#101

Ok. Does that mean you are not happy enough with Aktiia levels of accuracy?

#102

Have you felt aktiia to be ok from that perspective or lacking?

#103

Research shows that Aktiia (now Hilo) is not accurate at night and that during the day individual readings can be quite off but the average especially over several days is accurate.

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#104

Personally I stopped using it. I have positives about it, but I don’t find the information worth typing into my database.

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#105

Oura is also working on it. Perhaps the benefit lies in reducing the need for those manual daily or weekly checks. There’s an FDA-approved monitor: “Biobeat”, so it’s feasible to track BP accurately with PPG even during nighttime eventually: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/917375

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#106
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#107

I have the same problem with Eight Sleep. I want something like this but I refuse to pay a subscription for a bed sheet.

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#108

New instant home monitoring of hormones. Currently focusing on cortisol but I spoke to someone involved and they said they will be expanding to male and female hormones. This could be a game changer for people on hormone replacement to dial in their protocol, and to improve patient/clinic communication. This can also be good for people who track their natural hormones as a biomarker.

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#109

I’ve had eight sleep for years and don’t pay a monthly subscription… I don’t get all the features, but I don’t feel I’m missing anything, incase that is helpful.

#110

Is Eight Sleep any good? We get really hot summers in Australia so I have to use a fan every day of summer and most of spring and even some autumn. Dries the skin out a lot.

#111

Best investment I ever made! You’d have to pry this out of my COLD dead hands :slight_smile:

Their customer service can be aggravating if there is an issue, but as long as you don’t give up, they will ultimately treat you well.

Their competitor, Chilipad Dock Pro from Sleepme is more affordable, and each system has its pros and cons. I live in a silent environment, so the white noise from the Chili dock pro was too much for me. If not for that, it’s the one i would have chosen for: the price, the washability, and being able to put the dock under my bed.

At least in the US, they each offer a 30 day trial, so it’s a no brainer to give them a whirl.

I have the pod 3, fwiw. And go in knowing these things don’t last forever.

#112

That’s exciting. It would be a luxury item for me, something I’ve dreamed of!

Considering I use a CPAP machine my environment is anything but quiet. Kinda why I like the fan as the white noise cancels out the CPAP noise.

Hopefully tirzepatide helps me eliminate the need for CPAP however!

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#113

Well then, the less expensive chilipad might work for you!

Definitely let me know what you wind up doing… pm me if you have any more questions.

I think there are tons of discounts available online for the 8 sleep, but if you can’t find one, let me know and I’ll share my code that will give you one… don’t pay full retail!!!

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#114

What version of Eight Sleep do you have? I recall reading that people with older versions can use it without subscription but they patched that in newer models.

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#115

In any event, the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor contributes the following sleep metrics to your Garmin account:

– Sleep times (fall asleep/wake-up)
– Blood oxygen (SpO2) levels (aka PulseOx in Garmin lingo)
– Heart Rate Variability data
– Skin Temperature
– Body Battery levels
– Sleep Phase/Stage levels (Deep, REM, Light, Awake)
– Sleep Score
– Breathing Disturbances (Garmin’s non-medically certified version of sleep apnea monitoring)
– Heart Rate (during sleep)

In turn, it updates the following metrics with that data:

– Training Readiness score (which includes sleep history)
– Training Status (which requires HRV)
– Recovery time
– HRV Status (the scoring levels based on the underlying HRV data)
– All sleep-specific metrics
– Sleep Coach recommendations
– Women’s ovulation cycle prediction features
– Morning Report
– Daily Suggested Workouts

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#116

Ah, I see, so I have the pod 3, so maybe i was grandfathered.

I just looked and it looks like you need to pay for one year and then can cancel… argh!

Pasted:

Can I buy the Pod without Autopilot?

Autopilot is required for the first 12 months (cancel any time after), and covers two separate users per Pod.

#117

A way to restore vision to the blind and so much more.

I may want to give it a go

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#118

“Elon Musk has laid out a timeline” - that’s always a red flag. Has a single timeline Elon promised come anywhere near to reality in for example Tesla affordable car production or real automatic driving? Or so many other areas? The Bore Machine train projects? Mars?

One day the tech will surely come. But based on the track record, it won’t be on Elon’s hype timeline.

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#119

Yes - I’m still waiting on that Tesla Roadster Musk announced about 5 years ago… :wink: Elon is the master of hype and vaporware… pre-announcing products many years in advance to try to keep investor interest up. “Full Self Driving” has been around for years, but is nowhere near what it claims to be.

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#120

For example per Google AI: Elon Musk initially predicted that Tesla would have robotaxis on the road by 2020. Speaking at Tesla’s Autonomy Investor Day in April 2019, he stated he was “very confident predicting autonomous robotaxis for Tesla next year”

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