp as sleep tracking has become a bigger thing in the last 2 years), maybe include Fitbit rather than Apple as it works for both camps and has a reputation for accuracy - maybe when Google release the Pixel watch using Fitbit algorythms?

[@joemardini4180]

I am going with the Oura ring. The cost of that ring is a great deal less then the one on my left hand 😀. Thanks for your video very well done.

[@katie_moore]

HAHA same here!!! Great choice, Joe!! So excited to hear how it works out for you!! Please keep me posted :)

[@JasonZorn]

The premise that the Oura should be your “gold standard” baseline is flawed. The Oura has been shown to be moderately inaccurate compared with recent EEG sleep study research. Sadly, that makes this review video of limited usefulness. Great channel, great energy. But flawed analysis.

[@susancelotto122]

How did you come to the conclusion that the oraRIng was the most accurate so that it was the one you compared the other two to?

[@katie_moore]

It had the best sensors and was the most accurate tracker I owned at the time. My opinion has changed a lot since then though. I probably would have tested these against the whoop and Dreem

[@sdiggly]

GREAT review of these (as always)! It's really cool to have the comparisons. Can you do a Beddit review please? It seems like Apple Watch Series 6 will have some more sleep tracking stuff and now that Apple owns Beddit, maybe they'll incorporate that data

[@katie_moore]

you bet!! ordering that today! i wonder if the data will be comparable to the Withings...we shall see!! thanks for the suggestion :)

[@jasper_jon]

As the occupant on the other side of the bed... I can't imagine that I did not impact the results of withings! I know I change positions a lot at night, so if your partner is a restless sleeper or someone who gets up often then this is probably not the right device for you.

[@katie_moore]

thanks for the disclaimer, Jaz!

[@snake1625b]

Would a wrist band like Fitbit do the same thing as the ring for sleep tracking

[@katie_moore]

yes! The technology is pretty much the same, regardless of ring vs watch. I did a review of the Whoop band, Garmin Vivosmart, and Polar Unite. I've got videos reviewing all of them. Whoop Review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYe5gqx_acqhe80 Also I'm trying out the new Fitbit Sense soon! Stay tuned for that! I'm hoping it's as good as the Oura Ring.

[@lawchan2]

Thanks this is very great! May I know if I can use Pillow app with Ouraring? Can the sleep data of Ouraraing passed to Apple Health, and then analysed by Pillow? Is it good? Thanks.

[@literatious308]

Much appreciated review. Thanks. Besides Apple watch pillow, do any other devices or apps provide audio recording? I live with Android phone user who denies my observations of erratic breath & vocalizations. I want to capture incontrovertible evidence to persuade that medical consultation is appropriate without spy cam creepiness.

[@joemardini4180]

I am going with Oura ! The cost of that ring is a great less then the one on my left hand 😂

[@katie_moore]

excellent choice!!!

[@TiMalice2009]

Can you evaluate WiFi blood pressure monitors? I’m in the market 😃

[@katie_moore]

Yeah I'd love to! What's your recommendation?

[@TiMalice2009]

Katie Type A Withings (as you mentioned), and Omron are the names I know...

[@katie_moore]

@@TiMalice2009 Awesome! Are you looking to buy one and you're curious about their accuracy? I don't have a high blood pressure so this isn't a stat I would be monitoring for health reasons myself. But I'm always happy to look into products that would help viewers of this channel!

[@TiMalice2009]

Katie Type A Yes, I want to buy one. I have hbp and I have the Withings scale so I want to tie everything to the Apple Health app. 😀 Thanks for the response!

[@BelfastBiker]

Was wondering why you didn't mention the sleep apnea tracking of the Withings. But then realised you're in the US, and it's only Europe that has the next version, the "Withings Sleep Analyzer". First night, as suspected, "severe sleep apnea" recorded. Trip to doc planned. It's a game changer.

[@katie_moore]

ahh yes! i didn't have access to that feature in the US...but interestingly enough, I just did a review on the Garmin VivoSmart 4 that measures pulse ox and can help with early detection of sleep apnea! thanks for watching and leaving feedback :)

[@BelfastBiker]

@@katie_moore I have the vivosmart 4 also, and it's inaccurate for SpO2, as many have suggested. It reports 88 to 93% pulseox, never higher. I bought a fingertip pulse oximeter to check, and that gives me a more expected 98% sitting down. I ended up buying the O2Ring for *overnight* checking of PulseOx, and sure enough, along with heart increases a few seconds before, I get many periodic drops on SpO2. Ditching the vivo. I'm waiting on the Withings Scanwatch for overnight SpO2 that can link into my health apps ( it also has the AFib and ECG features of the Apple Watch), to see how that goes.

[@koenignero]

Thank you

[@ShervinShares]

Timestamps have an extra colon after them, so they're not clickable!

[@katie_moore]

You rock!! Just updated :)

[@Semmer11]

As soon as you said one of your devices under test is the baseline the whole thing just lost its meaning.

[@parkerrex]

Pillow app was rough for me.

[@katie_moore]

i feel ya!!

[@smilebot484]

based on what i'm reading the ring has very poor accuracy. the mat is the best option here i think.

[@fidrewe99]

Disagree, Withings and Oura didn't match at all. You could easily investigate the correlation between the two... I'd bet it's virtually zero.