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I'd never heard of these before and would also be interested in any additional details you might have on how well it's worked for you, or any recommended ~trust

I'd never heard of these before and would also be interested in any additional details you might have on how well it's worked for you, or any recommended ~trustworthy websites that have writeups on this kind of technology.

Youden 7y ago
I'm not aware on websites with trustworthy writeups, I think the technology is too new. It's essentially all press releases and marketing pages. I elaborated a bit on what the headset does here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22015098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22015098 As for how well it's worked, the biggest benefit for me so far is that it accurately informs me about how well I'm sleeping. Not just how long but also the quality of that sleep. That helps me control my otherwise eternally drifting bed times. Aside from that, I appreciate the alarm clock function. It generally works as advertised and wakes me while I'm in a light stage of sleep. Something I've been meaning to do is a poor man's study of various things that affect sleep, like light, ventilation, doing a calming activity before bed and that kind of thing.
- mistermann 7y ago
  > As for how well it's worked, the biggest benefit for me so far is that it accurately informs me about how well I'm sleeping. Not just how long but also the quality of that sleep. In your experience so far does the machine's indication of the quality of sleep ~unmistakably correspond with how you "feel" your sleep is? I assume the answer is yes, but I guess I'm more interested in the magnitude of how helpful you think the device is. It's not cheap, but if it does seem to really deliver results, it's not all that pricey that I'd exclude giving it a experimental spin based on cost.
  - Youden 7y ago
    When the headband indicates that I had bad sleep, it always matches how rested I feel. When the headband indicates that I had good sleep, it doesn't necessarily match how rested I feel. However I don't think the latter point is because the device is giving me bad readings. If you don't _consistently_ get enough high-quality sleep, you won't feel well rested.

Youden 7y ago

I'm not aware on websites with trustworthy writeups, I think the technology is too new. It's essentially all press releases and marketing pages. I elaborated a bit on what the headset does here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22015098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22015098 As for how well it's worked, the biggest benefit for me so far is that it accurately informs me about how well I'm sleeping. Not just how long but also the quality of that sleep. That helps me control my otherwise eternally drifting bed times. Aside from that, I appreciate the alarm clock function. It generally works as advertised and wakes me while I'm in a light stage of sleep. Something I've been meaning to do is a poor man's study of various things that affect sleep, like light, ventilation, doing a calming activity before bed and that kind of thing.

mistermann 7y ago
> As for how well it's worked, the biggest benefit for me so far is that it accurately informs me about how well I'm sleeping. Not just how long but also the quality of that sleep. In your experience so far does the machine's indication of the quality of sleep ~unmistakably correspond with how you "feel" your sleep is? I assume the answer is yes, but I guess I'm more interested in the magnitude of how helpful you think the device is. It's not cheap, but if it does seem to really deliver results, it's not all that pricey that I'd exclude giving it a experimental spin based on cost.
- Youden 7y ago
  When the headband indicates that I had bad sleep, it always matches how rested I feel. When the headband indicates that I had good sleep, it doesn't necessarily match how rested I feel. However I don't think the latter point is because the device is giving me bad readings. If you don't _consistently_ get enough high-quality sleep, you won't feel well rested.