Sleep Trackers: Good quality sleep is linked to general health, mental wellbeing and even avoiding serious long-term illnesses, so using a sleep monitor to check you’re getting enough rest is a no-brainer.
Wellness isn’t just about doing cat yoga and drinking alt-milks, sometimes you just need a refreshing sleep.
There are now plenty of different ways to track sleep, whether that’s through a bedside monitor, a wrist-worn wearable like a smartwatch or a device that fits under your mattress.
All will give slightly different insights and personalized tips on how to improve your rest time, but the options from our picks below are worth exploring if you want to know exactly how you’re sleeping – and make positive steps to improve it.
We’ll be breaking down what to look for in a sleep tracker, how it manages to track your sleep accurately and the best sleep gadgets to buy – we’ve tested them all so you don’t have to.
Terminology explained:
Before you can pick the right sleep monitor to watch over your night, you need to know exactly what you want from one. The tech involved here is much more advanced than the smartphone apps that use the accelerometer to track movement under your pillow – and, as a result, things are much more accurate.
HR vs. movement sensors
Older fitness trackers used wrist movement to track sleep, but now it’s all about heart rate monitoring – and companies like Fitbit and Withings are looking at your beats per minute (bpm) during sleep to make assumptions not only about duration, but which sleep stage you’re in.
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