I looked really hard at buying an 8 Sleep. I have techie friends who swear by them. But one of the big reasons I didn't go forward I don't see mentioned here and that is noise. I need a dark and quiet room to sleep.
Someone told me they returned their 8 sleep because of the constant fan noise of the computer running the thing. He told me it was like having a server in your bedroom.
I am also not keen at all needing to have my phone in my bedroom either. At the end of his life my father had some health challenges and it wasn't uncommon for a nurse to call me in the middle of the night. It was all the other calls, people tweeting or slacking at me that made it really challenging to get any sleep.
Still looking for something where I can collect sleep data if any entrepreneurs can solve these problems.
If your goal is just collect sleep data,
I personally use my Withings Scanwatch with a leather bracelet,
But if you're not willing to keep a watch while you're sleeping they have "Sleep analyzer" that you put under your bed to collect Sleeping data, but I never tried it !
I have a friend who felt the cover was really uncomfortable as well. He had a really expensive mattress, but said he could feel the cooling tubes in the cover.
I'll do you one better on "collecting sleep data". I've been in the neurotech/sleeptech space for the last 5 years developing https://affectablesleep.com
After getting an Oura ring years ago, and it telling me "you didn't get enough sleep[deep, REM]" I was left thinking "so what?? don't tell me I didn't do it, help me to do it!"
From what I've seen in the market, possibly with the exception of 8Sleep or CPAP (for those who need it), is that everyone is focused on counting minutes, and adding a few minutes to sleep. Particularly "fall asleep faster" where they promote "fall asleep x% faster" where x% in minutes is like 7 or 8 minutes.
What is really valuable in sleep, and particularly deep sleep, is not really the time, it's the restorative brain functions, and at the moment, we are focused on one metric slow-wave delta power. It's not how many minutes you sleep, it's how much sleep is in each minute.
Of course, there is sleep data along with that, but if your sleep is optimized in the time you get, do you really care about the daily data?
I have a friend who was building an AI startup around the Oura ring. I was up for becoming a beta tester. But what he found out was that no matter what he did the AI returned the same answers whether it received the sleep data or not.
I think there is some value in collecting the data so when someone figures it out you can get the answers. But it is hard to know what data to collect because what the Oura ring provides could end up being of little value.
Good luck on your project, I will be following you.
Someone told me they returned their 8 sleep because of the constant fan noise of the computer running the thing. He told me it was like having a server in your bedroom.
I am also not keen at all needing to have my phone in my bedroom either. At the end of his life my father had some health challenges and it wasn't uncommon for a nurse to call me in the middle of the night. It was all the other calls, people tweeting or slacking at me that made it really challenging to get any sleep.
Still looking for something where I can collect sleep data if any entrepreneurs can solve these problems.