Oura Ring 4 Ceramic Review: A Colorful Glow Up

Let’s beryllium honest, astir tech wearables are bulky and not precisely what you’d picture arsenic pretty. But erstwhile you’re regularly wearing thing connected your hands, you astir apt want it to look bully and possibly moreover blend successful pinch nan remainder of your jewelry. That’s nan thought down Oura’s newest smart ring, nan Oura Ring 4 Ceramic.

The Ring 4 Ceramic is Oura’s first postulation of smart rings that don’t feature metallic finishes. Instead, they’re made from zirconia ceramic, a much wear-resistant ceramic, which Oura says allows for some style and comfort.  

I’ve tested nan Oura Ring 4 Ceramic for nan past 3 weeks, and here’s my acquisition pinch it.  

However, earlier we get into nan specifics, it’s worth noting that since nan package down nan Oura Ring 4 Ceramic is nan aforesaid arsenic nan Oura Ring 4, I won’t be getting excessively overmuch into nan package and hardware broadside of things. For that, you tin cheque out our Oura Ring 4 review.  

Finish and feel 

The Oura Ring 4 comes successful 4 colors: Midnight (dark blue), Cloud (white), Tide (light teal), and Petal (light pink). The ringing costs $150 much than nan starting value of nan modular Ring 4, pinch a $500 value tag, and is disposable successful sizes 4-15.  

I opted for Midnight. Although that shadiness is technically acheronian blue, it tin look achromatic from afar — aliases moreover a acheronian shadiness of green, I’ve been told. The ringing doesn’t look for illustration a tech wearable astatine first glance, which is bully if you want to prioritize aesthetics without sacrificing functionality.

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When compared to nan original Ring 4, nan Ceramic type is simply a spot thicker, but it’s not ace noticeable. The titanium type is 2.88 mm thick, while nan ceramic type measures 3.51 mm.

As for nan weight, nan ringing tin measurement betwixt 5.1 to 8.1 grams, depending connected nan size you get, making it heavier than nan Titanium Ring 4, which weighs betwixt 3.3 and 5.2 grams.

Despite being thicker and heavier than its predecessor, I recovered nan Oura Ring 4 Ceramic to beryllium comfortable and lightweight, moreover erstwhile compared to a modular metallic band. It feels for illustration a beautiful regular ring, conscionable a spot thicker.

The ringing is soft and not arsenic prone to collecting fingerprints arsenic nan titanium versions of nan Ring 4. Since nan zirconia ceramic is warmer and little slick than nan titanium rings, nan Ring 4 Ceramic tin consciousness a spot “sticky” astatine times, meaning nan extracurricular of nan ringing mightiness consciousness for illustration it’s sticking aliases clinging to nan sides of your fingers, but I did get utilized to nan consciousness of nan ring pretty quickly.  

Oura says nan colour connected nan rings comes from earthy minerals successful nan ceramic itself, truthful it stays vibrant and doesn’t fade complete time. (Of course, I’ve only had nan ringing for 3 weeks, truthful I can’t speak to how it would hold up agelong term, but truthful far, nan colour is identical to what it was connected time one.)

Durability 

Oura says that Ring 4 Ceramic is prone to scuffs from softer metals, for illustration those recovered successful cookware aliases dumbbells. The institution says these scuffs tin beryllium addressed pinch nan Polishing Pad that comes pinch nan ring. (The reappraisal portion I received from Oura did not see nan Polishing Pad, however.)

While location were moments erstwhile I thought I could spot scuffs on the ring, they ended up being smudges that I was amazingly capable to clean away pinch nan separator of my garment aliases sweater.

The institution besides recommends wearing nan ringing connected your non-dominant manus to debar unnecessary impact. However, nan ringing just felt right connected my ascendant scale finger, so that’s where I wore it for nan past 3 weeks. This exposed it to much imaginable harm successful a briefer play of clip than a emblematic customer mightiness see.

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The first time I put connected nan ring, I put it done a engaged recreation time to TechCrunch Disrupt, our yearly convention successful San Francisco. I wasn’t sure really good nan ringing would clasp up pinch maine hauling my luggage around, accidentally hitting the ring on a fewer counters (I’m clumsy!), or letting it brushwood against the airplane window erstwhile I leaned successful for a nap.  

As it turned out, nan ringing made it done each of that unscathed. There were moreover a fistful of moments erstwhile I was definite I had scratched it — for illustration when I was holding onto a rusty railing stepping up nan steps of nan Point Arena Lighthouse, forgetting that I had nan ringing on, aliases erstwhile I forgot to region it earlier doing nan dishes. But nan ringing didn’t extremity up pinch immoderate marks aliases imperishable damage.

It’s worthy mentioning that though nan ringing is water-resistant up to 100 meters, which intends you tin deterioration it while doing nan dishes aliases showering, I personally took it disconnected while doing nan dishes because Oura warns that nan ringing tin scuff erstwhile it comes into interaction pinch softer metals.

Since I’ve had little than a period pinch nan ring, I wouldn’t be amazed if, further down nan line, nan ring were to collect astatine slightest immoderate scuffs aliases dents, particularly fixed its location connected my ascendant hand.

Final thoughts  

Beyond aesthetics, I recovered nan ringing rather useful successful helping maine understand my bosom health, sleep, and accent done nan Oura app. Each morning, I recovered myself looking guardant to seeing my “readiness score,” which is calculated utilizing some short-term and semipermanent metrics to show really prepared you are for nan time ahead.

Plus, nan artillery life is holding up well, arsenic I’ve only had to complaint it erstwhile per week, which is connected par pinch Oura’s committedness of a artillery that lasts betwixt 5-8 days.

Choosing betwixt a titanium and a ceramic ring ultimately depends on your artistic preferences and your perfect value point. With colour and worldly being nan only differences betwixt nan two, it really comes down to whether you want a sleek, modern decorativeness aliases the standard metallic smart ring look. 

If you want that popular of colour and style, past nan Oura Ring 4 Ceramic mightiness beryllium nan smart ringing for you.