4.0

My HONEST review of the 5 MG. So to start with, I'm not an athlete, I go to the gym every now and again, and try to stay fairly active. What I am... is a tech guy, a stats guy, someone who loves data. Last year, I discovered the Whoop 4 after seeing ads for it on social. I spent most of the year wearing one until I had some health problems in December. I had to have some tests, and one critical piece of information that would have been useful was a baseline ECG reading. I couldn't provide it, and it actually hindered my recovery. That was the day I stopped wearing a Whoop, and bought an Apple Watch. Fast forward to today. My MG arrived a few days ago and I'm now back to all the data I used to love with the addition of an ECG and BP. I'll start with the BP reading. We have a blood pressure machine at home so it was straight forward for me to calibrate the MG. Initial results suggest it's pretty accurate, but time will tell. I'll do comparisons over the next few months. Not onto the ECG. Look.. it's ok, it's not as good as Apple's. It's harder to use, seems to be fairly accurate but can give some odd results if not held very specifically. It does the job for me. Let's talk about the quality of the band and device. The device feels premium, the band and clasp feel cheap AF. Because, let's be real with ourselves, they ARE cheap. The material is cheap. The finish isn't particularly amazing. When third parties produce an MG band I'll be first to try them. The packaging felt cheap, it didn't feel expensive at all. I often keep my tech boxes, I won't be keeping this. As for everything else, the app, the functionality, well yeah it's what I loved before. Now... price. I pay monthly. I pay £39. Is it worth that? No, that's pretty ridiculous in my eyes. Am I willing to pay it? Yeah.. because no other device gives me the distraction free data I crave. Do I agree with all the moaning here and concerns? Yeah, you're all valid, Whoop took the piss and have moved the goalposts. But I'm a sucker for tech, and most of you are too, so even though I disagree with their practices we're all going to fall in line and consume. Let's be honest. Short version: It's a good device, new features are decent, it's overpriced but unique to the market.

I remember buying my whoop 4 and watching all the reviews beforehand. Every video told me that the new model will be free of charge. Decided to buy the whoop, knowing the whoop 5 will come out shorty. I’m cancelling for sure

I just got a Garmin a few days ago. And I use it mainly for runs. Need to track pace, cadence etc. I only wear it when I run. I know I probably went overboard with that purchase, but for sleep/recovery etc I use the Whoop. Best combo ever.

That is the rechargeable battery pack, typically attached when it is off wrist to recharge for a couple hours. The Whoop itself is integrated with the band/strap and very slim. https://preview.redd.it/p5k2ovy62iff1.png?width=2196&format=png&auto=webp&s=7be112a670ae0907ce0aa102cdb1299f822637d9

I believe this is the 4.0

I got my MG yesterday and don't have any issues with the band and clasp. It locks into place just fine and rotates smoothly when removing the whoop. I guess they had some QA issues for the initial batch. I went for a treadmill run yesterday and used my Polar H10 to compare HR tracking to the MG. It was pretty much in line with the H10 and while I did get some cadence lock at one point it corrected itself in like 10 seconds, which is better than what I was experiencing with the 4.0. It was only one run though so doesn't prove much...

Having had my MG for a couple of days and run, cycled and lifted weights with it, I can say confidently that it's ability to measure HR on the wrist during activity is just as bad as the 4.0 was. The 4.0 was excellent with a bicep band and I am desperately awaiting my bicep band for the MG. I do think forcing everyone to buy new bands was cynical by Whoop. It would have been incredibly simple to making it compatible with existing bands. Apple have with their watch for 10 iterations.

I was one of the people who, angry about the way Whoop handled the 5.0/MG launch, rage-quit and switched to an apple watch. Even after the "upgrade fee" issue was resolved for users like me who had a long subscription remaining, I was still mad that upgrading would mean I would lose all the bands I had purchased over the years, in exchange for what seemed to me to be just slightly longer battery life. The whole rollout put a bad taste in my mouth, and I decided to throw my whoop in the drawer and instead just use my apple watch. So I went all-in on an apple watch with bevel. And the apple watch is great! I love it. It's fantastic for outdoor activities - runs, biking, etc - and I love being able to go places without my cell phone and still be reachable. Not to mention, because I use(d) natural cycles, I sleep with my apple watch anyway. I used my apple watch heavily all summer, and figured that bevel was pretty close to the same as whoop for strain and recovery insights, so I really wasn't missing much of anything. Well, after a few months my anger died down and I decided that hey, I've pre-paid for my whoop subscription until fall 2026 anyway, I may as well put it back on and make the most of it. So I did. ........You guys. It's gotten better. The UI has improved, the whoop AI coach is significantly improved and the hormonal insights are \*massively\* improved, to the point where I feel like whoop is potentially the best women's health tracker on the market for fitness-focused people (oura has really leaned into women's health, but I think we can all agree that oura can't hold a candle to whoop for fitness). Comparing bevel to whoop, I mean..... look. Bevel is pretty good. As far as apple watch apps go I think it's the best whoop competitor. But it's just not the same at all. Lol. It's not even bevel's fault - the reality is that your apple watch, taking measurements intermittently when not specifically in a workout, is never going to be able to compare with the 24/7 data from the whoop. No matter how good the algorithm is, you're still making connections between dots that are farther apart. And before people comment that "the whoop HR data is unreliable!!", I can tell you that when I work out with my AWU and my whoop on a bicep band, the HR data is within a hair of each other. So, I'm willing to admit when I'm wrong. The apple watch is a fitness \*tracker\* (and phone extension), the whoop is a dedicated fitness & health \*coach\*. That's the difference. Whoop really does provide something special. I'll be here for the foreseeable future, with my 4.0, and my nicer wristband and my bicep band that fit with it. When my subscription is up, maybe I'll upgrade to the 5.0 and buy \*all new bands\* (still raging about this). Or maybe I won't. Either way though, I am satisfied with the value I'm getting from whoop, and no, I don't think the apple watch is the same. Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

I’ve had a garmin, an AWU, an oura and a whoop (mostly not overlapping with each other). AWU is best for outdoor activities requiring gps (for me) and whoop has been the best for general life, hormone, fitness and recovery tracking.