I am a sucker for buying stuff and this has me intrigued. I suffer from getting enough sleep and I wonder if this would help. The $30 a month this is kinda ridiculous to me though. Any thoughts?

dphatt so I have one. And have had it over a year. First I thought it was going to be a juiced up Fitbit. Or Apple Watch But it’s nothing like that at all. It tracks heart rate and respiratory rate in order to track your strain vs recovery. I love it for all the in depth of data that it tracks and shows. If you’re a numbers guy and really like to get into the weeds with data and stat tracking. It’ll be right in ur wheelhouse

dphatt I just purchased mine and have had it for about 4 days. I did the 18 month version and there is a $30 off code floating around. After tax and shipping for me it ended up being about $320 which ends up being about $18 a month.

I don’t know much about Whoop but people are buying grandfathered devices to avoid the subscription.

Bought one a couple weeks ago. There were a bunch of 15% off codes roaming around. Honestly can’t remember which one I used but it was from someone posted on their IG. Im sure I’m not reading the data and everything properly but the sleep stuff is pretty eye opening. I really need to sit down and get more into it to understand it.

Code I used for 15% off is “EAL”

Noyes26 if you keep an eye on matching. Your recommended strain for the day based on your sleep performance and recovery. You’ll be amazed at how much better you feel.

PureStickGolf that’s pretty much what I’ve been doing. This past week was the first time I’ve been getting my recovery numbers into the green and you are right I do feel better. I can’t stop having my mind blown by the sleep stuff. Where I think I’m getting 7-8 hours of sleep and in reality I’m only getting 6-6.5 is eye opening. That with the strain of walking and playing 18 holes vs a 30 min peloton ride...

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PureStickGolf

Noyes26 my biggest thing is recovery being affected by alcohol. 1 drink 2 drinks makes a Big impact on my sleep quality and recovery overall

dphatt

This is great info so far. I want to hear from someone who has hated it. Give me a reason not to get it beyond the $30 a month

Noyes26

dphatt I’m pretty sure there is a 30 day return policy. Minus shipping if I remember right.

TFixer5

The $30 a month turned me off personally. My question is how does the Apple watch not have this functionality? My guess is it's coming, but it's just a guess.

Jaybananapantsarthur

TFixer5 Garmin running watches have it to some degree, likely not exactly the same. But Garmin has stress score based on heart rate monitoring, recovery recommendation post avtivity, sleep monitoring etc .. all without monthly recurring. If you know what to look for in heart rate graphs you can even detect (loosely) when you're getting sick i.e. you're body fighting off a cold.

CLTGamecock

TFixer5 Apple Watch won’t have this functionality unless they fundamentally change how the watch needs to be charged. My wife’s Apple Watch has an 18 hour battery life (on a good day) she could never use it to track a day’s worth of activity and sleep. The whoop never comes off as the charger slides onto your wrist.

agadawg1717

I started using one 2 weeks ago. I like it because I can actually wear it when I play. I hate wearing an Apple Watch or any watch for that matter while playing. The sleep data and schedule has been the most helpful so far. It continues to get better each week as it learns more about my body and schedule. It has made me sleep more and learn a lot about my respiratory system and heart rate.

TFixer5

CLTGamecock yeah. The battery is the issue from what I understand. Mine last about 30 hours.

ForeLeft

Use code NOLAYINGUP for 15% off

WB3

Ordered one a day or two before this thread. Like others, some sleep insight is what I am in search of and I hear Whoop is great for that. I don't exercise as much as I would like to or eat quite as well as I should, but I'm not too bad in either aspect. Latest doc visits suggest I'm healthy, but I'm having a lot of trouble sleeping well consistently. Hoping I can dial in some strategies to assist with that.

TFixer5

WB3 I've been using the Sleepwatch app on my Apple watch for about a year. I like the data it gives me although it overestimates my sleep time because it thinks I'm sleeping when I am laying in bed trying to sleep. I also like the HR dip data it gives......especialy the differences I see when drinking before bed and when not. Will be interested to hear what you find with the Whoop!

Noyes26

TFixer5 the nice thing with the whoop is you start the activity. So if you start “sleep” and you lay in bed for 20 min before falling asleep that is actually tracked and marked.

I had a terrible recovery last night. 26%. Hurt my back yesterday at the course and think that had a lot to do with it. I knew right away when I woke up it would be low. What I didn’t know is even after I hit end sleep and forced myself to get another hour or so of sleep, the whoop caught on to it. And that extra hour felt way better and the whoop said the same.

I will also tell you guys I HATE things on my person. Can’t wear watches. Hate wallet or keys in my pockets. I have not only been fine wearing this thing every day but I play golf in it as well. I think I have about 10 rounds with it on now.

StetsonMinerals

My cousin actually works there, I've had a strap for 7 ish months and she joined after I purchased a membership. It's legit, the sleep, recovery data is extremely accurate and is a game changer. It's an eye opener how much strain daily life actually accrues throughout the day, stress, work from home, commute to work, kids, grocery shopping etc. I just like how it can be used for the everyday person as opposed to elite athletes etc

ForeLeft

Question for you Whoopers. Does Whoop sync with Apple Health app?

reason I ask, is my company has an amazing health insurance plan, and as an added incentive, we use this app called sharecare to track our steps. This app is synced up with your phone or a Fitbit, and Samsung watch or whatever. Only a couple devices. If we hit 7,500 steps a day for 21/30 days a month, we get money.

There’s other challenges... and if you complete them all, you get $400 in cash to spend however you want (as opposed to just discounting a health club membership like other Insurance plans). This Is where the incentive is, as you can spend it on whatever you want, golf clubs, vacation. Etc. Doesn’t have to be fitness related.

I don’t see the whoop as a device that syncs to sharecare, however if it syncs to Apple Health, that can be used to track steps and all
the other metrics (like sleep; and other vitals).

I can always manually enter...but so much easier when it auto syncs....my Fitbit is on its last life and I need to figure out something to do.

Noyes26

ForeLeft my buddy has a similiar thing with his employer coverage. To my knowledge it does not. His biggest question was does it track your steps which whoop does not track steps.

ForeLeft

Noyes26 how could something that or Provides so much data not track steps lol

mljones99

I guess my thing, aside from the insane monthly fee, is what good is this data going provide me? Someone mentioned how surprising daily life is on the body. Yeah, life is hard. I don't really need an app to tell me that. Same with sleep... I don't, for me, see the benefit of having an app tell me I had a bad night of sleep. It obvious when I wake up if I slept well or not. Maybe it's just me but the data just doesn't provide any value for me.

TFixer5

mljones99 Sort if agree. Been using a sleep app on my Apple Watch for over a year and I know I sleep better if I don’t drink, if I go to sleep at a regular time, wake at a regular time, exercise that day and use a hot tub.

WB3

TFixer5 Agree. I’ve had my Whoop around a week and I’m learning some stuff. Some of it is obvious but I was shocked to see how much of a number alcohol did on my sleep. I’ve also been experimenting with some eating schedules and one appears to be most helpful with my sleep, atleast anecdotally so far. I also think it’s cool that you might be able to pick up on incoming illness a bit earlier as well. I’m sold on mine for right now.

mljones99 But to your point, I would be surprised if I kept this thing forever. I think I would like to test some strategies for getting ideal sleep and then just wing it again, trying to apply those ideas.

KentonQ

ForeLeft

Whoop bases all its data around heart rate variability. Steps are counted via an accelerometer, which the Whoop does not have.