Review: RingConn Smart Ring comes with Oura-beating battery life

The RingConn Good Ring is without doubt one of the most cost-effective methods to get a health and wellness tracker in your finger proper now.

The RingConn emerged after the Oura Ring Gen 3 and earlier than we get to see the Samsung Galaxy Ring, providing a strategy to observe steps, coronary heart price, sleep and extra, minus a subscription that you simply do should stump up for different rings.

It’s a wise ring that guarantees week-long battery life and a design that desires you to really feel such as you’re carrying a standard ring. It’s acquired so much going for it that might give Oura, Samsung and firm one thing to consider, however does it ship?

Design & Construct

• Out there in three colors
• Appropriate for swimming and showering
• Titanium casing

The RingConn Good Ring could not have the best title, nevertheless it does make up for it with a reasonably glossy look. You’ve acquired your choose of silver, black or gold appears to be like which can be all constructed from titanium, with a PVD coating on high.

It’s not a completely spherical ring, assume extra of a round squashed on 4 sides, with the sensors designed to take a seat on the underside of your finger. It means these sensors do sit a bit extra snugly than they do on different sensible rings, however I’ve by no means felt uncomfortable to put on.

Mike Sawh

Mike Sawh

Mike Sawh

Sizing for the ring goes from 6-14, and there’s a sizing package you’ll be despatched to be sure you get one thing that’s going to take a seat proper. Relying on the dimensions, the load of the ring ranges from 3-5g, so it’s pleasingly gentle as properly.

For probably the most half, the black model I’ve needed to take a look at has largely retained its look, although it has began to point out some put on on the sides of the ring. RingConn just isn’t alone on this, nevertheless it’s not been as unhealthy as another rings I’ve examined when it comes to selecting up scratches – specifically the Ultrahuman Ring Air.

Just like the up to date Round Ring Slim, the RingConn carries an IP68 waterproof score, which implies you may swim and bathe with it and makes it protected to be dunked in water as much as 50 metres. I’ve saved it on for showers and swims and the ring hasn’t budged or stopped working, in order that’s a tick for an excellent defence in opposition to moisture.

That waterproofing doesn’t lengthen to the charging case (extra on that later).

Health & Sleep Monitoring

• Tracks steps, sleep, coronary heart price and stress
• Wellness insights in beta
• Sports activities monitoring mode in beta

The RingConn is constructed equally to different sensible rings when it comes to what it guarantees to trace and inform you about your common wellness and health.

4 PPG optical sensors can observe your coronary heart price, blood oxygen ranges, and stress by coronary heart price variability. There are additionally 4 temperature sensors and an accelerometer to allow sleep monitoring and counting your each day step counts. 

Mike Sawh

Mike Sawh

Mike Sawh

RingConn takes this data and shows latest knowledge and traits inside the companion cellphone app as you’d anticipate. There’s additionally a Wellness Steadiness characteristic, that’s at present in beta and goals that can assist you perceive should you’ve achieved an excellent stability between your exercise, sleep, stress administration and important indicators knowledge.

Along with steady monitoring, it’s also possible to take on-the-spot measurements of coronary heart price and SpO2 ranges.

From an accuracy perspective, I’ve been utilizing the RingConn alongside the Oura Ring Gen 3 and two sports activities watches to get a way of how dependable the information really is.

Beginning with coronary heart price, I discovered that resting and common coronary heart price readings didn’t really feel wildly off from these different gadgets. Common oxygen saturation numbers had been much like the Oura as properly and on the spot measurements chimed in with a devoted pulse oximeter for many comparability readings.

Mike Sawh

Mike Sawh

Mike Sawh

For each day step monitoring, I discovered that totals had been anyplace from 200-500 steps off different trackers I wore alongside it and it felt usually that step counts for the day had been consultant of my actions.

When it was time for mattress, the RingConn felt fairly dependable on that entrance as properly. I in contrast knowledge to the Oura, which presents a few of the greatest sleep monitoring, and for knowledge like time slept, time in mattress and sleep effectivity numbers had been very shut. sleep stage breakdowns and metrics like HRV readings and coronary heart price, they instructed the same story about my sleep time.

So, the core knowledge right here feels good, so it’s a query of how RingConn places that knowledge to good use to inform you what could or might not be happening.

It goals to try this through its Wellness Steadiness widget, which presents some fairly generic insights and strategies round your knowledge. You’ll be able to drill into particular person metrics like sleep and the way properly you’ve managed stress throughout your day, nevertheless it seems like this might be simplified and really feel a bit extra private. Hopefully that’s to return.

Mike Sawh

Mike Sawh

Mike Sawh

Talking of what’s coming or in testing, RingConn has now added a sports activities monitoring mode, which at present solely helps out of doors and indoor operating, with out of doors strolling and biking to return and is reliant on having your cellphone with you to have the ability to look over your real-time knowledge.

You’ll be able to share knowledge with Apple Well being and Google Match if you wish to, so your knowledge isn’t locked to the app.

Battery Life & Charging

• As much as 7 days battery life 
• Comes with charging case
• Totally fees in 90 minutes

The RingConn finds room for a 500mAh capability battery that guarantees to ship you as much as 7 days of battery life.

I’d say getting that most 7 days is bold based mostly on my time with it and it really lasted in between fees on common for five days. Contained in the app, you’ll discover the battery standing clearly introduced alongside an estimate of days remaining to provide you a transparent concept of whenever you may have to seize the charging case.

I noticed a median each day drop of 20% and a drop-off in a single day of round 2%, which is sweet to see that the wealthy sleep monitoring doesn’t noticeably hammer the battery.

In contrast to most sensible rings, RingConn does issues a bit in another way on the charging entrance. It makes use of a case, much like a set of wi-fi earbuds. There’s a USB-C port on the rear and a notification gentle up entrance to let you understand when it’s charging your ring.

You merely drop your ring on the cradle inside and let it do its enterprise. It immediately makes charging extra travel-friendly and whereas I’d just like the case to be a contact smaller, this can be a constructive for charging sensible rings usually.

Mike Sawh

Mike Sawh

Mike Sawh

When it does hit 0%, the ring takes properly over an hour to get again as much as 100%, however that’s faster than the Ring Air and given you’re getting extra battery right here than rival rings, you’ll positively be grabbing that charging case much less continuously compared.

Value & Availability

The RingConn Good Ring is on the market now by the official retailer priced at $279, which converts to £220 (with free transport to the UK). You’ll solely pay for the ring as entry to the companion smartphone app is free.

You can even get it on Amazon US and Amazon UK (in order for you a gold one in measurement 10).

To place that into context with different sensible rings, the Oura Ring Gen 3 pricing begins from $299 (£238) with the subscription including £5.99 a month or £69.99 a yr for full entry to the app.

The Ultrahuman Ring Air prices $349/£280 and presents free entry to its companion app. There’s additionally the Round Good Ring Slim, which prices £225 and in addition has a free companion app.

So, the RingConn pricing is in line with different notable sensible rings and could be picked up for lower than the Oura and Ultrahuman rings.

Must you purchase the RingConn Good Ring?

For those who like the thought of a wise ring that appears as good as Oura’s and prices much less (and doesn’t require a subscription), then there’s positively causes to check out the RingConn Good Ring.

The core monitoring expertise is stable general, and in some situations barely extra dependable than Oura. Plus, you’re getting battery life that betters all different sensible rings we’ve examined to this point, even with all monitoring options in use.

The decisive issue right here is the app expertise, which must be a robust one. Ringconn has actually made welcome modifications to the feel and appear of that software program since I first put it on my finger.

It’s the insights that actually want work and if RingConn can refine issues to make utilizing its ring extra insightful, then it’s positively acquired a robust argument to say it’s up there with top-of-the-line sensible rings to purchase proper now.

Specs

• 7-day battery life
• Works with Android and iOS (free subscription)
• IP68 waterproof
• Weighs 3-5g
• PPG sensor 
• Temperature sensor
• 3D accelerometer movement sensor
• Bluetooth model 5.2