Smartwatches and fitness trackers beta · Oura
Owners keep the Oura Ring 4 for its sleep and readiness tracking, but many end up replacing it or babying the charge to keep it running through the day.
Even owners frustrated with the ring often note they went through multiple warranty replacements rather than give it up, suggesting the underlying tracking kept enough value to be worth the hassle.
Battery life is a clear complaint: owners describe charge dropping off within months, some on their third replacement after the battery stopped holding more than four or five days.
Pick up to three. You get a page with just those, side by side, on the subjects owners raised.
Once the initial setup is behind them, owners settle into routines built around the ring's battery quirks: charging habits like staying between 30 and 80 percent become second nature for people trying to head off degradation before it starts. The sizing kit process, which felt like a formality at purchase, turns out to matter more later, since a size that fit fine early on may not be able to move if an owner reorders across changed lineups.
For some, the ring itself fades into the background once dialed in, which is really the point: it keeps working without needing daily attention beyond charging. For others, that peace of mind gets interrupted by having to deal with support and replacements when the battery doesn't hold up the way it did on day one.
Oura's warranty replacement process comes up repeatedly and works as described: owners who report battery problems get a checkup and a new ring sent out while their original is still under warranty, without a fight. That's the mechanism owners rely on when the battery fails to hold a charge.
The accounts here are mostly clustered around battery complaints and warranty replacements, and don't run far past that. There isn't much in this sample about how the ring performs over a longer stretch once past its first year or two, so it's hard to say plainly how it holds up beyond that window.
Parts named in the 11 accounts that describe a failure
Nothing with a clear majority yet. Owners who raised these subjects were split, or too few to judge.
Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.
6 more subjects came up from fewer than 4 owners each, which is not enough for a fair reading. To see how it stacks up, compare it with another machine.
The same owner, asked again at each point. Fills in as owners answer.
Public discussions we read and summarised in our own words. Nothing here was submitted to Still Kicks.
Counted from public accounts by people who said they own it, and summarised by Still Kicks in its own words. Not a manufacturer claim, a lab test or an estimate.
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