Oura Ring vs Whoop | Don't make the wrong choice
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- If you've been deciding between the Whoop and Oura ring as your every day, low-maintenance fitness tracker, this video will help you decide which is the best one for you. I've tested both the Oura Ring Gen 3 and Whoop 4.0 over the last year and here are my thoughts on which I would commit to for the long term.
0:00 Intro
0:26 Form Factor
1:54 Health Tracking
2:36 App Experience (the most important in my opinion)
5:10 Which one I'd choose
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Just wanted to say this was an amazing video. Not too long, not too short. The right amount of “just the facts” straightforward info, mixed with the right amount of subjective opinions. Great graphics, great video and sound quality, and especially liked the labeling of each insert shot so you know if you’re looking at Oura or Whoop.
I’ve never hit the “subscribe” button faster! Really top notch work.
I really appreciate it! 🙏🏾 trying to keep it simple clear, and useful for ya!
I agree. Thanks for this great video. It was helpful!
Same! Very happy my search landed me here. An instant fan & wish more content creators followed such a beautifully balanced concise approach. 🔥🫡
Great video, straight to it - no long and boring intro - I like it, subbed
Great video man! In-depth, super informative, and you did it just over 6 minutes. I’ve seen some other videos that were over 20 minutes that didn’t provide nearly as much information.
Keep it up!
Great comparison! If only whoop offered a ring version of their tracker. That would be the ultimate combination for me.
No doubt! That would be a pretty sick product
Why would you want to show the world you’re not married but have a ring on
@@davidkaplan5517you have 9 other fingers my guy. One of which is on the opposite hand that doesn’t “broadcast” to the world you’re married…
@@krysis8115 any ring broadcasts that
Finally, been trying to find this exact info for weeks. Thank you for this video and I'm going to your page for other videos brother
This is the best review video I have seen. It's amazing! Thanks so much!! Brilliant
Nice conclusion. You made it clear which works for better for the user's purpose and didn't go into too much detail about your what you did, making it clear they're pretty accurate.
I have been wearing a Whoop since 2017 when the 2.0 version came out. I love the functionality and how they continue to add new features. I highly recommend the Whoop.
Same I've been wearing Whoop for almost 2 years straight. (Will be 2 years in Sept. 2023)
I came for the discount keep it up king 💪
Super helpful and concise thank u 🙏🏼
well rounded review sir
I'm only 10-seconds in and I trust your review just by your choice of mouse haha. My man!
Great video. I literally just typed in oura vs whoop and saw this was posted 2 hours ago so it was perfect timing timing!
that’s awesome! We’re on the same wavelength 🧠 lol
Thoroughly enjoyed the video! Useful. Straight to the point. I currently use a Garmin Venu and it works well but I don’t wear it during sleep. I try but end up taking it off in my sleep. Going to change the rubber stap to an elastic one and see. But if I choose to buy a new tracker, I’ll opt for the oura ring.
I definitely need to check out Garmin!
Really good video. Never seen your stuff before but keep up the good work.
Appreciate it Steven! What about the video did you like most??
Interesting video. I tried both but in my case ended up with the Whoop strap. For me the reason was comfort. I put on both at the same time intending to keep them on as long as possible. About one month in the Oura Ring got uncomfortable. I took it off and never put it back on. The Whoop strap is still there, and it will be two years straight in September 2023.
I occasionally wear an Apple Watch now instead of an Oura Ring, but that goes off at not for charging, so it isn't as practical for full-time data collection as the Whoop.
Wellness. Oura all the way for me. Thanks for the beakdown!
Awesome video jam packed with useful information. Thank you! I'm leaning Oura as well. I have sleeves on both arms so I have to get a very specific spot on my right wrist for my apple watch to really work much at all. Not sure if I'd have that issue on whoop but I know with oura I won't. & Will be much more likely to be comfortable wearing the ring to bed vs a watch
thanks for this very good video, greetings from germany
Wellness focused the sleekness of the oura ring is so fire!
Tip for weights/kettlebells HIIT workouts. KT tape works great for protecting your Oura Ring while working out.
For anyone reading this - the Oura ring *appears* to be cheaper and is definitely more fashionable. The issue is that it is incredibly easy to lose and impossible to track if you do lose it. Have had to replace mine 4x in last 3 years. Maybe I’m a dumbass but because Oura is more delicate hardware (ie. not recommended to wear in shower, gets scratched up easily) and is on your finger actively interfering with anything that you might use your hands for, I would constantly take it on / off and it is so small / easy to lose track of. The Whoop strap is something that once on your wrist is out of sight/out of mind, only coming off to charge. You can even charge it while it’s on your wrist which is neat. The tracking capabilities are comparable so would just think twice about how responsible you believe you are. I like the ring form factor > Whoop but not worth it if you need to replace it all the time.
Does the whoop feel bulky on the wrist? It look kinda big.
Really useful, thank you.
Surely you can’t knock the ring because you can’t seem to stop loosing them. It’s waterproof so no need to take it off everyday for a shower as you say. Yes it will scratch like anything else you own, if you can’t keep track of where your putting things maybe you would be better of just letting it scratch 🤦♂️
I never take my Oura ring off ..
Just be more mindful and keep up with your shit. It’s a $300+ ring, not hard.
Good review!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve been considering getting the Oura ring just because I like to wear a regular watch on certain occasions instead of having to keep my Apple Watch on all the time.
Great video. Helped me make the right decision.
Btw, where did you get those posters from? 😁
Great vid
Interesting you didn't bring up price....
Great video! I had no interest in fitness trackers because I'm a fancy watch guy, but not that they have a ring option I'm going to try this Oura ring 👍
Amazing video. Thanks!
I got a whoop mainly because I’m an athlete and focus on my performance and I feel it has helped me a lot with my training
Yea it's great for the everyday athlete for sure comparatively! Whats the sport you use it for?
@@NoahCBanks Gaelic football
My favorite fitness tracker in my lifetime was the Bodybugg. Didnt take your heartrate but was very accurate for weightloss.
How did it become weightloss?
Loved the video, and I would like to ask if it is possible to somehow connect data with apple watch and oura ring. Because just like you mentioned in video its not the best to workout with it. So im wondering if I can record my workouts on apple watch and the translate the data to oura ring.
Great video, I’ll go for the Oura then … once my wife lets me 😅. Liked & subbed.
Go with any company but Whoop. The device is okay. The company is horrible and their support is non responsive. They even ghosted my card issuer when I finally gave up and disputed the charge on my busted 4.0 (that took forever to actually arrive).
That sounds like a pretty rough experience. Did you share the feedback with them?
I left Whoop after the upgrade from 3.0-4.0. It was night and day and very disappointing as I initially liked the product. Trying out Oura now.
I'm leaning towards the Whoop. I train mostly with kettlebells. A ring would get trashed very quickly with constant scraping on the kettlebell handle. I have a Garmin Smartwatch, but that also is in the way when I train with kettlebells, so I end up taking it off 75% of the time I work out. What attracts me most to Whoop is being able to wear the tracker on my upper arm... Where it won't be in the way or get damaged.
I use Oura at night and Apple Watch during the day, it turned out to be an ideal combination. The third device would be a bit 2much for me 😁
I’ve definitely done that combo lol I’ve also done 3 devices. Too much 😂
If you had to pick the pura ring or Apple Watch, which would you choose? How do you like the Oura ring?
@@asanta2023 i guess Apple watch but only because it's a more universal device. I have music on it, apple pay, Peloton+ is perfectly connected, i check my emails and messages through the watch....and finally, that is one awesome fitness tracker.
On the other hand, i learned alot about my sleeping habits with Oura, i found that that i have occassional breathing disturbance in the sleep (possible apnea, i need to check that), also the app has lot of meditate, breathe and sleep sessions so really i don't wanna choose between those 2😃
@@indigo2941 thank you for your feedback 👍🏽
This is a really interesting take that I hadn’t considered. Do you have the newest Apple Watch and Oura Ring? Do you think your experience would be different with their older products?
Sorry if silly question, but do you have to interact with the app to start activities on either? So if you take a nap, do you have to tell it you are? Like on an apple watch, you would tell it you're going for a walk etc. :)
I've been using oura ring for some time now and I'm pretty happy with it. I'm wondering though, have you noticed any differences in the measurements between the two devices? For example, do they both give you the same stats for heart rate, hrv, steps etc...?
They definitely give slightly different metrics. That's the one things about modern fitness trackers, there is always going to be a margin of error. Looking into doing a test to monitor accuracy in the future
yes, exactly - that’s what I am wondering too. I read somewhere that the Oura ring doesn’t continuously measure HR, HRV etc, only every x minutes or so during the night, which makes me wonder whether the data set it bases its analysis on is a good bit worse than Whoop. I have a Whoop and am very happy with it and the data I get but have looked at the Oura ring out of interest. I now also track my HR/HRV via the Polar H10 strap and the Elite HRV app.
Hi Noah, you mentioned you have 3 activity trackers, 2 as you dropped the whoop. My question is why not use only the apple watch?
Does the Oura ring have a journal tracking feature? That is the one feature that I like about Whoop tracking is I can compare bad sleeps to different items but I would rather have the ring! (I'm still in the Whoop 30 day trial)
Second question, the posters behind you, where are they from??
Great video! Definitely a performance metric guy. How do the prices compare? initial cost + recurring cost?
Nice, then you would really like the Oura Ring! Cost wise, for the first year Whoop would be cheaper ($360 - $30/month with $0 upfront) vs Oura ($422 - $6/month with $350 upfront) but after the first year Oura would be cheaper
Do you know any smart ring that vibrates when you get notification on mobile?
FYI, a guided meditations feature is coming to the whoop app in the next couple months
Definitely going to keep my eyes open for that!
What's the opinion on their accuracy? I feel the ring design should change such that the lower part is some fabric such that it can be ok while doing weights.
My Oura ring konked out after about three years. The battery stopped recharging for some reason. The battery is not replaceable. Other than that it worked great. Didn't have to worry about showering or washing the dishes or knocking it around. The only info that was useful for me was the resting heart rate at night. HRV measurements were redundant. Sleep info was ehh. Readiness assumed I was a wimp.
So what if you normally wear a watch to tell time, I guess if you need to find the time you was to look your phone I guess.
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If the whoop offered some type of timer to train with, i definitely like it
I had the ring for a while, felt it was very lackluster. Couldnt even detect a fever despite me already lying in bed with 40degrees half dead.
Wow how interesting for me it’s super accurate with my body temperature especially during that time of the month as a woman and when I have gotten sick with a fever
I happen to look at Amazon's Halo ... I was sold after watching the video the ring won! Then while I was trying to decide it I wanted to shell out another $150 for a gold one ... that's when happen to look up the Halo. .$349 Vs 42.69 $5/mo Vs $4/mo I think I'll get this one, until I can make up my mind on the other!
I actually wasn’t the biggest fan of the Amazon halo. What are your thoughts on it??
@@NoahCBanks Oh this was a bad purchase... I get up out of bed and go to bathroom and the thing says I've taken 450 steps. When I do gofor a walk it seems to work fine, I have to write down it's starting number... but for tracking day to day useless. The nutrition part is just a bunch of recipes... If you want to have an apple or some cereal or a can of beans you can't track that or edit it in... I'm not turning on the mood microphone.... That leaves the Fat% unflattering photo... That was the only thing that appears to work BUT to have 35% body fat means over a third of me is fat!!! That's a scary thought but when I consider how well the rest of the device works ... probably wrong too. Looking to return it.
@Noah Banks I love the thing. It honestly works great but unfortunately they're now getting rid of it, which is ridiculous after only 2 years. Now I'm on the hunt for something that works similarly to my halo view and have yet to see something I'm happy with.
if i buy whoop do i need to pay every month or i buy it and thats it?
I like the oura ring pretty much, but what i heard is that the ring is useless without the monthly subscription in-app. I would like to know what do you think about the prices and is there something like that in the whoop app too?
You need subscription too with whoop.
I wear an Oura and never pay a subscription. But i have the older gen one.
where did you get that asguard poster on the wall lol
Nice comparison ✌️but i find it kinda counterintuitive that they build in a social media function into a self optimizing device when most coaches and authors in this field tell you not to use social media except for buisness stuff 😂
Amazing video, what color ring is that? I’m trying to understand if I should get silver, stealth, or black!
Black! I loved the stealth tho
@@NoahCBanks Thanks! Ended up getting the stealth ty to ur 50$ off lol
Oura is always sending out firmware updates which means it’s always improving… my biggest issue is doing weight training you have to take it off or it will be scratched up… their sleep metric be on point also …
I wear weight lifting gloves over the ring, I have the gold one and it doesn’t scratch for me, but I’m a woman, maybe men scratch it more
I saw a new product called "OSleeve" is a Oura protection cover, I haven't try yet but it looks it really protects the ring and supposly it doesn't interrupt the biometrics.
Is that a pixel ?
I have the Apple Watch SE and am trying to decide if I should upgrade to Series 8 or get an oura ring! What are your thoughts?
does any of these connect with samsung health ?
I’m a watch guy but not a fitness watch guy. I want a tracker but not in a watch form. Got any recommendations? I refuse to pay for Whoops rip-off pricing. Don’t really want a ring either but wish there was something else out there that I could wear on the bicep besides the Whoop.
i love my steelwatches too.
only two options are those two.
whoop absolutely ripoff and only accepting creditcards.
oura also subscription based after buying the ring.
as it seems, there is no other.
i will probably go with a garmin now, looks hella ugly and too big but theres nothing out there.
the whoop wouldve been it.
Check out the Fitbit for sure then! Maybe check out the inspire 3
Gone for the whoop but with the bicep strap, idk the ring would get on my nerves.
Rings are definitely not for everyone! How is the bicep strap?
Does this track your heart rate in a sauna? Where your phone wouldn’t be close, in a locker for example. Or do you get a break in data?
apple should adapt the ring form factor so there could be cheaper alternatives in the market.
That would be GAME CHANGING!
Would you recommend the oura ring for someone who participated in combat sports?
Truthfully I’d probably do whoop. One of my unnecessary fears is that you’d never know if you jam a finger and can get the ring off
@@NoahCBanks Thanks for the feedback!
I’d say also depends what sport you are doing. If you are doing combat sport then ring is no go
One of the deciding factors was the price for subscription..$5.99/ month vs $30/month
Yea you have to take into account the total years cost and then decide! 👍🏾
Oura ring has a upfront cost tho
Lol a membership??? Lol
I think you're supposed to wear the whoop 24/7 for on 30 days to get the most accurate results it kind of confuses me how you weren't wearing them all the time
Great comparison! Want the gen 3 But my 4 year old Oura ring is still in excellent condition, thanks to the protector I got from OSleeve. Guess it was wise to protect our investments, huh?
Hi. Wheee did you buy your Osleeve?
Missed key factor cant do weights with a ring on
The thing with oura is that I just can not wear any rings because of my fingers
Whoop all the way. Best of the best.
Does the oura ring tells your stress level?
Unfortunately no but the whoop now does!
sucks for me, oura ring doesn't come in my ring size, size 5
Oh wow I didn't even consider sizes smaller than 6 🤔 the upcoming novano ring may be up your alley then OR you can go with the whoop!
@@NoahCBanks I just got my whoop 3 days ago, hence I'm here! haha
Can you turn off the Bluetooth on the Oura ring?
Unfortunately no
Yes I do all the time at night putting it in rest mode
That’s confusing
Ma il,cosiddetto diario.....le domande vanno risposte prima di andare a dormire? Oppure vanno risposte il giorno dopo al risveglio? Perché il mio diario dove si deve rispondere......mi dice cosa è successo ieri?
E poi volevo sapere se si può indossare anche sotto la doccia
The ring gets in my way when I lift weights.
im wellness focused
please do samsung ring v oura v whoop
Does either one tell you how quickly you fall asleep?
🎉
i just go with wear both for the rest of my life haahah
Until the one Thanos level wearable comes out that does everything 😂
@@NoahCBanks hahah yes!
Uh, battery?
You aren't supposed to take off the whoop. Shouldn't have to be choosing between which to wear.
Good video of you weren’t being paid by Oura
I wish they were a sponsor of my videos lol have a video coming soon on why some people may want to choose whoop because of their latest updates. Stay tuned
@@NoahCBanks you profit from the affiliate link? If there was none this could be an unbiased review not like I would do any different tho no shame
Dude there is a channel stealing some of your videos as well as other creators. “Lituptech Digital”
Appreciate the heads up!
I had absolutely nothing but trouble with Whoop.. the 3.0 was great, the 4.0 is trash
Hint
Pizza focused
welness
For everyone who reads my comment
Don’t ever choose whoop
I just bought it for 2 days and it dead
And I’m not the only person got this problem
If you don’t believe what I say
You can search it
I buy it because so many athletes use this like.. CR7
I saw the one they send you is reused
I you have a cardiac arrhythmias, the Oura ring is useless in its current version. Whoop is OK.
But even with arrhythmia the Oura ring can detect your nap, one thing the Whoop can't do.
I am a man of wellness, which means I have to pick tons of weights three times a week and play sports; that means RIP Oura Ring with steel grip 200kg deadlift.
Yea that ring would probably be crushed. Talk about big lifts 💪🏾💪🏾
no mention that all these devices require a subscription model.............
Yep both require a subscription model. Mentioned in my individual Oura Ring and whoop review videos 😉
GET A GARMIN.
I need to get them to send me one 😉 however definitely looking into bringing them in the mix for sure!
Nope, to subscriptions
Both is nonsense from a pov how valid the data collected is. One is a ring with complete trash HR tracking and the other is a mediocre wrist HR tracker pretending to measure HRV...etc. Sorry but the deviation is around 20>% and by that completely useless. People get their panties wet when whoop warns you you get sick when all it measures is RHR. Its a toy for people liking toys. Nothing wrong with that but thats it.
bro, i cant even buy Whoop in Europe as i need a credit card. what kind of bs is this? they dont want customers as it seems.
Dang hopefully they'll expand in the future
I don't see what's appealing about Whoop. Being trying it for a month, and it's entirely unexciting. Why on EARTH would I pay a subscription for it? Also, selling the product only with proprietary metrics and readings, with a "we-know-better" approach, not recording heart rate on demand, or steps....why? To top it off, for a product without a screen, the battery life is what I could only describe as laughable. Will not be using it after the free trial.
complete pseudo... not helpful. Everything on a very superficial level. What about accuracy? what about pricing?
Sorry it wasn't what you were looking for.🤷🏾♂️ Check out my individual reviews for pricing or see if there are other videos out there that answer your needs 👍🏾
Both are trash. Get a Garmin watch
the oura ring is not fahionable lol what? It's chonky as hell. You got paid right?
Definitely more fashionable then when you have clunky fitness trackers out there. But to each their own. And no Oura DID NOT pay me to do this video.
Oura Heart Rate monitoring accuracy is trash. Source:
ua-cam.com/video/9CN2k3k6ndI/v-deo.html
Sleep tracking is better, but Whoop beats Oura on both.
Im wearing both and my galaxy watch
That's me but with my apple watch! Looking like ironman haha