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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

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.

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.