Garmin Sleep Tracking: A Scientist’s Perspective
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 Published On Mar 21, 2021

My perspective as a scientist on a study of the Garmin sleep tracking algorithm. Subscribe to my weekly Newsletter(!) on www.robterhorst.com
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The EEG tracker I used is called the Hypnodyne ZMax: http://hypnodynecorp.com/ from @HypnoDyne Corp

📹Fitbit Videos📹
Fitbit Charge 3/4 Sleep:    • FitBit Charge 4 Ultimate Sleep Test  
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⏱️This comparison is part of a larger project where I spend over 11 hours a week tracking everything in my life. If you'd like to know more:
   • This mad scientist scanned his brain ...   ⏱️

Check out the paper: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/hea...

Timestamps:
00:00 General intro
00:57 Study Background
02:25 Results: Sleep Test Comparison
06:34 Results: Sleep Test Overview
08:25 Results: Compared to Garmin Venu Sq
09:30 Results: Compared to Other Wearables
10:21 Conclusions
11:13 Recommendation: Good or Bad?
11:48 Limitations of the Study

🎵Music🎵
(1) Not Without the Rest by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/
(2) Wonders by JVNA
(3) Can’t Sleep (YouTube Audio Library)
(4) Classique (YouTube Audio Library)
(5) Blurry Vision (YouTube Audio Library)

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