WHOOP - Strap 3.0
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Last updated: Dec 15, 2025 Scoring
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"Have run 3 half's and 2 fulls, never have ran out of battery provided they are properly charged beforehand."
"I use it for the same reasons and love it. ... I would not consider the regular Apple Watch because of battery life."
"the battery life easily lasts 10+ hours."
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"And I've managed to wear it pretty consistently for almost a year now, to the point when I take it off to charge when I shower I miss it. ... This is genuinely the longest amount of time in my entire life I've managed to go with having something on my wrists/hands."
"Additionally Whoop is simply comfortable to use 24/7."
"in terms of comfort... well the Arctis Buds have nearly benched my T1s once in a while."
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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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"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."
"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!"
"It’s really the whole scoring system I pay attention to. Not just sleep. I use it to adjust habits. ... - I’ve reduced drinking to only a few times a month. ... - I have added magnesium before bed for deeper sleep ... - I move rest days around if I need to if readiness is low ... - I add in extra cardio if the activity goal suggest more movement"
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"it doesnt look like a watch so works with a watch on the other wrist"
"that you are able to use the whoop in many different forms. ... I hate having to wear an apple watch or garmin to bed with me but I love how whoop has the option to put wrap the device around your stomach."
"The other benefit with the Whoop, which I haven't seen on any other device, is the ability to wear it in different locations. ... I personally wear my Whoop on my wrist or bicep most of the time, but wear it in my underwear for jiu-jitsu. ... I expect this is also important for other combat sports, where having something on your wrist could hurt your opponent or damage the device itself."
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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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"Can’t even recommend Whoop bc the Step tracking on that is generationally bad."
"step count way off 30% more than samsung or apple watch"
"To be honest, I’ve never had such an inaccurate tracking like on the whoop…"
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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"
"The Whoop’s lack of in-built GPS"
"It shines green light into your face at night although it is screenless."
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? ->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 look my whoop because I don’t have to look at another screen. I don’t want to see my texts and alerts from my iPhone on a watch. If you prefer that, the watch is for you.
r/whoop • Should I buy a Whoop 5.0 Peak or an Apple Watch Series 11? ->One of the main reasons I choose a whoop over an Apple watch was due to the free hardware upgrades. Conveniently my 12 month subscription is up around the same time the Apple watch is released. The cost isn’t the issue, it’s them changing what’s promised.
r/whoop • Whoopgate — The receipts ->I got a Whoop last week. I’ve done Garmins (Bike mounted and wrist mounted, with Chest HR strap) and Apple Watch in the distant past. I recently started CrossFit, and attempting to get back in shape after a long hiatus from triathlons. I did NOT want a smart watch. I don’t want notifications. I don’t want to charge every day. My non-dominant arm is heavily tattooed so the wrist sensors don’t work anyway. I wanted a simple step tracker / monitor I could wear on my dominant wrist that isn’t tattooed. I wear a traditional watch on my non-dominant wrist. Fitbit doesn’t make a screen less wearable anymore, so, I tried the Whoop. I’m on day 6. I do NOT like the subscription model, and it’s very pricey for what it is. I have no interest in the journaling, etc. (were they really sharing this data with healthcare companies?) Some of the feature seem gimmicky, like sleep scores and whatnot. I know when I sleep bad. I don’t mind these extra features, as it seems like the device itself serves it’s purpose. But for $200 a year I was really hoping this Polar would be everything I need and some things I wanted. I see there’s also the Amazfit Helio, which I hadn’t heard about since I Just saw it in this thread, but yeah. (Maybe I’ll read up on it while I’m still in my trial month with Whoop). Competition in this space is good. I am just fatigued with the smart watch / subscription thing.
r/whoop • 📌 Polar Wearable Competitor [MegaThread] ->Smh one time I saw someone with an apple watch, a whoop, and an oura at the same time so you're good Eta I saw another commenter say that they had this and all I gotta say is you better do a writeup with your recommendations
r/whoop • How many wearables is too many?! ->If you had to recommend one to someone who mostly uses their whoop for sleep but does like the daily strain and stress monitor and also lifts often, which would it be?? I've had whoop for so long but i'm curious about oura! I just worry that I would take it off for so many activities that I wouldnt be able to go back and compare my days as well.
r/whoop • How many wearables is too many?! ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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