Customer Ratings & Reviews

PROS Tracking, especially sleep tracking, is extremely accurate Built-in meditation, breathing, and sleeping media is a nice addition Great emphasis on rest and recovery, with sleep reminders and suggestions Detailed metrics breaking down sleep, readiness, & activity scores Heart rate variability, body temperature, blood oxygen, respiratory rate, & much more detailed tracking Syncs with other health apps like Google Fit for centralized health tracking Titanium design is lightweight and looks very good as a daily accessory Almost a full week of battery life on a full charge It is comfortable to wear for long periods of time CONS Continued detailed tracking past 30 days requires a paid subscription, without which, you lose many of the most useful features Not as great of a workout tracker, being uncomfortable for weights or other fitness activities which require gripping/holding objects or friction on your hands At least for me, automatic workout detection could be a bit hit or miss, working better for running/biking outdoors but less for indoor workouts Still a bit thicker than a normal ring, which makes it less comfortable on ring or middle finger (index finger is recommended, which might not suit everyone’s tastes) SO-SO Sizing process generally works, but isn’t perfect, as I found my size differed by a noticeable degree from sizing kit to final ring Comes with all the considerations of wearing a ring like being a fixed size with no adjustments, more susceptible to everyday scuff, easier to misplace, no display for live tracking (need to use app), etc. THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT This is a piece of tech I really wanted to love, and in many ways I do, but is held back by a number of things that, after living with the ring for 2 weeks now, make it a bit harder to recommend. For me, I really wanted something that could track my sleep in detail, track my workouts, and be unobtrusive to wear day to day. When it comes to sleep, the ring is unmatched. The sleep tracking, especially with the new sleep staging beta, seems dead accurate, even picking up on quick naps or small blips of being awake at night. I don’t know if it is because it is on the finger, or the multiple new sensors in the ring, but for sleep tracking, I felt that the Oura Ring Gen 3 was outstanding, often getting my sleep right down to the minute. The only piece that I think it struggled with a bit was the falling asleep time. I have always been fast to fall asleep, which tended to hurt my sleep score as it suggested I was falling asleep quickly because I was over tired, however, even if I would try and meditate in bed first, I would still often get dinged on falling asleep too quick, but once asleep, it seemed to pick up really well. I also was consistently told I wasn’t getting enough REM sleep in my sleep score, even on nights where I got 8+ hours of consistent sleep, although with the sleep staging beta it seemed to be tracking REM a bit differently and arguably more accurately, as I have high heart rate variability, so that may get integrated into the revised scoring in the future. Overall though, I loved the sleep tracking depth and accuracy. For daily wear, the ring is also largely great, although with a few caveats. Like any ring, it is rigid and non adjustable, so you need to be careful when using the sizing kit to make sure you choose the right size and plan for what finger you plan to wear the ring on day after day. Even using the sizing ring for 24 hours, I found my chosen ring size (12) was a bit off from what I really needed when the final ring came. I generally wore the ring on my index finger like Oura recommends, and the size was good but just a bit tight for my liking, especially when I would workout and/or my fingers would swell. If I moved it to my ring finger, which is a bit smaller, the ring would fit a bit large, which made it too loose for my liking. Additionally, while the ring is impressively thin for a smart device (and extremely light), it is a bit thicker than a normal band, which also made it more uncomfortable for me on my ring finger. The index finger was really the most accurate for tracking and the most comfortable to wear, although as a style, I wasn’t a fan of wearing an index finger ring personally. So I recommend you give some real thought to what finger(s) you plan to wear the ring on when doing your sizing if you choose to buy this ring. That all being said, as a ring, the tracker is also very unobtrusive and easy to wear. I often forgot I had it on, and given there is no screen/display, it really is an activity tracker that can blend into the background without much fuss or notice. In terms of style, it looks great in silver, and while I have noticed some light scuffs, the metal has held up very well the last few weeks. It is very easy to wear for 24 hours a day without issue, although like I mentioned earlier, as your finger changes sizes, you may find some discomfort as the sensors press into your finger, and so I personally did tend to remove the ring for some minutes throughout the day or switch fingers if I felt I needed it. For workout tracking, this is where I felt the ring fell the most short for me personally. Because it is a ring, you have no display, and so you do not get things like real-time heart rate displayed or calories burned. Instead, you need to be using the app, which is less ideal if you want to keep track of your effort during a workout, without needing to continually check your phone. If you prefer passive tracking, this may be less of an issue however. For me though, the bigger issue is that, as a ring, it really isn’t great for wearing while working out. Yes, for running, biking, and walking it tends to work better, although I still don’t like wearing jewelry while doing these things (apart from walking), however this ring is very difficult to use with weightlifting, rowing, or other workouts that involve you gripping something. As someone who lifts weights, does conditioning circuits, and rows a lot, I found I needed to take the ring off a lot for workouts, especially those in a gym, which meant I needed to manually add my workouts in the app later. This process is pretty much the same as you would have for Google Fit or other free health apps where you input your workout type, duration, and effort level (light, moderate, or intense) and it will add that estimate to your activity for the day. It is very basic and feels less rewarding overall, but due to the nature of the ring form factor, is really unavoidable. Likewise, I also didn’t have great luck with the automatic workout detection. For outdoor workouts, it did seem to work a bit better distinguishing between running, walking, and biking, but for indoor workouts, I still had to use the manual workout entries a lot. Other than heart rate measurements, the workout tracking functionality just feels underwhelming compared to the rest, recovery, and daily activity tracking. On that note, where this ring really does excel is in rest and recovery. It can tell you your blood oxygen level, body temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, heart rate variability, and much more. For women, it can perform period prediction, and does a great job of highlighting when it feels you need more rest, like if you are getting sick and your temperature is rising, or if you are fatigued. The app places a lot of emphasis on recovery and sleep, including providing guided meditations and other media to help. It also encourages you to move throughout the day, and provides suggestions for sleeping time based on your routines. I really like the recovery features. All of this being said, this device requires a monthly subscription after the first 30 days, otherwise you lose a lot of the features that make this device worth owning. From what I could research, you still get sleep, activity, and readiness scores, but you lose the breakdowns of what is contributing to those scores, and continuous tracking over time of a lot of the unique metrics the ring has. This to me is a real shame, because you are paying for a device that loses almost all features that make it useful unless you pay a monthly fee. While this subscription means you should get new features over time, you are paying today for features promised in the future, and that requires a lot of trust in the company and how they will keep improving/supporting their device. Unlike other fitness devices, which still give you the core functionality but offer incremental or early access features for a subscription, with this you lose almost any reason you would want to pay for a premium activity tracker without the subscription, making the initial cost of the ring feel more like a down payment on a service rather than a product you are investing in. If you decide you can’t or don’t want to pay the monthly fee anymore, you are left with a device that offers basic tracking, but won’t give you much more than many cheaper trackers or free fitness apps would provide you. Because of the paid subscription model and what you lose without it, as well as the relatively tame workout tracking features, and inability to use the ring for many of my favorite workouts, I have a hard time recommending it. If I could still use the ring as a daily activity/sleep tracker with metrics, I would likely recommend it, but paying for those features continuously on top of the device cost is just too much for me as a consumer. That being said, if your workouts are mainly cardio focused without needing weights or gripping, you need/want an unobtrusive activity tracker, and you don’t mind paying a monthly fee to get the key features/new future features, then you may want to give this a look, as its detailed tracking really is some of the most accurate I have ever seen.

If you lose the smallest about of weight the ring will not fit properly. Its also very clunky on the finger its supposed to be on. There is also a need for more controls and information. Like set your bed time, and a few other things. Over all the concept is nice but it would be better off as a bracelet.

Uncomfortable Pricy Demands a suscription after $400 paid

Big bulky not really made for a woman’s hand. It’s so thick it separates your fingers like a a pedicure toe things.

Not a fan. To each their own but it was too big for my hand size. If they made it small and thinner i would consider trying again.

Requires subscriptions. Tracking is not the most optimal..

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I did not mind paying the extra for the rose gold ring just to have the color I wanted. At the time the Best Buy in Sandusky did not have the rose gold color rings for display. I was mailed my ring and I feel as if I got ripped off paying an extra $200 for a ring that looks gold. If the display was there I would have just went with regular silver knowing the rose gold looks almost identical to the gold color. Gold is not my preference. Other than that I’m still getting use to the ring.

I really wanted to love this ring but the fact that I have to charge it every 3 days and it’s brand new is crazy. I’ve had it for not even 2 weeks and it does within 3 days of being charged. It’s advertised as holding a charge for 4-7 days.

My Oura ring worked fine until the 16th day of purchase, then I wasn't able to see sleep score, readiness score or blood oxygen levels - the very reasons that I made this purchase. Have been emailing Oura directly, but they have offered no resolution to this problem. It has now been going on 8 days in a row without the information I need. Best Buy's return policy is 14 days - this issue started on the 16th day, so it seems like I am out of luck and out of $349.00. Best Buy won't do anything and Oura won't do anything. Buyer beware.

The charger is horrible. The company expects you to go out and buy another for $60. The company is too focused on rolling out their new ring rather than support customers who have its previous ring. I haven't even had the ring 4 months and the charger no longer works making the ring useless. Good luck finding any company out there who provides prompt service.

It doesn’t feel preimum and also its alot more bulky because of that it makes you feel wierd making you feel like something is stuck in between your finger also it hard to grip on a handle like a golf club or a bat. But the health tracker is really good

I love the ring but it completely quit working after 1 year, 8 months. I tried all steps to get it working again. For over 500$ you’d think it’d last at least 2 Years.

My ring is too big and I can't find a store with a smaller ring in stock. I like the app and all the things it tracks but I need a smaller size.

The product is overpriced and forces you to sign up for two supporting apps that are overpriced. Example: Find my ring, $3.99 a month…Rip off! Our Apple Watch is a far superior product.

The ring had constant connection issues. It would just load and load forever and give me errors. Would have huge gaps in data as well. I bought it for sleep tracking and its incredibly inaccurate for it- it would give me the same score almost wvery night now matter how i slept.

The concept and the technology are awesome, and measurements are accurate. Unfortunately, it didn’t work for me, since it was uncomfortable. I found myself waking up in the middle of the night multiple times to either adjust it or put it on a different finger. I hope someday they make they available in half sizes. If they ever do, I’ll give it another try.

It was good but after a year its battery life significantly reduced from over a week to couple days.

Bulky. Hated it. Also scuffed up very easily. Had to return.

Required customer service to even get the basic features to work (sleep tracking and readiness). It did not track any of my workouts even after an hour class. I returned it.