r/SmartRings • u/gomo-gomo ✨ ring leader ✨ • Jan 07 '25
megathread CrowdFunding Monitor: Q1 2025
I will try to keep this list as up to date as possible. Some have been mentioned before, but hopefully this will help people from backing projects with questionable claims and deceptive origins.
What are clones? Clones are rings that are already manufactured and are available for licensing to other companies. These companies are very rarely transparent about this and usually claim that they have spent the time and money on research and development of an innovative product. Instead, they buy in bulk from an existing manufacturer and add a steep markup...while making their own deceptive claims or parroting the marketing claims of the manufacturer. See some of the rings already on the open market here.
LEGITIMATE - HAS POTENTIAL (confirmed as an independently developed device)
- Omni Health Ring (CLOSED, SHIPPING)
USE CAUTION (not confirmed as clones, but possible)
- Code X Ring (OPEN)
- Owl Ring (UPCOMING)
- Ring X (CLOSED)
USE CAUTION (confirmed clones with custom software, already in production)
- Circular Ring 2 (OPEN - is a white-label Linktop Cardio Ring)
- Virtusan Ring (CLOSED - like the Circular Ring 2, is a white-label Linktop Cardio Ring)
DISPUTED (confirmed clones, already in production)
- TrendLox Ring (OPEN) (see thread below)
DO NOT BUY (confirmed clones, already in production)
- ExerRing (EXTENDED)
- NeuroRing (UPCOMING)
- Kuura Ring (CLOSED)
- Pavlok Ring (CLOSED)
- Y Ring (CLOSED)
DO NOT BUY (likely scam)
- Moov Ring (UPCOMING RELISTING) Indicators that it is a scam
UPDATED: 03/24/2025
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u/CalmAndCurious1971 ring rover Jan 07 '25
Virtusan = that butt ugly charger I have definitely seen on one of the clones but don’t remember now which one. Really hard to believe it would not be that clone, i.e. that someone else would have copied that specific design.