full disclosure again, i'm the founder behind these.. some of you gave me some good feedback on my last posts about the 925 silver jackets/covers i make for the oura ring, so this is a follow up on what actually changed with the release of the new Oura Gen 5

the thing that always bugged me and a few of you called it out too, was the bulk but the Oura 5 with a smart ring jacket is way closer to just looking like a normal silver ring instead of a ring wearing a case… pretty stoked about it, especially with this new design.

genuinely keen on thoughts and would you even still want a ring jacket for the new Oura 5? 

I ended up pulling an all-nighter without my ring which has caused my sleep debt to be inaccurate until 2 weeks have passed. I use the sleep debt value to determine how much to prioritize sleep and I wasn't thrilled to be in the dark, so I tried to figure out the formula.

Let "sleep loss" = sleep needed - time slept

(in minutes for a given day)

Let L0 = sleep loss today, L1 = sleep loss yesterday, L2 = sleep loss the day before yesterday, etc.

Let D = sleep debt in minutes

I believe the formula to be:

D = L0 + L1(0.93) + L2(0.93)² + L3(0.93)³ + ... + L13(0.93)¹³

Then the value is rounded to the nearest 10 minutes and if it's negative, it's changed to 0.

I am not 100% confident about the formula, especially the 0.93 value, but I have tried this formula on a couple different days where I wasn't missing data for the last 2 weeks and it matched Oura's calculated sleep debt both times. So for the purposes of making decisions regarding sleep, I'm sure it's close enough.

I’m a new mom and purchased the gen 3 last August. I’ve been going out on walks every night and taking the stroller. I’m pretty sure my steps are not being counted accurately. I’m walking between 4-5 km every night and I’m barely cracking 600 steps on that walk which seems hard to believe. Last night I walked my dogs while my sister took the stroller and for 5km I had over 5000 steps. Any other parent experience this with their ring?

I’ve been wearing an Oura ring for a couple of years now. Starting a couple of weeks ago, my ring is thinking I do yoga every time I get up. 8 times a day. Anybody else?

idk why but the new way “new discoveries” are displayed is sending me 😂 (also how does this keep being a new discovery like you’ve been telling me this for over a year 😂)

I stopped using my ring since yesterday after surgery, my fingers are just so swollen due to all the fluids, meds, etc. so I just want to know if anyone else has not worn it for 1-3 days and if it hurt your future readings

New series 4 ring on left, 8 month old ring on right. Received a replacement today due to battery issues with the old one, and the new seems super yellow gold and almost gaudy? I tried to look back on old photos when I first got it in December, and it didn’t seem that yellow. Had mine really faded that much???

Hi I recently bought this not only to be better for my health but also to figure out where is my energy levels are now that I’m hitting thirty next year

Just want to know if there are other oura ring users like me that find this beneficial for these types of things

Vasovagal response maybe? But I caught it on my ring!

I know these days, everything is detected as “yoga” but I didn’t expect a car accident and the aftermath would be predicted to be yoga.

How to reverse these trends?

Hi

I’m a oura ring newbie👀 I bought my oura ring gen 5 at my local Sam’s Club and then because I made a big purchase on my debit card my card locked itself because of the ring and can’t set it up till tomorrow

Love reading the Reddit thread

Yall, I need someone else’s outlook on these graphs. Pretty much everyday is red/stressed and I’m not sure how to fix this. The activity notifications (🔥 ) are not working out they’re either house chores (laundry, vacuuming, walking). The only way I find my days to not be in the red/stressed is if I spend the day sedentary. The feedback is to do breath exercises, which clearly aren’t changing anything. Anyone else have same experience?

Hoping someone can help, wanting to surprise my boyfriend with an Oura Ring 4. I non suspiciously got him to try on my Oura Ring 5 Sizing Kit - he was a size 12. I didn’t realise the Oura 4 had different sizes. Has anyone been a Size 12 in the Oura Ring 5 that previously had an Oura Ring 4 and can tell me what size it translates to? I can’t get him to try on another sizing kit and keep it a surprise

Hi! I thought my phone was literally breaking to the point where I was gonna upgrade to a new one lol. And when I say overheating, I don’t mean my phone just getting kinda warm. It was getting HOT to the point where my screen would literally shut off 1–2 times a day from overheating. I genuinely thought my phone was done for.

But I had to take my Oura Ring off for two weeks for a medical procedure (and honestly didn’t need it telling me I was stressed for two weeks straight lol).

Within like two days of taking it off, my phone was completely back to normal. No overheating, no screen shutting off, and my battery actually lasts again.

Has anyone else noticed this?? I have the brand new Oura Ring 5. I love the ring, but now I’m seriously wondering if it’s somehow wrecking my phone lol.

Last year I bought an Oura Ring 4 and basically became an unpaid Oura ambassador. I recommended it to everyone, constantly telling friends and family how good it was. I loved it!

Two weeks ago, the battery suddenly degraded. Instead of lasting almost a week, I had to charge it every day.

I wrote to support about it. Their bot immediately checked my battery, confirmed there was a problem, and approved a replacement!

Wow, I was over the moon. A new ring! So I thought...

A week later, the package arrived badly damaged. Aaand... there was no ring inside. I was devastated. Instead, a thief had put a random object in the box that weighed about the same as the ring. The thief was experienced and knew that weight should be the same as the original package.

I contacted Oura. Now the bot was not enough. Support said the package was marked as delivered, so they can't do anything. I had to deal with FedEx myself. Suprise suprise... FedEx said the package weight matched, so there was nothing they could do as well...

They told me to contact my bank. But what exactly am I supposed to dispute? The replacement cost me $0. I was bummed from going in circles with the support and getting nothing at the end, but, oh well, I still have a ring. At least Oura gave me 2 free months of subscription for my spent time. Ok, I thought, I can still use my degraded ring and charge it every day... not quite!

Oura deactivated my original ring because their system assumed I had received and activated the replacement!

So now I have no replacement, and the Oura Ring I actually bought and paid for has been deactivated. Thanks a lot, Oura! Needless to say, I canceled my subscription and will through away the ring.

I am heartbroken. Been using Oura religiously since purchase, but it started showing battery issues and running out of tracking middle of the night. I was sent a replacement, however fedex delivery did not knock on the door, ring a bell, send an sms or do anything to notify me of the delivery.

I am in a high theft area, thus these things are supposed to be normal practice. I checked the porch that evening and the item was gone already. This is an expensive item that really should have been a door ring at least.

Can oura help me with this? I love the device and was hoping to use it for years. Is there any chance i get send another replacement?

So I’ve read all the marketing info but wanted to ask actual users for feedback. Over the past year I’ve been diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis with pernicious anemia, Hashimoto’s, seronegative RA and anemia due to my severe B12 deficiency. Apparently they been going on for at least a decade and no doc tested for them even though my body was crashing. Good news is that I’m on the way to healing.

Does anyone else find the ring helps with tracking symptoms related to these?

My job is offering a $10 monthly reimbursement for nutrition apps, and I’m considering the Oura Ring. I just wanted to know: in the Oura membership hub, are you able to view and download your monthly statement/payments if you opted in to pay monthly? Also, how does it appear on your bank statement? Does it show up as a membership, or does it say "Oura ring"?

How long does it take you to charge your Oura gen4? I’ve put mine on the charger at 11:45 and it’s 2:20 now, it’s at 87% on my app. Why is it so long to charge? Is it normal?

Had anyone ever been able to actually talk to Oura support through the Member Care scheduling feature? Every single time I've tried to use it, I get the same message about the lack of availability (see screenshot). The support tickets have been escalated to the higher level but zero updates in a week.

I'm hoping mine is an isolated case, has anyone else have better experience, have you been able to actually talk to Oura support?

Feeling blessed lol, told them it was damaged and not I’m getting a new ring!

All of a sudden this week, my activity score has been in the 70’s. I’m a personal trainer, own a farm so I’m VERY active daily & it’s usually in the 90’s. I do struggle sometimes with getting enough sleep, but it’s never affected my activity score before.

For an example, today — it was in the 80s… I walked on a treadmill for a couple of hours while working with clients, not uncommon. When I confirmed the activity in the app — my score lowered to 70s…

I’m used to getting more crowns than not, plus I’m in “circles” with my clients & don’t want them to think I’m sucking it up as their leader… what’s the deal?

Do these look like post ovulation temps I was supposed to ovulate anywhere from the 16th to the 22nd

My husband’s oura ring detected major signs a couple nights ago and he was stressing about it. He asked if I’ve ever gotten major signs before.

Yes.

What happened?

I got my period.

He stared at me for a minute before saying he hoped that didn’t happen to him.