Smart Ring who has them and are they worth it?

OK i am looking at one of the Smart Rings seems like Ultrahuman, Oura, and Ringconn are the main players, Oura is charging a monthly fee so not a fan of that, what are your thoughts?

 

I'm choosing to refrain from commenting.
Better to remain silent, I was reminded last week.

 

Nope and never will. Yeah iPhone this, data that… nonetheless.

 

Perhaps you could post a video of how you feel?

 

I'd wear it if it gave me 21% more torque

 

I was mainly curious about the sleep tracking.

 

It’s a gadget. You made it this far without it.

 

I was in high school in 1984. We read Orwell's book, and I remember in class we were discussing how Big Brother got everyone to put those telescreens in their homes and subjected themselves to that complete of a loss of privacy. What was that process like.

No one suggested that the population would eagerly purchase the latest and most intrusive models.

Weird.

 

funny I wasnt a watch wearer but I won a garmin forerunner 245 music a few years ago. Recently upgraded to the 255 version after realizing how dependent I was viewing the readouts for the health & fitness metrics. You can set up an alternate name /email for registration if you dont want your data shared.

 

I have 3 or 4 Garmin watches, my wife uses the Apple Watch, but she used to use the Whoop. All are good for sleep tracking.

My brother tried the Oura ring, the problem is the battery didn't last very long so at some point during the day, he had to charge it. He ditched it after a month.

I like all of the fitness metrics that Garmin provides. There was some studies done recently on Whoop and found that their algorithms are pretty far off- they don't actually correlate to the athlete's real performance. I'm sure all of the data is subjective.

 

None of the metrics are even close to what you are doing. Telling people they lost 5 lbs of fat in a week, and gained 4.5lbs of muscle. In a week... Gaining 6-8 lbs of good solid muscle in a year, is about the average for a gym rat, if they do everything right. And dont even get me started on the outdated BMI/weight info out there. Telling people at 6 foot, to be 165lbs to be their "optimal healthy weight". It tells me 6 foot and 190ish is obese. None of the metrics take into place muscle density, bone mass, body type, metabolism, etc... Ski

 

Just get a mood ring and be done with it.

 

And a Biorhythms chart

 

my endo keeps putting that obese comment in her quarterly clinical report. Meanwhile Im biking a min of 100 miles a week... 3+ hours a week on a rower & 6 hours a weekend on a dirtbike.
The metrics Im talking about are base movement, sleep, HR & activity intensity minutes. Not worried about muscle mass or weight at this point just cardio.

 

More monitoring...yeah...that's what we need.

 

Based on The way the question was phrased I can only respond with "idiots".

 

Nice thing about the Garmin watches vs others, they're designed to be WATCHES first, smart second. This means they'll go more than 5 minutes between charges. My Instinct 2 Solar will go two weeks between charges, more if I go outside and let it see sun.

 

Don't kid yourself, it won't be long til wearing such a thing is a prerequisite for health insurance.

Mark my words.

 

Just like the obd2 snitches for auto insurance.....

 

I have a crazy way of tracking my sleep.

If I wake up in the morning and feel like shit, I didn't sleep well.

Science bitch.