Interesting. I’m happy so far and it seems accurate enough for me. You may be expecting too much. It is certainly slickly designed and over-marketed, and closed data model sucks, but otherwise it seems fine and worth the subscription. Though I have the 3.0 which may be better.
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It's inaccurate data collection with poor data analysis on top. It's either useless (if you ignore it when it's wrong) or harmfully misleading (if you trust it when it's wrong).
EliteHRV's product is cheaper and better. Any other heart rate strap is cheaper. It's just bad
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*shrug* there are no perfect sensors. Your critique will apply to all devices. Difference of degree, not kind. All signals have errors and noise. All analysis is compromised by it. If you’re an absolutist no device will satisfy you. Sounds like you just don’t trust the company.
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Understandable if you’re disappointed in what you got vs what you expected, but “trash” is not really a helpful review. I’d save that for actual fraud like Theranos..
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Whoop renders the strap unusable if you cancel your subscription, so you can't continue using it with other heart rate recording software.
The strap literally becomes trash.
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While there are no perfect sensors, there is a general spectrum of cost vs accuracy vs convenience. A FitBit Charge 4 is about as accurate as the Whoop and has a lower purchase price than the minimum spend on a Whoop subscription. It's also much more useful.
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The EliteHRV product is *also* cheaper than the WHOOP min spend, and is much more accurate, at the cost of being an HRV-specific device.
A chest strap is inconvenient but the most accurate and *still cheaper*
My other wrist strap is comfier and $100 cheaper than Whoop
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You seem to be a lifter and most negative reviews I’ve seen are from lifters. Whoop is clearly cardio optimized. Price vs accuracy is an ok way to evaluate a commodity sensor, but fitness trackers compete on differentiation (here it’s their weird strain coaching approach).
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I doubt this sector will commoditize anytime soon. There are too many opinionated models of how to model and track. People pick the best fit, not the most accuracy at the lowest price.
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I'm primarily a cyclist
I'm just recommending you investigate elsewhere when your sub is up. Whoop manages to be one of the most expensive and least useful options.
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We have a variety of other devices going in parallel... wife is trying halo and Apple Watch, and I have a polar strap too... I just think it’s premature with this tech to hold stridently absolute opinions like ‘trash’ or treat individual experiences with a device as typical
Thanks for the elite hrv app reco though. I’ll try to connect it to my polar strap.

