WHOOP - 5.0 MG
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Last updated: Jan 5, 2026 Scoring
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"battery lasts me forever, I charge it once a week and I game every day."
"especially because of the battery life. ... The mouse I had right before this was the steelseries super light one, that was an every other day charge at minimum. Whereas this one is like once a week at most - and I work from home and game all night."
"Oh, and the battery lasts days even when exercising a lot (weeks without excercise)."
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"More importantly it saved my life a couple of years ago when I had an Atrial Flutter episode. ... I got notified of a completed activity I wasn’t doing anything and hadn’t for a bit. ... Opened Whoop and it was showing 5 activities at 20/21 over the past 5 hours. ... Checked my current HR and was in zone 4. ... Had no symptoms and went to the ER, got an ablation and was all good."
"I have heart and BP issues and have found the BP the MG predicts to be bang on with the expensive gear used at the cardiologists."
"If you are looking for highly accurate HRV and recovery information, you should use WHOOP. ... whoop provides more accurate data. ... Whoop main focus on recovery and vitals ... according to him whoop provides more accurate data. ... If you are really after the best data on recovery, whoop is imho the best offer on the market."
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"I like the screen less design, I can jam it in cracks without an issue, and I like how it feels on my wrist. I don’t even notice it anymore."
"Additionally Whoop is simply comfortable to use 24/7."
"Why didn’t you try Whoop? This is exactly what you want"
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"It’s been great for balancing strain/recovery/sleep. ... so having Whoop tell me which days I should go harder or lighter has made such a difference in my training regiment!"
"I do like the sleep metics. ... It’s not as simple as “did I sleep well” or “did I get enough sleep”. To me anyway, actual numbers are more informative. ... And keeping up with the journal helps — I found that my sleep was generally worse on work-from-home days, for example. Then I could modify and be sure I was active during the day."
"I’d say the behavior journaling/insights is a killer feature that distinguishes whoop from its competitors. ... a ton of whoop users reduce their alcohol consumption substantially because this feature is great at showing you how alcohol impacts recovery. in money saved on booze, whoop probably pays for itself for a good chunk of its users."
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"wireless charging while in use"
"the battery lasts an honest 14 days ... to charge it, you don’t need to take off your whoop. It includes a little portable battery you charge separately and snap onto the device when you want to charge it."
"Denn ein wirklich praktisches Feature ist das kabellose laden: du lädst einen kleinen schwarzen Akkupack am Kabel auf, den du danach für ~20 Minuten "huckepack" auf das Whoop klemmst. ... In der Zeit lädt er dann das Whoop selbst kabellos auf. ... Danach kannst du den Pack wieder abnehmen und hast ~14 Tage (bei meiner Version 4.0 noch ~4 Tage) Ruhe. ... Man muss das Whoop selbst also nie abnehmen."
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"Support had me go through all the usual troubleshooting steps — no fix. ... I was told a replacement had been “processed” and would ship. ... It’s now been nearly two weeks and my order is still showing as “processing”. ... I’ve exchanged 24+ emails with Support. The replies are all scripted apologies and vague “please wait” responses. ... Their site promises 3–5 days for new orders, yet for a replacement I’ve paid almost $500 for, I’ve received nothing. ... I’ve asked for a refund policy and escalation, but I keep getting ignored."
"Ecovacs has the worst after sales of any company in any place of the world I have ever experienced. ... The company won’t take responsibility and goi around in circles. ... They wasted more than 6 months after talk to multiple people and site visits and it was escalated till the head of the after sales who I will name clearly: Tanmay Gangani, who is an absolute unprofessional and blatant liar with no sense of responsibility and ethics."
"I have never faced such a horrible service from any products in my life. ... Their service is ridiculous. ... The technician would come home and then inspect the device and raise a ticket for the spare part. So the spare part will be couriered to the customer directly after 2 or 3 weeks. Once this reaches your home, the technician will come again and replace that part. This is ridiculous. ... They don't provide service, they don't provide warranty. ... n one of my friends case, they had denied warranty saying there is fungus on board and its caused by water damage."
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"The thing whoop is giving me is wildly inaccurate HR readings. ... Did a casual bike ride with my child yesterday afternoon and whoop gave me a 187 high HR. This was a really slow like 4 block bike ride. ... AW said 108hr peak. Ive biked hard, ran as hard as possible doing max HR tests with my H10 chest strap and never hit above high 160s. ... Im not sure whats going on but its been doing this type of odd HR readings all week."
"I had Whoop for three months and it started showing a very bad data. Like catastrophicly bad. ... Bought Polar chest strap to check my HRV, it was VERY different and was showing me my normal data, data that whoop originally showed to me as well until three months into use it stopped."
"HR reading on Whoop are known for being absolutely aweful. ... Better having an accurate reading every 5 minutes than multiple bad readings every seconds. ... Whoop has awesome software and data analysis, but makes it somehow unusable because of bad hr data in. ... If HR accuracy is not a problem for you, and only follow "very general trends", yeah Whoop is a cool product. But if you are at some minimal point serious about HR accuracy, for real sport / performance / improvment, you cannot relly on it. ... If a Polar device, Garmin, apple watch says it's at 80 with readings every minute or so, and whoop says 65 every seconds, your "constant readings" are not worth anything. Garbage in, garbage out. ... Even counting it manually with a timer and my finger on my neck would be more accurate. ... their linear HR sensors are poor quality, and not the ideal way of positioning them (VS circular patern)."
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"got rid of the monthly subscription too"
"I simply cannot fathom spending the $360 yearly ask for the MG."
"the constant subscription 😭"
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"you can't use your old accessories suckers!"
"none of the bands are compatible with the new 5.0 or MG? ... none of these accessories are compatible with the new models, meaning sinking even more money into new accessories. ... don’t waste money on the accessories if they are never compatible with the next model"
"That the 5.0 don't let me use my bands I bought last year is so fucking bad..."
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"Because whoop doesn't give me real time pace/ability to change music/things I like to see whilst running on my wrist on a screen"
"something that won’t even tell me the time."
"Whoop doesn’t have a screen. ... having your live stats on the watch is extremely valuable"
The only problem I have found with this is it’s very bad a step tracking when on the bicep. It does well when you are running or on a walk but doing regular old stuff it doesn’t do the best at steps
r/whoop • How many wearables is too many?! ->yea i wear both aw on the left whoop on the right. they are both good for different things and having the whoop gives me some peace of mind about my apple watch charge like i don’t stress about if it dies cause ik the whoop is running
r/whoop • Wearing an Apple Watch AND a Whoop? ->currently use aw s8 and whoop. i love the setup, i know ill always have sleep data cause the chances of me letting both die are very small and i know i have the constant metrics from whoop and use aw for daily stuff and workouts
r/whoop • Worth it? Already have Apple Watch ->Whoop works well on Android and is comfortable, haven't taken mine off since I got it last year
r/GarageGym • Best Fitness Tracker Right Now? Help! ->Wenn dir valide Daten wichtig sind, würde ich zu einem Gerät greifen, was eine Kompatibilität mit einem Brustgurt vorweisen kann. Die Daten von Whoop fand ich in meinem Vergleich über 4 Wochen damals ziemlich abschreckend, vor allem bei Kraft- und Intervalltraining war Garmin mit und ohne(!) Brustgurt mit wesentlich besseren Daten unterwegs.
r/FitnessDE • Meinungen zum neuen Polar Loop. ->Will tell you for sure Helio definitely isn’t for you, sleep tracking is cooked. Can’t even recommend Whoop bc the Step tracking on that is generationally bad. First world problems
r/Polarfitness • Polar Loop Underwhelming? ->Does the step tracking normally work for you? To be honest, I’ve never had such an inaccurate tracking like on the whoop…
r/whoop • How many wearables is too many?! ->If you have an Apple Watch 9, you’re happy with it and it fits you’re lifestyle then why look for hype. If you want hype, buy hype but it should be about what you think is right for your needs. The Apple Watch is a smartwatch + fitness device. The whoop is a fitness device only. I had an Apple Watch for years and I liked it at the start but over time it became less suitable for me. I often work or study in environments where I must take off anything worn on the wrist. The whoop costs me more but I can wear it on the bicep and the battery is significantly longer. I personally prefer the whoop because it is more suitable for me. You have to decide what is right for you based on what you want from your wearable.
r/whoop • Is Whoop actually worth the hype? ->If you need a watch you need a watch, but does it have to be smart? I would strongly recommend the bicep band. I only wear my whoop on the bicep as it is needed for work but it is also much more comfortable. If your Fitbit is dying and you are considering a garmin, just replace the Fitbit with a garmin and then decide if you also want a whoop. I don’t have garmin but I’ve seen many users doing side by side comparisons with garmin and whoop and seeing different results because they have different sensors. I can’t tell you if you shouldn’t buy 2 trackers. I myself have considered an Apple Watch addition in recent months because the whoop lacks GPS and carrying your phone while jogging is not always ideal. I bought the whoop because I work and study in environments where I’m not allowed to wear anything on my wrist or hands and regularly have to remove watches; the bicep band gives me something that no other wearable does. Don’t want to have both your wrists taken up, wear your whoop somewhere else; there are multiple options. I just don’t recommend having a whoop, garmin an Fitbit. The Fitbit seems redundant when you already have the two.
r/whoop • How many wearables is too many?! ->I can’t stand my Apple Watch. It always turns off during my workouts and counting “exercise minutes” is literally pointless. I bought an Ultra 2 because I wanted to have the best shot at success with it and that thing is a POS for health tracking. The whoop is so much more comfortable and consistent at tracking with better data analytics. I have the 5.0 and the band is fine. Idk what everyone is complaining about. Is it something you would wear to dress up an expensive outfit? No, but that’s not really what it is intended for. Personally, I would wear it with a suit without thinking twice because I don’t really care what other people think.
r/whoop • My HONEST review of the 5 MG. ->This is why I got a Whoop. All the activity and health tracking you need in a discreet device that has no display you can wear on your other wrist (or bicep) so you can wear a proper watch and sill monitor that data without looking goofy wearing two watches. Obviously you’ll have to give up the ‘wrist computer’ stuff.
r/Watches • [Discussion] Smartwatch Convenience vs. Mechanical Watch Beauty - Your Approach? ->There’s a lot of third party and different colour / material band options. Can also be worn on bicep so it’s not visible at all. A lot better option than wearing an Apple Watch on your other wrist. Oura ring is another option but I hate rings so discarded that option.
r/Watches • [Discussion] Smartwatch Convenience vs. Mechanical Watch Beauty - Your Approach? ->Not really sure what really negative things you’ve heard other than things that whoop doesn’t include in its hardware(telling time, seeing messages like an Apple Watch) it’s data capturing is superior to competitors in most instances and I’ve been using one for 2 years, just upgraded to the 5.0 and have had 0 issues. My only qualm would be that the new tier system costs a bit more. The “one” tier is cheaper than the previous monthly package and the “peak” is the same amount as previous generations with much more insights. Even still, it pales in comparison to the cost of an aura ring at baseline.
r/whoop • Thinking about my first WHOOP, the 5.0 is it really as bad people say it is? What are the alternatives? ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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