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> Having to take off your watch, every night, is like a Chinese torture – it impinges you one drop at a time, until you can’t stand it anymore. Huh? Does this

> Having to take off your watch, every night, is like a Chinese torture – it impinges you one drop at a time, until you can’t stand it anymore. Huh? Does this mean that he normally sleeps with a watch on?

dikaiosune 11y ago
I've known many people who do, but I couldn't ever understand it. It seems more common with people who have fully waterproof sport watches, I assume at least in part because they can wear them in the shower.
- coldtea 11y ago
  >I've known many people who do, but I couldn't ever understand it. What's there to understand? It all comes down to whether the watch troubles you at all when sleeping. And if it doesn't bother you during the day, why would it bother you at night, when you are mostly unconscious? I sometimes wear it (during sleep), and others not. Analog watches I can't usually wear when going to sleep, because I have my wrist close to my head, and the "tick tick" noise annoys me. Digital watches, no problem. >It seems more common with people who have fully waterproof sport watches, I assume at least in part because they can wear them in the shower. Huh? You can just wipe the watch every now and then.
  - dikaiosune 11y ago
    > What's there to understand? I can't sleep with one on, and I don't understand why it doesn't bother others who can. > You can just wipe the watch every now and then. Even if I could sleep with a watch on, not having a sport watch means that I would have to take it off every morning anyways, so why not just take it off at night?
    - coldtea 11y ago
      >I can't sleep with one on, and I don't understand why it doesn't bother others who can. What's there to bother them? It's just something you have on you wrist all day anyway and barely notice it when you're not checking the time. I guess some people can't sleep with socks on or pajamas either, but it's not something that's anything more than a personal curiosity. It's not like having a watch on while sleeping brings in any pain/noise/other issues that make it objectively bad for sleep.
  - InclinedPlane 11y ago
    My shoes are super comfortable. Not gonna wear them to bed though.
    - coldtea 11y ago
      Your shoes also step on all kinds of dirt. Not something you want in your bed. And hard soles etc are inconvenient when laying flat on a bed. Your watch does not share those properties. (And even so, lots of people, have no difficulty sleeping with their shoes or even boots on -- on the sofa at home, in an airport waiting, and it tons of other places besides, and even on the bed, usually with clothes on too, when dead tired).
      - InclinedPlane 11y ago
        OK fine, I wear my glasses all day. Not gonna wear them to bed, sorry. Yours is a very weak argument, find a better one.
  - thedrbrian 11y ago
    >What's there to understand? It all comes down to whether the watch troubles you at all when sleeping. And if it doesn't bother you during the day, why would it bother you at night, when you are mostly unconscious Even with my giant stainless snowboarding watch I'd be worried about breaking the watch while I sleep.
- commandar 11y ago
  One of the most useful cases for smart watches, for me personally, is sleep tracking. My LG G and my Pebble before it integrate with the alarm app Sleep for Android. Basically, I set a "I need to wake up by X time" in the app, the app uses the sensors in the watch to monitor how heavily you're sleeping, and will actually set off the alarm at the point within ~a half hour before the alarm time where you're sleeping lightest. For someone like me that has a very, very hard time getting up in the morning, it's a fairly life changing thing. I also have Sleep tied in with a set of Philips Hues in my bedroom to have it start ramping up the lights to wake me up. I'm still not a morning person, but I'm less likely to sleep straight through my alarm in the morning these days.
  - owenwil 11y ago
    Why wear a device to track sleep when you can just do it automatically without that? http://hello.is http://hello.is
    - hmate9 11y ago
      Why buy another device when you already have one with the same functionality?
      - forgetsusername 11y ago
        Because sometimes devices designed for a singular purpose can do it better than a device-of-all-trades?
  - fredfoobar42 11y ago
    I actually do sleep tracking with my Apple Watch using the Sleep++ app. The Apple Watch's battery is good enough, and charges fast enough, that all I have to do is give it, maybe, 30 minutes of charging when I wake up, and another 30 before I go to bed. I just woke up after eight and a half hours of sleep, and had 88% battery left. Now, this was also with the Watch in Airplane Mode, but I've forgotten some nights, and still woke up with battery percentages in the same ballpark. (Data point: I wear the 42mm model. The 38mm has a smaller battery.)
- lololomg 11y ago
  I don't like showering with a watch because you end up with that spot on your wrist that just won't dry when you towel down.
sccxy 11y ago
I'm not Apple Watch user, but I know that many smartwatch users track their sleep patterns.
jph 11y ago
Sleep tracking on the Apple watch is nifty. Apps can track how much you move, your heartbeat, when you get up, etc.
- mSparks 11y ago
  and where you go. who you meet. when you meet them. and what you talk about.. iWatch no thanks. I wear my omega de ville chronometer 24/7. no ticking. and the only time I know it's there is when I want to see what time it is. or when watching the second hand sweep round for relaxation. no electronics. no battery. suitable for every occasion. everything the iwatch isn't.
diego_moita 11y ago
> Huh? Does this mean that he normally sleeps with a watch on? Pebble owner here: for sleep tracking and a vibrating alarm that doesn't wake my wife. Also, since it is true waterproof, for laps counting while swimming. Apple Watch got the looks, Pebble got what really matters. Like in the Chinese proverb: "the ugly wife is a treasure at home".
malloreon 11y ago
I use a real watch. if I'm not at the gym or in/under water, it's on my wrist.
CSDude 11y ago
I have a Misfit Flash and I don't even sense it so it is okay to go to sleep with it, I just wonder if I sleep well but if you keep your iphone open it can be used as a smart alarm to wake you up at a light time, but some other brands can do without the phone.
pazimzadeh 11y ago
I have been sleeping with the Apple Watch on for the past few months. Like the author of the post, I found the Sports Band annoying to put on and take off every day. Instead of charging all night, I now charge it during my morning shower/shave/toothbrushing routine which gives me enough juice to last all day and night.
- moonlighter 11y ago
  So you're still having to take it off and put it back on... just at different times.
  - pazimzadeh 11y ago
    Indeed, I'm just pointing out that it's reasonable to sleep with the watch on.
return0 11y ago
I thought thats what everyone does
vacri 11y ago
Lots of people even put on special clothes for sleeping, too,
oelmekki 11y ago
Actually, I was surprised you were surprised :) I always wear my watch while sleeping, never seen a problem in that. But then I realized in other comments that you were not alone in that. My bet: people who remove their watch for sleeping are the ones who tend to wear it tight, while people keeping it wear it loose.
pmarreck 11y ago
> Huh? Does this mean that he normally sleeps with a watch on? I always have. Had no idea that some did not, why bother taking it off, especially if it's waterproof? If it's impinging on your wrist or otherwise uncomfortable, you're wearing it too tightly. I guess this is one of those things nobody really talks about, which leads to some weird differences, such as the guy who never realized until adulthood that putting the toilet seat down was something that wasn't just for women (like, he never did it AT ALL): https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/2jgfhw/tifu_by_using_a_toilet_wrong_my_entire_life https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/2jgfhw/tifu_by_using_... Years later I discovered I had sleep apnea, so "sleep tracking" (currently via Fitbit Charge HR) became important.

dikaiosune 11y ago

I've known many people who do, but I couldn't ever understand it. It seems more common with people who have fully waterproof sport watches, I assume at least in part because they can wear them in the shower.

coldtea 11y ago
>I've known many people who do, but I couldn't ever understand it. What's there to understand? It all comes down to whether the watch troubles you at all when sleeping. And if it doesn't bother you during the day, why would it bother you at night, when you are mostly unconscious? I sometimes wear it (during sleep), and others not. Analog watches I can't usually wear when going to sleep, because I have my wrist close to my head, and the "tick tick" noise annoys me. Digital watches, no problem. >It seems more common with people who have fully waterproof sport watches, I assume at least in part because they can wear them in the shower. Huh? You can just wipe the watch every now and then.
- dikaiosune 11y ago
  > What's there to understand? I can't sleep with one on, and I don't understand why it doesn't bother others who can. > You can just wipe the watch every now and then. Even if I could sleep with a watch on, not having a sport watch means that I would have to take it off every morning anyways, so why not just take it off at night?
  - coldtea 11y ago
    >I can't sleep with one on, and I don't understand why it doesn't bother others who can. What's there to bother them? It's just something you have on you wrist all day anyway and barely notice it when you're not checking the time. I guess some people can't sleep with socks on or pajamas either, but it's not something that's anything more than a personal curiosity. It's not like having a watch on while sleeping brings in any pain/noise/other issues that make it objectively bad for sleep.
- InclinedPlane 11y ago
  My shoes are super comfortable. Not gonna wear them to bed though.
  - coldtea 11y ago
    Your shoes also step on all kinds of dirt. Not something you want in your bed. And hard soles etc are inconvenient when laying flat on a bed. Your watch does not share those properties. (And even so, lots of people, have no difficulty sleeping with their shoes or even boots on -- on the sofa at home, in an airport waiting, and it tons of other places besides, and even on the bed, usually with clothes on too, when dead tired).
    - InclinedPlane 11y ago
      OK fine, I wear my glasses all day. Not gonna wear them to bed, sorry. Yours is a very weak argument, find a better one.
- thedrbrian 11y ago
  >What's there to understand? It all comes down to whether the watch troubles you at all when sleeping. And if it doesn't bother you during the day, why would it bother you at night, when you are mostly unconscious Even with my giant stainless snowboarding watch I'd be worried about breaking the watch while I sleep.
commandar 11y ago
One of the most useful cases for smart watches, for me personally, is sleep tracking. My LG G and my Pebble before it integrate with the alarm app Sleep for Android. Basically, I set a "I need to wake up by X time" in the app, the app uses the sensors in the watch to monitor how heavily you're sleeping, and will actually set off the alarm at the point within ~a half hour before the alarm time where you're sleeping lightest. For someone like me that has a very, very hard time getting up in the morning, it's a fairly life changing thing. I also have Sleep tied in with a set of Philips Hues in my bedroom to have it start ramping up the lights to wake me up. I'm still not a morning person, but I'm less likely to sleep straight through my alarm in the morning these days.
- owenwil 11y ago
  Why wear a device to track sleep when you can just do it automatically without that? http://hello.is http://hello.is
  - hmate9 11y ago
    Why buy another device when you already have one with the same functionality?
    - forgetsusername 11y ago
      Because sometimes devices designed for a singular purpose can do it better than a device-of-all-trades?
- fredfoobar42 11y ago
  I actually do sleep tracking with my Apple Watch using the Sleep++ app. The Apple Watch's battery is good enough, and charges fast enough, that all I have to do is give it, maybe, 30 minutes of charging when I wake up, and another 30 before I go to bed. I just woke up after eight and a half hours of sleep, and had 88% battery left. Now, this was also with the Watch in Airplane Mode, but I've forgotten some nights, and still woke up with battery percentages in the same ballpark. (Data point: I wear the 42mm model. The 38mm has a smaller battery.)
lololomg 11y ago
I don't like showering with a watch because you end up with that spot on your wrist that just won't dry when you towel down.

sccxy 11y ago

I'm not Apple Watch user, but I know that many smartwatch users track their sleep patterns.

jph 11y ago

Sleep tracking on the Apple watch is nifty. Apps can track how much you move, your heartbeat, when you get up, etc.

mSparks 11y ago
and where you go. who you meet. when you meet them. and what you talk about.. iWatch no thanks. I wear my omega de ville chronometer 24/7. no ticking. and the only time I know it's there is when I want to see what time it is. or when watching the second hand sweep round for relaxation. no electronics. no battery. suitable for every occasion. everything the iwatch isn't.

diego_moita 11y ago

> Huh? Does this mean that he normally sleeps with a watch on? Pebble owner here: for sleep tracking and a vibrating alarm that doesn't wake my wife. Also, since it is true waterproof, for laps counting while swimming. Apple Watch got the looks, Pebble got what really matters. Like in the Chinese proverb: "the ugly wife is a treasure at home".

malloreon 11y ago

I use a real watch. if I'm not at the gym or in/under water, it's on my wrist.

CSDude 11y ago

I have a Misfit Flash and I don't even sense it so it is okay to go to sleep with it, I just wonder if I sleep well but if you keep your iphone open it can be used as a smart alarm to wake you up at a light time, but some other brands can do without the phone.

pazimzadeh 11y ago

I have been sleeping with the Apple Watch on for the past few months. Like the author of the post, I found the Sports Band annoying to put on and take off every day. Instead of charging all night, I now charge it during my morning shower/shave/toothbrushing routine which gives me enough juice to last all day and night.

moonlighter 11y ago
So you're still having to take it off and put it back on... just at different times.
- pazimzadeh 11y ago
  Indeed, I'm just pointing out that it's reasonable to sleep with the watch on.

return0 11y ago

I thought thats what everyone does

vacri 11y ago

Lots of people even put on special clothes for sleeping, too,

oelmekki 11y ago

Actually, I was surprised you were surprised :) I always wear my watch while sleeping, never seen a problem in that. But then I realized in other comments that you were not alone in that. My bet: people who remove their watch for sleeping are the ones who tend to wear it tight, while people keeping it wear it loose.

pmarreck 11y ago

> Huh? Does this mean that he normally sleeps with a watch on? I always have. Had no idea that some did not, why bother taking it off, especially if it's waterproof? If it's impinging on your wrist or otherwise uncomfortable, you're wearing it too tightly. I guess this is one of those things nobody really talks about, which leads to some weird differences, such as the guy who never realized until adulthood that putting the toilet seat down was something that wasn't just for women (like, he never did it AT ALL): https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/2jgfhw/tifu_by_using_a_toilet_wrong_my_entire_life https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/2jgfhw/tifu_by_using_... Years later I discovered I had sleep apnea, so "sleep tracking" (currently via Fitbit Charge HR) became important.