FAQ
What is OPTIM and how does it work?
OPTIM is an advanced wearable designed to help you take your performance, recovery, and focus to the next level. By combining biometric tracking, biofeedback, and nerve stimulation, OPTIM is scientifically validated to:
- Facilitate improvements of your heart rate variability (HRV)
- Enhance your performance readiness, perceived effort, and athletic output
- Build stress resilience and sharpen your focus
- Support faster recovery and better sleep
Unlike other wearables that mostly track data, OPTIM proactively works with your nervous system to prime you for the challenges ahead. Over time, you’ll find yourself more resilient, focused, and prepared for both physical and mental demands.
Is OPTIM safe to use?
Yes. OPTIM uses a safe, non-invasive technique called transcutaneous median nerve stimulation. This low-intensity, drug-free approach is combined with biofeedback to naturally regulate your nervous system. It has been scientifically validated in numerous peer-reviewed studies with athletes, students, and clinical populations. If you notice tingling or mild skin discomfort, you can easily adjust the intensity to your preference.
Visit our Science page to learn more about the research behind OPTIM.
Who should use OPTIM?
OPTIM is for you if you’re an athlete, student, working professional, or health and fitness enthusiast who wants to be more focused, resilient, and ready for high performance.
What does OPTIM feel like and how quickly will I notice results?
When you first use OPTIM, you may feel a mild tingling or warming sensation under the electrodes on your wrist. This usually fades within 1–5 minutes. You can always adjust the intensity to your comfort level.
Most people notice benefits within the first few minutes of use. Research shows that median nerve stimulation and biofeedback can start influencing HRV, focus, and recovery within one minute, with full effects typically within 5 minutes. These effects often last beyond your session and build over time—helping you recover, focus, and stay resilient for hours afterward.
Do I need the app to use OPTIM?
Yes. You’ll connect your OPTIM to the app (currently only available for iOS) using Bluetooth. The app guides your biofeedback sessions, tracks your health metrics, and automatically adjusts stimulation based on your real-time biometrics.
You can choose from three membership tiers:
- Basecamp
- Ascent
- Summit
How often should I use OPTIM?
Think of OPTIM as your daily performance and recovery partner. You can wear it throughout the day and night. It automatically adapts based on your biometrics, whether you’re training, recovering, studying, or preparing for a big event. With consistent use, OPTIM helps retrain your nervous system to handle stress better, improve sleep, sharpen focus, and boost your energy.
When can I pre-order OPTIM?
OPTIM pre-orders are currently closed. By joining our private waitlist, you secure your place among the first to be invited when global pre-orders open. Members of the waitlist receive exclusive company updates, insights into product development, and priority access to international sales. This is your opportunity to be part of the select community shaping the future of human performance.
Why should I join the OPTIM waitlist?
Because the waitlist is your front-row seat to the future of human performance. As a member, you’ll get:
- Priority Access – Be the first to secure OPTIM when global pre-orders open.
- Insider Updates – Exclusive insights on our breakthroughs in science, design, and performance.
- Founders’ Circle – Early access to events, ambassador stories, and behind-the-scenes development.
- For the Few, Not the Many – OPTIM is built for the top 1% who demand more from their body and mind.
Joining the waitlist means you don’t just watch the future unfold—you live it first.
How long does the battery last?
OPTIM’s battery life is comparable to the Apple Watch Series 10, so you can count on reliable all-day use.
How is OPTIM different from other nerve stimulation and neurostimulation devices like vagus nerve stimulators or TENS/EMS units?
Unlike devices that require placement on your ear or neck, OPTIM sits comfortably on your wrist and works seamlessly with your daily life. It doesn’t require gels or adhesives, and its effects are tailored to your biometrics. Massage, touch-therapy or clip-on devices that claim to affect vagal activity haven’t shown strong scientific support while vagus nerve stimulators either worn on the neck or ear can sometimes cause dizziness, headaches, or even excessive muscle twitching. OPTIM, on the other hand, is backed by peer-reviewed studies and real-world testimonials from Olympians, professional athletes, trainers, and scientists.
Is OPTIM WADA compliant?
Yes. OPTIM fully complies with World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) standards. Because OPTIM uses safe, non-invasive, drug-free methods, it does not involve any banned substances or prohibited interventions. You can safely use OPTIM in training and competition without concern for anti-doping violations.
Why doesn’t OPTIM need FDA approval?
OPTIM is not a medical device with the intended use to diagnose, treat, or prevent disease. OPTIM is classified as a biotech health & fitness wearable designed and developed with the sole purpose to support, sustain, and facilitate performance and overall health & fitness in healthy subjects. OPTIM’s methods are rooted in decades of peer-reviewed scientific research on peripheral nerve stimulation, median nerve stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, neurostimulation, and biofeedback on both clinical and non-clinical healthy subjects.
Are there ongoing research studies with OPTIM?
Yes. Our team is actively conducting research with Olympians, coaches, and sports scientists at some of the world’s leading sports institutes, sports physiology labs, and training centers. We’re building on decades of related scientific research in peripheral nerve stimulation, median nerve stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, and biofeedback. OPTIM’s effectiveness in enhancing readiness, recovery, and resilience to-date is based on biometric data collected from our exploratory case series OPTIM testing with professional athletes, test-subject testimonials from elite athletes, athletic trainers, and scientists, as well as our scientific equivalency research which confirms OPTIM’s effectiveness in enhancing readiness, recovery, and resilience.
What is the return policy?
You can try OPTIM for 30 days risk-free. If you’re not satisfied, return it in its original condition with proof of purchase, and you’ll receive a full refund. We’re confident you’ll notice the benefits in focus, sleep, energy, and performance.
Is OPTIM waterproof?
Yes. OPTIM is sweat-resistant and waterproof; it switches from electrical to vibratory mode when submerged, so you can safely use it in showers and cold plunges during active recovery sessions or while swimming.
Can OPTIM sync with Apple HealthKit?
Yes. You can connect OPTIM to Apple HealthKit to track your data and see correlations with your other health metrics.
Can OPTIM attach to my Apple Watch?
Yes. OPTIM can be worn alone as a separate screenless, distraction-free smartband or attach directly to your Apple Watch. Designed for the same wrist, it delivers seamless hardware integration without extra bulk. Itsslim, ergonomic profile fits comfortably under dress shirts, suits, or training gear—making OPTIM as wearable in the boardroom as it is in the gym.
Does OPTIM work automatically or manually?
Both. You can use OPTIM in Life Mode, where it automatically adapts stimulation to your biometrics during the daytime and nighttime, or you can activate sessions manually or on a schedule—for example, before a workout, during study, or before bed.
What is the science behind OPTIM?
OPTIM strengthens your nervous system by regulating HRV, a key marker of resilience. Through a combination of real-time biometric monitoring and neurostimulation, OPTIM enhances your readiness, recovery, focus, and sleep. Our approach is supported by peer-reviewed research and ongoing studies with athletes, and further validated through scientific equivalency research drawing on decades of published work in peripheral nerve and vagus nerve stimulation as well as biofeedback.