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Reviewers wore it all day without minding.

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The IPO filing ties an $84.4 million rise in warranty expense to the fault, and names none of the affected batches.
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What 12 reviewers said
More reviewsReviewers wore it all day without minding.
Reviewers resent paying a subscription.
Reviewers got good battery life out of it.
Comparison
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$615
Device price plus the three years of subscription this product requires.
Weight
2–3g
Grams on your finger. Lower is lighter.
Battery life
9 days
How long it lasts on its own, away from a charger.
Oura Membership costs $5.99 a month. It is required to use the product. Over 3 years that is $216.
Sleep stages, HRV, body temperature and the long-term trends. Without it the app shows your three daily scores and stops there.
DeviceRequired subscription
Ring weights change with size. These are the size the maker quotes.
Battery life can vary based on usage, settings and firmware version.
If not this one
Oura Ring 5 is our pick for sleep, recovery and health. Where it does not lead, here is what does, and why you would switch.
It watches for sleep-apnea patterns overnight.
It tracks VO2 Max and sports performance, and it is water resistant to 100 metres.
Quick answers
All FAQsReviewers wore it all day without minding.
Reviewers resent paying a subscription.
Reviewers got good battery life out of it.
Scores published by other outlets, normalized and averaged. iDevice did not test these products for this score.
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The gap has ranged from 7 days (Oura Ring 5) to 20 days (Oura Ring Gen 3).
Frequently asked questions
Oura delayed pricing on its Nasdaq offering hours before shares were set to trade, saying demand was strong but conditions were not.
Oura blamed market uncertainty, not its own numbers: it's profitable and expects 90% revenue growth. It hasn't given a new date.
Oura set its IPO at 50 million shares for $40 to $44 each. Existing shareholders are selling 36.5 million of them.
Oura's prospectus says 94% of ring buyers take the subscription and the company made $60.8 million in nine months. It also expects future features to be regulated as medical devices.
The IPO filing ties an $84.4 million rise in warranty expense to the fault, and names none of the affected batches.
A patent application published this week describes a migraine prediction score built from sleep, temperature and heart data the ring already collects.
Both numbers in this case are Oura's own. The 21% that does not agree falls on sleep staging, which is the part of the score people actually read.
Oura and its backers are seeking up to $3 billion in a US listing that would value the ring maker above $16 billion. The accuracy fights arrive on the same calendar.
The application describes electrodes passing a small current through your finger. Its own search report already cites earlier work on several claims.
A ring cannot read brain waves or eye movement, so every sleep stage it reports is inferred from something else. The suit accepts that Oura admits this in its technical materials. Its argument is that the advertising never did.
An ITC filing dates the deal to July 9. Zepp is off Oura's import ban list, and six patent claims died unjudged.
A WIPO filing puts four to six photodetectors across the ring's width. Oura names blood pressure and arterial stiffness in the claims.
Oura connected its hormonal tracking to a licensed virtual contraception provider. Apple and Samsung have the sensors but not the clinical pipeline.
Oura Ring 5 detected a reviewer's cold one to two days early.
Oura Ring 5 infers blood pressure from artery stiffness in a 6mm body. Apple Watch can't fit in your finger.
Oura's next ring will tell you when you're wearing it wrong before it records bad data. Most health wearables wait until after.
Oura Ring 5 is 40% smaller than older versions. Turns out the biggest health tracking problem was the ring itself.
Oura's reportedly heading public at $11 billion, and the subscription complaints are already in the filing window.
Oura's ring detects sleep apnea and books you with a doctor. Nearly a billion people have it and have no idea.
Oura patented a ring that accepts snap-on sensor modules, so you don't wear the bulk until you need it.
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