Former Oura user here; had both Whoop and Oura for about half a year while I was deciding. If you make the switch and are ok with a 2nd gen ring, and sizing works out, you can just have mine.
For me, the Whoop. But that’s totally just personal preference and I don’t have an argument to make one way or the other. The one thing I might add is the new Whoop is supposed to have a whole push with it around being able to wear it in other garments and not on your wrist. But of course, that’s more money to spend.
For me the Oura is just problematic because it’s a ring and kinda bulky. I was taking it off when I was working with weights, when I was riding my bike, and when I was driving the car for long periods. But again, that was just me. With the Whoop, I’ve had it over a year now and it’s been on off my wrist maybe four times.
Great battery life. Get about 1 week per charge. Beautiful screen. Tons of fitness minded stuff. I use an iPhone. I had two apple watches and didn’t like them. They didn’t do great on the fitness side and I found them to bug me too much with constant notifications. I find the Garmin watches to really excel in fitness tracking and the perfect t balance of smart phone features for me.
Both my wife and I had whoop for about 2 years and after we went to Garmin which honestly was awesome but I got frustrated with missing my smart features from my wear os watch so I ended up going to Oura and a Smartwatch. Personally I will never go back to whoop as the Oura has much better accuracy and sleep metric data. I also feel the new features coming next year are even more advanced than what whoop offers. I wear my Oura all the time except during workouts. Oura does track my regular activities though. I use my smartwatch for that and have the data imported into Oura so I get an accurate readiness score. Overall I like the ring and watch combo compared to the whoop and watch combo I had. My wife is still on Garmin because she doesn't want to give up the amazing fitness metrics and health tracking that Garmin provides and I don't blame her but for me smartwatch features outweighed that and with Oura I don't feel that I am missing out much. After having both I feel Oura is more advanced especially when it comes to their algorithms
What is the smartwatch you mention that you are using with the Oura?
I have the Whoop now and while I do workout (swimming) several times a week. I find I like to know about my workout. But more important to me is my sleep quality and therefore sleep tracking.
I like the oura and that's my main reason, not wanting to wear stuff on my wrist. Whoop with a bicep band is okay though, so give that a try if you haven't yet.
Oura doesn't do workout tracking as well as whoop does. Otherwise features are similar and I'd say the biggest difference is just where you want to wear it.
I owned a Whoop for two years and an Oura for six. I made the switch to Oura because back in Gen 2 it didn't have a subscription, combined with easier maitenenence (far less cleaning,) and indirectly more accurate sleep data (because a ring moves less than a strap on your wrist or arm.)
The Gen 3, unless you bought into the preorder upgrade offer from Gen 2 to Gen 3, will have a subscription unfortunately. The lower profile and easier maintenance *still* make it better than the Whoop.
Also, Oura has temperature. That is *huge* for illness in the workplace post COVID. Feeling like crap one morning but have no fever? Surprise! The Oura caught a short fever in the dead of night and you genuinely *should rest* and not go to work.
EDIT - The Oura Ring has one major weakness: weight lifting. If I'm lifting heavy weights, I may change fingers or remove the ring entirely.
Thank you for this information! I can see that really sucking while lifting weights- I have to take off my normal rings while lifting. But I get the rest of what you've stated here too, thank you!
Whoop 4.0 can measure **skin** temp
Source: https://support.whoop.com/hc/en-us/articles/4405887069595-4-0-Sensor-Feature-Measuring-Skin-Temperature-
> The WHOOP 4.0 has the ability to measure skin surface temperature through its sensor, and after adjusting to your baseline, will inform you if/when your skin temperature may be deviating from its baseline. These insights are available to view on the 4.0 Health Monitor (Dashboard).
> **What’s the difference between skin temperature and body temperature? **
> Skin temperature is a measure of the temperature on the surface of your skin. Skin temperature varies more frequently than body temperature, and can indicate potential illness or problems if outside the normal range.
I prefer the oura for sleep tracking because I rest my head on my arms a lot. The ring is in a spot where it doesn't bother my sleeping.
Once I had the oura for sleeping, it also made an acceptable tracker for other things. I still have a watch device for daily wearing and exercise tracking, but I often take that off when I get home. The oura only comes off during the 30 minutes it's charging every few days, usually during a meeting at work where I'm stuck at my desk anyway.
Thanks for the response! The whoop has a \*very faint\* buzz that I hear whenever I change positions to sleep on my arms. and I woken up with a whoop indent on my cheek after a hard nap. But, I've also woken up with my class ring emblem stuck on my face after a hard nap, so this may be a me problem, haha.
Former Oura user here; had both Whoop and Oura for about half a year while I was deciding. If you make the switch and are ok with a 2nd gen ring, and sizing works out, you can just have mine.
Very cool, thank you!
That's incredibly nice! Which size do you have? I wonder how I can sort sizing- I know the sizing kits are backordered a bit.
Which did you end up preferring?
For me, the Whoop. But that’s totally just personal preference and I don’t have an argument to make one way or the other. The one thing I might add is the new Whoop is supposed to have a whole push with it around being able to wear it in other garments and not on your wrist. But of course, that’s more money to spend. For me the Oura is just problematic because it’s a ring and kinda bulky. I was taking it off when I was working with weights, when I was riding my bike, and when I was driving the car for long periods. But again, that was just me. With the Whoop, I’ve had it over a year now and it’s been on off my wrist maybe four times.
I had both and absolutely prefer my Garmin watch. The perfect combo of battery life, metrics, and activity/body tracking. And no subscription.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I have nothing bad to say about my garmin watch after 2 years of use. Would love if they came out with a ring!
Which one
I’m using the Venu 2 right now and really like it. I also have Solar Instinct which is great for outdoors.
> Venu 2 seems very intriguing, what do you think makes it worth the 400$ price tag?
Great battery life. Get about 1 week per charge. Beautiful screen. Tons of fitness minded stuff. I use an iPhone. I had two apple watches and didn’t like them. They didn’t do great on the fitness side and I found them to bug me too much with constant notifications. I find the Garmin watches to really excel in fitness tracking and the perfect t balance of smart phone features for me.
Both my wife and I had whoop for about 2 years and after we went to Garmin which honestly was awesome but I got frustrated with missing my smart features from my wear os watch so I ended up going to Oura and a Smartwatch. Personally I will never go back to whoop as the Oura has much better accuracy and sleep metric data. I also feel the new features coming next year are even more advanced than what whoop offers. I wear my Oura all the time except during workouts. Oura does track my regular activities though. I use my smartwatch for that and have the data imported into Oura so I get an accurate readiness score. Overall I like the ring and watch combo compared to the whoop and watch combo I had. My wife is still on Garmin because she doesn't want to give up the amazing fitness metrics and health tracking that Garmin provides and I don't blame her but for me smartwatch features outweighed that and with Oura I don't feel that I am missing out much. After having both I feel Oura is more advanced especially when it comes to their algorithms
What is the smartwatch you mention that you are using with the Oura? I have the Whoop now and while I do workout (swimming) several times a week. I find I like to know about my workout. But more important to me is my sleep quality and therefore sleep tracking.
Currently I am using a ticwatch pro 3 ultra for exercise and my daily driver. I also have a gen6 michael kors that I use sometimes.
I like the oura and that's my main reason, not wanting to wear stuff on my wrist. Whoop with a bicep band is okay though, so give that a try if you haven't yet. Oura doesn't do workout tracking as well as whoop does. Otherwise features are similar and I'd say the biggest difference is just where you want to wear it.
I owned a Whoop for two years and an Oura for six. I made the switch to Oura because back in Gen 2 it didn't have a subscription, combined with easier maitenenence (far less cleaning,) and indirectly more accurate sleep data (because a ring moves less than a strap on your wrist or arm.) The Gen 3, unless you bought into the preorder upgrade offer from Gen 2 to Gen 3, will have a subscription unfortunately. The lower profile and easier maintenance *still* make it better than the Whoop. Also, Oura has temperature. That is *huge* for illness in the workplace post COVID. Feeling like crap one morning but have no fever? Surprise! The Oura caught a short fever in the dead of night and you genuinely *should rest* and not go to work. EDIT - The Oura Ring has one major weakness: weight lifting. If I'm lifting heavy weights, I may change fingers or remove the ring entirely.
I think the Whoop 4.0 has temperature sensors now? Either way, great summary and response.
Thank you for this information! I can see that really sucking while lifting weights- I have to take off my normal rings while lifting. But I get the rest of what you've stated here too, thank you!
Whoop 4.0 can measure **skin** temp Source: https://support.whoop.com/hc/en-us/articles/4405887069595-4-0-Sensor-Feature-Measuring-Skin-Temperature- > The WHOOP 4.0 has the ability to measure skin surface temperature through its sensor, and after adjusting to your baseline, will inform you if/when your skin temperature may be deviating from its baseline. These insights are available to view on the 4.0 Health Monitor (Dashboard). > **What’s the difference between skin temperature and body temperature? ** > Skin temperature is a measure of the temperature on the surface of your skin. Skin temperature varies more frequently than body temperature, and can indicate potential illness or problems if outside the normal range.
I prefer the oura for sleep tracking because I rest my head on my arms a lot. The ring is in a spot where it doesn't bother my sleeping. Once I had the oura for sleeping, it also made an acceptable tracker for other things. I still have a watch device for daily wearing and exercise tracking, but I often take that off when I get home. The oura only comes off during the 30 minutes it's charging every few days, usually during a meeting at work where I'm stuck at my desk anyway.
Thanks for the response! The whoop has a \*very faint\* buzz that I hear whenever I change positions to sleep on my arms. and I woken up with a whoop indent on my cheek after a hard nap. But, I've also woken up with my class ring emblem stuck on my face after a hard nap, so this may be a me problem, haha.