Fitness Band: Whoop vs Fitbit Air

Skip both and go Garmin Fenix. Expensive but by far the best purchase I may have ever made.

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Garmin

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It's expensive for a reason: the hardware is second to none. I've had the Forerunner 35, 55, and currently the 265. I have always been happy with Garmin products.

Garmin is the way to go. All of the same metrics plus you have a watch. And depending on which model, you can read text, answer calls, etc. Also charging it once a week is a huge perk!

I got the Fitbit Air because it was $100. The AI is fricking retarded. Seriously, it’s like ChatGPT 1.1. The metrics are ok but I felt the Apple Watch had a better health interface. Google Health is also not very accurate and the activity tracking is bad. I’m not very impressed. I’ll give it a few months and try the garmin. I was an early adopter of Whoop but jumped ship after they started the monthly subscription.

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Also charging it once a week is a huge perk!

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I charge my Fenix 8 like once a month. A full charge can last 27-29 days depending on how much I use the flashlight.

It’s whoop for me. The “watches” suck to sleep with, shower with, and have to take off to charge. Whoop has a 15 day charge and never NEEDS to come off. Can swim with it. They also keep adding features. I track every exercise, set/rep in the strength trainer function where it tracks smoothness of reps and overall load. It has a “whoop age” that tracks the effect of sleep, exercise, RHR, blood pressure, etc and shows you how your habits are affecting your health and aging long-term. Add in a variety of different bands, some with leather/gold trim, and it’s more aesthetically pleasing. Can also wear it on bicep, waist band, wrist. The medical grade version has the blood pressure monitoring and EKG, and although I don’t use them as much, they’re available. I won’t go back to the other bullshite, frankly. Love mine.

Granted, if you want a one-time purchase, get one of the cheaper options.