WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:05.720 recently I stopped wearing my Apple watch it became quite the inconvenience 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:10.280 having to charge it every night and then remember to put it on every morning for 00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:15.080 swirl problems so I've been looking at some Alternatives and one was this the 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:19.640 Eevee ring a smart ring that was designed specifically with Women's 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:24.199 Health in mind Better Health starts here I guess we'll find out soon if that's 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:30.039 really the case we've got this cute little charging case and then 00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:32.079 underneath a manual and a charging case 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:37.440 cable I want to throw it so bad but I hit the TV every 00:00:34.879 --> 00:00:41.879 time first to knowe the ring comes with the charging case that's portable this 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:47.079 is awesome if you travel frequently or on the go often and it holds up to 10 00:00:44.680 --> 00:00:52.480 charges so when your ring does eventually die after four plus days all 00:00:50.440 --> 00:00:58.920 you need is the case and then we have this cute little charging cable which is 00:00:55.680 --> 00:01:01.480 USBC I guess USBC has become the like 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:06.720 universal cable for most things I don't need this because the case is already 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:13.320 charged there we go I went for the gold ring option but Eevee also offers a rose 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:17.880 gold and a silver option and the first thing I'd like to point out specifically 00:01:15.880 --> 00:01:23.960 about the design is that unlike its competitors it has this sort of open Gap 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:28.119 design which allows it to adapt to everchanging bodies so if your body 00:01:26.119 --> 00:01:31.360 swells throughout the month or if you are going through a pregnancy you don't 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:36.280 have have to worry about your ring becoming uncomfortable because it will 00:01:33.720 --> 00:01:40.759 adjust to you as somebody who wears Rings frequently in fact I go to sleep 00:01:39.119 --> 00:01:47.040 with my rings on so I don't have to remember to put them back on in the morning I find this design quite 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:51.560 comfortable it's a bit thicker obviously between all of the tiny dainty rings 00:01:49.119 --> 00:01:55.799 that I have but I didn't find it bothered me very much especially 00:01:54.079 --> 00:02:00.240 sleeping with it on throughout the night and exercising throughout the day it's 00:01:58.039 --> 00:02:06.399 also quite light let's weigh it and see how light it really is I hate this scale 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:08.000 so much the tape over his eyes is just 00:02:06.399 --> 00:02:14.080 like cursed 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:15.959 0.008 lb 3 G that's pretty light you you 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:23.200 said you have an aura ring to compare right wow honestly feeling them side by 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:23.200 side this one is pretty light 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:32.800 too Three G they're the same uh Z 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:36.720 zirconium Amorphis alloy based titanium 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:39.760 zirconium based amorphous alloy 00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:42.560 titanium the outer Metal Coating is made 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:48.959 of liquid metal which is a zirconium based amorphous alloy with a titanium 00:02:45.480 --> 00:02:52.040 PVD coating based on my experience 00:02:48.959 --> 00:02:55.599 wearing this for the past 5 days it's 00:02:52.040 --> 00:02:59.239 already scuffed so that's not a great 00:02:55.599 --> 00:03:01.120 sign but I can't expect something that 00:02:59.239 --> 00:03:06.519 is being being worn on my hands constantly to stay 100% scuff and 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:13.239 scratch resistant it's just a little disappointing and then in comparison to 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:17.040 the aura ring it also has experienced 00:03:13.239 --> 00:03:19.640 some some scuffing so I would say this 00:03:17.040 --> 00:03:23.640 is something that is just to be expected over the weekend I found myself doing 00:03:21.480 --> 00:03:27.360 lots of chores and washing the dishes and it was super convenient that I 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:31.439 didn't need to remove my ring in order to continue doing the tasks that I 00:03:29.480 --> 00:03:35.400 wanted to throughout my day uh you can also wear it in the shower or if you 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:40.159 wanted to go swimming I prefer to take it off when I'm in the shower because 00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:45.239 this little Gap actually tends to catch my hair which isn't a very comfortable 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:49.760 feeling so that's the only time I found that I needed to remove my ring in order 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:54.360 to do a daily task now it's time to get it set up with the app but first let me 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:58.400 set you up with our sponsor thanks to vessie for sponsoring 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when I went to 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:45.280 download the app on my phone it wasn't available after doing a little bit of 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:49.360 research I found that the app was actually only available in the US and to 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:55.800 make the matter worse it's only available on iOS but it doesn't connect 00:04:51.960 --> 00:04:57.560 with your Apple health account why so 00:04:55.800 --> 00:05:01.840 after Belle set me up with a burner phone I was able to continue my 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:06.120 experience with the eveve ring so since I've been using this for a few days I've 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:09.720 already signed up with the app but the process was super simple and 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:14.479 straightforward I would even consider it foolproof essentially you just needed to 00:05:11.960 --> 00:05:18.000 input your name your birthday your height your weight whether or not you 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:22.080 want to track your cycle and how you identify after I completed the sign up 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:26.560 process it prompt me to choose three goals out of five different options I 00:05:24.280 --> 00:05:31.440 chose improving my sleep tracking my moods and doing more active minutes the 00:05:29.840 --> 00:05:37.479 other two options were tracking my cycles and uh improving my heart health 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:42.759 so as you can see here it shows my sleep which we can go into and it will show 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:47.600 the amount of time that I've slept each night one of my gripes with this was 00:05:45.400 --> 00:05:52.680 that I didn't find that the sleep tracking was very accurate for starters 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:56.919 the time that I went to bed and the time that I woke up were not accurate to the 00:05:54.880 --> 00:06:01.880 actual times that I went to sleep and woke up this one says 12:08 but I 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:10.160 actually went went to bed around 11:00 and my morning did not start at 7:01 it 00:06:06.280 --> 00:06:12.000 started closer to 7:30 or 7:45 I also 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:17.240 woke up frequently throughout the night and it doesn't show any activity for me 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:20.160 waking up which leads me to believe that 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:25.520 this is a little less accurate than I would have hoped especially when the 00:06:22.280 --> 00:06:27.960 entire goal is to be more cognizant of 00:06:25.520 --> 00:06:34.160 my sleep schedule the other things to know in the Sleep section of the app is 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:38.599 that it also tracks your sleep vitals so 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:41.240 let's go to my sleep last night and it 00:06:38.599 --> 00:06:48.880 shows my R variability average which was 43 milliseconds as well as my blood 00:06:44.919 --> 00:06:52.400 oxygen level which is 100% I will get 00:06:48.880 --> 00:06:54.919 into how I feel about the blood oxygen 00:06:52.400 --> 00:07:00.840 uh measuring system in a second as well as my respiration rate which is about 15 00:06:57.520 --> 00:07:03.280 RPM and my skin temperature 00:07:00.840 --> 00:07:07.879 average I do appreciate that the app shows a description for each sleep stage 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:11.080 but it doesn't give you a descriptor for each metric I think that would be 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:17.000 something that would be super beneficial for the app because as a normal user I'm 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:23.080 not sure what this is supposed to indicate to me active minutes this is 00:07:20.440 --> 00:07:28.479 another one where I found I had inconsistent readings so if I go to the 00:07:25.840 --> 00:07:32.160 active minutes portion of the app I can see what my day looks like my week looks 00:07:30.400 --> 00:07:37.599 like and my month looks like and I'm going to point out specifically on my 00:07:34.479 --> 00:07:40.400 Saturday the EV app allows you to start 00:07:37.599 --> 00:07:44.759 activities so that it can track it consistently but if you don't start 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:49.919 activities it will make assumptions based on your movement and I have not 00:07:47.400 --> 00:07:54.800 found that to be very accurate for example I didn't start an activity on 00:07:52.199 --> 00:08:00.000 Saturday when I went to my bar class which was an hour long and the app only 00:07:57.039 --> 00:08:03.440 tracked 30 active minutes m I also found my heart rate readings were not very 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:08.000 accurate but it doesn't display that here because I haven't had a control 00:08:05.280 --> 00:08:12.680 like my Apple watch to compare I can't really say how accurate the steps 00:08:10.039 --> 00:08:19.479 portion of the app is but based on my experience with both the sleep and the 00:08:14.960 --> 00:08:23.240 active sections I doubt that these are 00:08:19.479 --> 00:08:24.479 as close to Accurate as you would hope 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:30.240 especially for something that is supposed to be giving you advice on your 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:36.360 health uh then going into my body section it shows your activity again 00:08:33.839 --> 00:08:42.240 whether or not you have logged workouts your heart rate and spot check so spot 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:48.360 check essentially does a quick check on your heart rate and your blood oxygen 00:08:44.880 --> 00:08:51.560 levels I've had VAR experiences with 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:53.640 this particular portion in fact there 00:08:51.560 --> 00:09:01.560 was a point where I had tried it once and it said my blood oxygen level was 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:03.200 below 95% which is not healthy and was 00:09:01.560 --> 00:09:09.240 indicating to me that I needed to go see a doctor and then the second spot check 00:09:05.839 --> 00:09:11.360 I did said that I was 100 100% so let's 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:19.040 try it again now and see what my reading is this 00:09:13.640 --> 00:09:21.079 time oh 99% yay it actually worked 00:09:19.040 --> 00:09:26.440 fairly well this time the other thing I noticed is that if it doesn't accurately 00:09:22.959 --> 00:09:28.959 read it will prompt you to put the ring 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:35.120 between the tip of your thumb and your pointer finger to to gather the pulse uh 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:41.079 and blood reading from your fingertips instead and the other portion is the 00:09:37.640 --> 00:09:43.959 menstrual cycle portion for a product 00:09:41.079 --> 00:09:49.360 that is specifically aimed at Women's Health I don't find it to be very 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:54.000 different from like the aura ring tracking system for example or even 00:09:51.800 --> 00:09:57.880 Apple cycle tracker you can log your mood and symptoms but with a product 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:02.160 that I'm wearing constantly I don't want to have to continually have to go back 00:09:59.640 --> 00:10:08.720 to the app in order to input my energy level my mood my menstrual flow uh my 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:11.720 symptoms Etc I didn't particularly go 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:15.160 super in depth with this portion of the 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:17.839 app as my particular goals were more 00:10:15.160 --> 00:10:23.240 based around my activity and my sleep but there are other alternatives to this 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:29.720 and I don't believe you need to buy a ring in order to track accurately we 00:10:26.760 --> 00:10:35.600 have Journal which is still this this like period tracking portion and then 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:40.399 the goals but I don't really understand why you need to pick three out of the 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:43.079 five goals like why can't you just do 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:46.720 all five I am particularly sensitive about my heart health as I've talked 00:10:44.560 --> 00:10:51.839 about in the past but because it wasn't the top priority between the three it's 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:55.800 just not something that can be part of my goals this is fun I actually haven't 00:10:54.240 --> 00:11:00.560 seen a comparison between these two product interfaces before uh my 00:10:58.680 --> 00:11:04.639 experience with the EV app is that it's incredibly simple to use but it's not as 00:11:02.880 --> 00:11:10.440 accurate as I would hope for a product that is based around health I I do want 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:14.279 to mention that a lot of people that I have seen talking about the EV app 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:20.480 appreciate that it doesn't have these arbitrary scores it feels like less 00:11:17.560 --> 00:11:25.480 pressure uh instead you're setting goals instead of trying to aim for specific 00:11:23.680 --> 00:11:30.240 numbers well I guess when you're setting goals you are still aiming for specific 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:35.480 numbers but do you find that is like you didn't do this 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:38.000 well uh yeah sometimes I have a lot of 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:42.560 notifications turn off ah so while comparing you can see that there's 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:47.920 definitely a difference in app quality the Aura app has a $599 subscription 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:51.160 cost where the EV app is actually free so as long as you purchase the ring you 00:11:50.160 --> 00:11:57.399 can use it freely here we have a sidebyside 00:11:55.120 --> 00:12:00.519 comparison with the Aura app and I'm going to have Belle come and explain his 00:11:58.839 --> 00:12:05.560 experience with the Ora app since I'm not familiar yeah I've been using the 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:09.519 aura ring for quite a while like I want to say it's been about a year and the 00:12:06.959 --> 00:12:12.920 app is quite nice uh it gives you all these numbers saying you know how well 00:12:10.959 --> 00:12:16.760 you slept how hard you should go to the gym today uh tracks your steps and 00:12:14.839 --> 00:12:20.839 everything like that it definitely does have a problem of like you were saying 00:12:18.959 --> 00:12:24.600 uh earlier that you know you see this and you kind of start to feel bad where 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:28.720 it's like man I did not do well yesterday like that's great but it gives 00:12:26.680 --> 00:12:35.920 you things like meditation and all this kind of sites but if you don't pay the 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:37.959 like $6 a month you get almost nothing 00:12:35.920 --> 00:12:43.839 so you have to buy the ring and subscribe otherwise this app is almost 00:12:40.560 --> 00:12:46.800 completely blank which is a big bummer 00:12:43.839 --> 00:12:52.120 and the ring costs 300 to 500 how much did you pay for yours well luckily I 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:55.120 work here at lus Texas so uh not that 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:58.199 but would I pay you know $300 to $500 00:12:55.120 --> 00:13:00.079 and $6 a month I don't know I also wear 00:12:58.199 --> 00:13:03.959 a smartwatch and though the battery life is a big pain in the butt yeah it's a 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:10.079 huge asking cost unless you're really diving into fitness and health which uh 00:13:06.560 --> 00:13:13.199 I'm not across the board the ring cost 00:13:10.079 --> 00:13:15.320 $269 USD and because the app is only 00:13:13.199 --> 00:13:19.920 available in the US it will only ship to the US but if you want one for yourself 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:25.480 you can't get one because they're entirely sold out I do want to mention 00:13:22.920 --> 00:13:30.839 that when we discussed doing this ShortCircuit I like to take a look at the 00:13:27.880 --> 00:13:35.600 product Instagram Pages just to see what their marketing looks like from a design 00:13:33.199 --> 00:13:40.360 standpoint and how people are reacting to the product in general and most of 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:45.199 the comments were very displeased with their customer support and so once I 00:13:42.760 --> 00:13:49.760 went back to it a few days ago I noticed all of the comments were turned off that 00:13:47.680 --> 00:13:53.839 alone would lead me to not want to purchase a product like this because 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:58.519 customer support is so important when you're spending a significant amount of 00:13:55.399 --> 00:14:01.240 money on a product although the EV ring 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:05.800 presents a compelling concept and strong messaging behind it akin to the medical 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:11.959 system when it comes to Women's Healthcare it still has flaws and some 00:14:09.160 --> 00:14:18.320 things to work out I do appreciate companies looking further into Women's 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:19.199 Health but this product is just not 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:25.519 there yet and for that reason I probably 00:14:22.160 --> 00:14:28.720 wouldn't recommend it but using the 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:31.440 eveve ring however has led me to look 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:37.639 into to more Alternatives like the aura ring because it does solve the issue 00:14:35.160 --> 00:14:43.759 that I was having with my Apple watch so hopefully I'll find something soon that 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:46.079 fits my needs it's just not 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:49.720 this thank you so much for watching if you want to know more of my thoughts on 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:53.519 SmartWatches I'd recommend watching my Apple Watch series 9 video