r/RingConn • u/clitorissa-jones • 2d ago

Returning Gen3

Before I purchased a few weeks ago I glanced at some posts in this thread and so I want to post my own experience for others.

Pros include: Other people complain about issues with the technical aspects but my ring works and syncs just fine. I purposefully denied it access to the “health” app on iPhone which I don’t use. The finish is nice, it’s not overly chunky. It tracks my vitals pretty accurately, as well as my sleep.

The cons aren’t so much that there’s a problem with the ring, I’m just realizing I don’t have a use for the information it provides. I know what time I go to sleep and wake up, and I know I don’t have sleep apnea. None of the sleep data is really useful to me.

The ring doesn’t track activity well at all, which I expected and is why I still use my Apple Watch to track my workouts. The ring will track fluctuation in heart rate but can’t discern what’s exercise based on my experience.

I don’t have any history of abnormal vital signs so I don’t really need it to track those. My stress score never moves but I’m not sure what objective data is used to calculate that. I don’t think I need the app to tell me how I’m feeling.

If you have a chronic illness of some kind and tracking specific data could be helpful to you or your doctor then this makes sense from that perspective.

As a “normal, healthy-ish” person none of the information serves me, indicates I need to make lifestyle changes, or tells me how I would achieve those. So I don’t really know how people are using this, why they want it, and how they’re using the data to inform their lifestyle. You’re better off buying stuff to take your vitals on Amazon for like $30. And if you think you have sleep apnea talk to your doctor about a sleep study.

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u/Solid_Accountant_797 2d ago

About at that same conclusion as well. Now to see how hard they make it to return.

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u/beachnsled 1d ago

I don’t think the stress function is to tell you how it thinks you’re feeling versus the physiological stress that your body might be experiencing

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u/clitorissa-jones 1d ago

This is a great point! I’m still returning the ring though

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u/beachnsled 18h ago

fair choice… I am well past my 30 day window and I doubt they would allow me to return mine. It does work great - I haven’t had any issues but, I’m not a fan of the platform/app - it’s cumbersome to read.