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Re: Giving up on smart rings

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Post by Terr_ »

Supermancho wrote: post #3

None of these 3 problems have anything to do with it being a smart ring. Same problems that regular rings have, yet people still wear them. 1. Adulting: buying rings that are the right size. eg My tungsten wedding ring cannot be resized either. 2. Most people don't even lift. Those that do, dont mind taking off jewelry. I can see how this would be a problem for someone who wants to wear a smart ring for lifting. Soun…

> Most people don't even lift. Those that do, dont mind taking off jewelry.

I dimly recall some folks promoting silicone wedding bands, although at that point I think it's more about social-signalling "I'm in a relationship" rather than a durable memento or signalling wealth.

Re: Giving up on smart rings

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Post by jimnotgym »

atldev wrote: post #29

I like my Oura ring and find it one of the least fussy fitness trackers I've used. To me, the battery question is more about time between charging. I can travel for a week on a business trip without taking the charger, no problem. The sizing issue is real and as I dropped weight, the ring became loose and would fall off. I've added a small eva tab on the inside to increase friction and reduce risk until I buy the nex…

I have sleep apnea. I have noted discussions online where people have used oura data to tune their cpap. I was wondering if anyone had used a smart watch for the same. I read that Garmin had worse sleep tracking, but more opinions would be handy

Re: Giving up on smart rings

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Post by spike021 »

striking wrote: post #2

I also really quite like the Fitbit Air. I used to wear a Galaxy Watch but there's something really freeing about how light and unobtrusive this little wristband is.

I recently (June) bought an Air too to replace my 5 or 6 year old Apple Watch.

I'm enjoying it for the same reasons. Longer battery life. More comfortable when I'm sleeping since it has no buttons or weird bulky shape.

I do wish Apple would make their own version of it with apple pay.

Re: Giving up on smart rings

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Post by tencentshill »

autoexec wrote: post #49
sandcat_ wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For what it’s worth the Apple Watch can store data entirely locally, or if you want sync it’s E2EE.

Kind of. You still need an account/iphone to set it up. It will still send data via wifi if it can, and you'll be tracked over bluetooth even if you keep in in "airplane mode". I'm not sure how easily you get data off of it and onto a PC or laptop either or what format that data is in, but if you already have an iphone it's not a terrible option.

You can export all data in xml

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/share-your-health-dat...

Re: Giving up on smart rings

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Post by ak6te »

atldev wrote: post #29

I like my Oura ring and find it one of the least fussy fitness trackers I've used. To me, the battery question is more about time between charging. I can travel for a week on a business trip without taking the charger, no problem. The sizing issue is real and as I dropped weight, the ring became loose and would fall off. I've added a small eva tab on the inside to increase friction and reduce risk until I buy the nex…

I feel the same way about my Garmin watch's sleep tracking, but one thing I haven't been able to do is use that data effectively. It's an accurate after the fact representation of my sleep, but it doesn't tell me anything that my own body isn't telling me in terms of how I should adjust my sleep patterns/habits.

Do you find you change your behavior at all based on the sleep tracking?

Re: Giving up on smart rings

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Post by morsch »

runjake wrote: post #52
dcss_gardener wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people do not wear tungsten wedding rings. A wedding band can be resized and it's typical to have it resized several times during a long marriage. This is a legitimate downside of smart rings that is only shared with one niche-but-overrepresented-here option.

Since this is HN: About 25% of US males wear a tungsten wedding band. So, not most, but a sizable amount.

The numbers you are probably referring to are for the market share in any given year.

https://www.jckonline.com/magazine-article/the-knot-2019-jew...

Since people tend to stay married for years, and tungsten wasn't as popular previously, the actual number of adult men wearing tungsten wedding bands is probably a lot lower, maybe around 10%.

Still a lot. Approximately nobody wears them in Germany; seems like an opportunity.

Re: Giving up on smart rings

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Post by deivid »

post-it wrote: post #27
bryanrasmussen wrote: post #7

Assuming I made this stuff. It is useless to have smart rings do the primary stuff of what a smart watch does, so not monitor your pulse or that crap because anyone who has a smart ring should have a smart watch for that and the few people who don't want smart watches but do want smart rings would be such a small outlier group I wouldn't care. The only way the concept of a smart ring makes sense to me is as a form of…

> It is useless to have smart rings do the primary stuff of what a smart watch does Not for me. I like wearing a normal watch, and I don't want to wear two watches.

Same, I got a Withings watch, which is both

Re: Giving up on smart rings

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Post by jerlam »

pastor_williams wrote: post #59
rtkwe wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd question the utility of the data from a ring for weightlifting, cardio sure but just lifting weights there's not a huge need to track your heart rate, you're not moving a lot for steps, etc.

Lifting weights definitely causes your heart rate to change.

It's usually not the primary benefit of the exercise. You are not going to maintain zone 2 (120-140 bpm) while lifting.

Re: Giving up on smart rings

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Post by ak6te »

feistypharit wrote: post #57

What I don’t think I’ve seen anyone mention yet. If the internal batteries swell you are now in a very bad situation. https://cybernews.com/gadgets/samsung-galaxy-smart-ring-batt...

Absolutely nuts that this thing wouldn't be engineered so that at least a swelling battery causes the exterior to split so that the swelling is directed out rather than in.
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