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If you’re really into fitness and/or min-maxing your own stats. Honestly, it can create a bit of an obsessive loop once you get deep into it.
by netule 1y ago
If you’re really into fitness and/or min-maxing your own stats. Honestly, it can create a bit of an obsessive loop once you get deep into it.
- misiti3780 1y agoWhoop is more accurate though.
- aliljet 1y agoIs it? Across what metric?
- cenamus 1y agoAnd most likely still junk
- hombre_fatal 1y agoNo, the Apple Watch is basically best of breed in terms of sleep and heart rate accuracy. The Whoop is like 90% accurate compared to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzUDTBK-i0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzUDTBK-i0 It's just trade-offs: if you're using the Whoop, you don't want a screen and you like two weeks battery life.
- arresin 1y agoThere’s a study that pitted different devices against each other. The whoop was more accurate. At least a few years ago it was
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- dyauspitr 1y agoNot really. Also if I’m going to wear something on my wrist all day I want it to do more than just record some stats.
- misiti3780 1y agoi wear both.
- lm28469 1y ago> min-maxing your own stats So many people fall in this category, but a lot of them seem to min-max their gear more than anything. I know casual runners with $400 carbon plate performance shoes, I run with them, in my $7 decathlon shoes, unless you're paid to run or aim for a record I really don't see the point, especially since these thing barely last a few month of serious running. Same for hikers with $3k of ultralight gear, they spend more time reading reviews and flexing their 0.1g hacks than actually hiking. There is a huge overlap between tech nerds and "gear hobbyists", I assume because they have too much money for their own good.