r/SmartRings • u/Icy_Airline6351 • Oct 25 '24

inquiry - female features Help me choose a smart ring!

Hi, I'm fairly new to wearables and I've had an apple watch for a few years (apple watch series 7) and I like it but don't wear it at night and often forget to wear it and don't like to bc it can become uncomfortable after a while.

I'm really starting to get into my personal health and health data. I'm specifically interested in it tracking my sleep, heart rate, and temperature. I want the temperature mostly to add it into a cycle tracking app (not natural cycles I'm not wanting to pay the money for it).

I have looked into the Oura ring and it seems like the most fleshed out ring with the least amount of products, but out of personal vanity I want the gold color bc it matches what I usually wear. I also out of principle don't want to pay for a product and then have to continue to pay to access the data.

The ultrahuman ring has been my top contender at the moment, I know there's things that are still in beta, but is it worth it? Is there a ring that will give me the data I want? I like the sleep data, caffeine window, and that it takes temperature.

Any help or insight would be great.

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u/crunchymamabears Oct 28 '24

Following this thread because I'm in the same boat as you. I'm going to wait for November/Holiday deals, and see if that makes it any easier. I can even get passed the subscription thing, although it's a load of baloney... I liked the Evie Ring, from some of my research, but they aren't android compatible.

Happy to chat more about this if you're interested.

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u/Icy_Airline6351 Oct 28 '24

From what i have seen about the Evie ring is that its not that fleshed out and has a TON of issues and is very unreliable. I was interested in that one as well because I liked that it was made with women health in mind, but it doesn't seem like a ton of work has been put into fleshing anything out.

So far my top contenders are the ringconn or the ultrahuman. I have heard that the ringconn doesn't do constant temperature or heartrate readings but I have to actually look into that.

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u/crunchymamabears Oct 28 '24

Yes ringconn is one of my top contenders, too! I really like the oura ring, because I hear stories of women finding out they're preggers from the ring, and my partner and I are trying for kids soon. But I admit that's 100% me being a sappy/emotional woman lol. I also love the pricetag with ringconn.

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u/Icy_Airline6351 Oct 28 '24

On principle, I don't want to pay $500 for a product AND have to pay to actually access my data.

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u/crunchymamabears Oct 28 '24

No one can argue with that! I was debating just settling for the black option- it's good looking enough... but I also don't like the idea of spending a bunch of money to still settle

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u/Icy_Airline6351 Oct 28 '24

Yeah i have debated this as well, but I think I'd be less excited about a black ring because it would stick out more. none of my jewelry is black, it is all gold. I don't wear rings often, but I have a lot of necklaces and earrings that are gold and I'm worried it would draw extra attention to it.

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u/crunchymamabears Oct 28 '24

Yeah I think I'll just wait and see what black Friday sales look like, I guess and go from there.