I compared these popular sleep earbuds to my Oura Ring 5 - the results surprised me
The Ozlo Sleepbuds 2 improve on what made me fall in love with the first generation, but they're not perfect.
ZDNET recently compared the Ozlo Sleepbuds 2 to the Oura Ring 5 in terms of sleep tracking capabilities. The Sleepbuds 2, priced at $279, offer features such as environmental sensing and sleep tracking to help improve sleep quality in noisy neighborhoods. They track sleep and bedroom environment conditions, and the case also monitors environmental variables like sound, brightness, and temperature.
The earbuds use accelerometer sensors to detect movement, breathing, sleep, and wake times, which then informs sleep data accessible through the app. After testing the Sleepbuds 2 for several nights, the author found them to be a great yet imperfect sleep earbud, with accurate sleep duration, timing, sleep window, and awake time measurements compared to the Oura Ring 5.
However, the earbuds significantly underestimated and overestimated sleep stages, particularly REM sleep duration. The author concluded that the Sleepbuds 2 are not ideal for sleep-tracking functionalities due to inaccuracies, and the long data upload times into the app. Instead, the primary value of these premium earbuds lies in their comfort and ability to stay in place during sleep, as well as their noise-cancellation features.
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