SLEEP MONITORS
WITHINGS AURA
£250 withings.co. uk Withings already offers
the Pulse wristband for tracking your activity day and night, including sleep. But the new Aura pair of devices goes further, obsessively poring over every detail of your night. The sensor slides under your mattress and ors your body movement, ing cycles and heart rate. The b e measures noise, temperature and light levels, and works as an alarm clock, using coloured LEDs to lull you to sleep and wake you naturally. You can listen to music stored on your phone. All the Aura sleep data can be examined in an app (iOS only) alongside data from other Withings wellness gadgets.
JAWBONE UP 24
£125 jawbone. com This slender activity-tracking wristband ( pictured right) monitors your exercise and sleep, and then makes the data available in an app (iOS and select Android devices). Some clever features make it particularly good for t . If you forget to press th on when you go to bed e the app the following d when you went to bed, so yo won’t show you pulling a 36- hour day with a strange lull of inactivity in the middle. The app also lets you set yourself goals such as going to bed by 11pm every night for a week, and motivates you to achieve them.
BASIS CARBON STEEL EDITION
US$150 mybasis.com This health tracker watch (pictured right), currently only available in the US, takes a holistic approach. It measures heart rate, perspiration, skin temperature and motion – providing insight into your sleep and stress levels as well as fitness, all via an app (iOS and Android). It tracks sleep in detail, using the heart-rate monitor and motion sensor, without you needing to press a button to set it to sleep mode. It claims to be the only band capable of detecting REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is the stage in which we dream, as well as the depth of your slumber, tossing and turning, and any interruptions. Each morning it gives you a sleep score and graphs of your night’s kip.
GARMIN VIVOFIT
£100 garmin. com This is another wristband, has sleep-tracking
but one that a couple of tricks up its sleeve. It uses watch batteries that last for over a year – most activity trackers need recharging once or twice a week. It is also wate . Press a button to ter sl ep mode and it t ovement overnight, producing agh of your sleep each morning. It’s a good choice if you use other Garmin fifitness products, as they all work with the same Garmin Connect mobile app (iOS and Android).
POLAR LOOP
£85 polarloop.com Polar, which is best known for its heart- rate sensor chest straps, has come up with its own wristband that promises to track your activity day and night. When you lie down and your body movements slow, it automatically starts tracking your sleep. In the morning, use the Polar Flow app (iOS and select Android models) or visit the websit for a breakdown of how restful your was. The sleep insights are less detailed than some wristbands, but the Loop is waterproof and pairs well with other Polar training gadgets.