steelyman
Moderator Emeritus
I’ve found that sleep tracking with a Fitbit provides helpful information for me about the nature/quality of my sleep. Not perfect but pretty good. If Amazon Prime Day sold some solid deep sleep time I’d back up the truck.
Not everyone feels the same way and the following article (may be behind a paywall) is about the writer’s experiences.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/technology/personaltech/sleep-tracking-devices-apps.html
Not everyone feels the same way and the following article (may be behind a paywall) is about the writer’s experiences.
I decided to test it out. I wore an Apple Watch, since it is one of the most popular health-tracking devices. I also downloaded a top-rated app called AutoSleep, which uses the Apple Watch’s sensors to follow my movements and determine when I fell asleep and woke up. (The Apple Watch lacks a built-in sleep tracker.) Here’s what AutoSleep gathered on my sleep habits.
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But the excitement ended there. Ultimately, the technology did not help me sleep more. It didn’t reveal anything that I didn’t already know, which is that I average about five and a half hours of slumber a night. And the data did not help me answer what I should do about my particular sleep problems. In fact, I’ve felt grumpier since I started these tests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/technology/personaltech/sleep-tracking-devices-apps.html