Do you have any further updates?
Overall I’m reasonably happy with the 2.0 strap and I’m looking forward to the 3.0 strap when it arrives in August.
The sleep tracking is really good, the HRV seems to be consistent and overall I like the product and I feel like it gives me some good guidelines to use with my training.
Main gripes is that the workout HR tracking is not as good as a chest strap, and I would really love it if they would just read in the HR from outside activities where there is a chest strap paired. I need to get around to submitting it as a support ticket.
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Cool, thanks. I’m intrigued by the 3.0. I’m wondering if the bicep strap might help with accuracy during workouts.
SteveMZ,
I had this same problem with my whoop strap. I fixed the issue by moving the strap up onto the outside of my forearm during cycling. Approximately 3 inches higher than where I would normally wear it at the wrist.
Something about gripping the bars alters the blood flow through my wrist and my whoop strap was horribly inaccurate. By wearing it mid forearm it now reads just as accurately as my chest strap. I complained to whoop and they sent me a biceps strap as well, but I have no real need for it as now the whoop is accurate. I hope this helps you.
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I only use the bicep strap now.
My wrist strap was giving me really high HRV, much lower resting HR, really crappy HR tracking during exercise. It did track my sleep much more accurately however.
It really made my “recovery score” a crapshoot.
I took the band off for a month once my initial 6-month’s were up. I recently resubscribed with the 18 month deal. Since the restart I’ve only used the bicep band and the recovery score is tracking much closer to how I “feel”.
I’m a much happier customer now.
This is exactly the fix I use. I notice that different hand positions on the bars is the culprit, along with very prominent veins and thin forearms…
I’m curious to see if the new strap material on the 3.0 helps at all. I’m still using the original band and after six months it’s in pretty sad shape. I’d replace it but should get my upgrade any day now.
I’ve been using Whoop 2.0 for about 6 weeks now and have a 3.0 on order.
I went with Whoop because I was looking for a device I could wear 24/7 on my bicep, as I can’t always wear a wrist based sensor at work. I was also very interested in HRV as well as the sleep tracking features.
Overall it has performed well. I get reasonable information from the recovery score but to date hasn’t had too much of an impact on my actual workout plans. It has however made me more keenly aware of the importance of sleep and doing what I can to optimize things. I believe I’m already starting to see the benefits of this.
What is interesting though is that I think Apple and/or Garmin could likely to everything Whoop does in the future. If Garmin could get HRV on to their wrist watches, like the Fenix series, with proper software support it would be a Whoop killer. Whoop is going to have to really innovate to stay ahead of the wave that is coming. Alternatively, I could see them being ripe for a buyout by one of the big players.
I’ve had a Whoop strap since it’s early days. I’m grandfathered in so I’ve not had to pay the monthly fees. They upgraded me for free to the 2.0 band & since they reduced the price for us early adopters I’ve upgraded to the 3.0 band. I haven’t received it yet.
I never pay much attention to the heart rate on the Whoop band since I always wear a chest strap when riding a bike. What I do like is the HRV, sleep tracking & the recovery score. I believe it is spot on. I’m 68 so I watch the recovery closely & when I have a low recovery it shows in my performance & how I feel for an upcoming ride. Last year I had a chronic medical issue & my recovery stayed in red or yellow a good part of the summer. It definitely showed up in my performance.
Before I bought the Whoop band I read about how some doctors had tracked HRV to predict when someone was getting or was currently having medical issues. It seemed to be a very good indicator.
If I had to pay the current monthly fees I’d have to think hard if it was worth it to me. I’m glad I have it for what it’s cost me though. I think it’s certainly made me more aware of my sleep habits & adequate recovery. That’s pretty much what it’s designed for.
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Just got my 3.0 last week and oddly enough the band is the biggest improvement. No more flopping around and stays put on my skinny arm. Much more stable HR readings at the wrist and the Bluetooth pairs easily.
I decided to break it in with strain score I could be proud of:)
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I upgraded to the Whoop 3.0, and for a week or so everything seemed much better. Then at 11:44PM on June 21st, the strap stopped updating to the servers. The device is connected to my phone, but “data available through Jun 21 11:44PM” and a grayed out “Data Catching Up” is all I see–no recoveries since Thursday. The battery was lasting ~4 days, now back to barely a full 24 hours. Depletes my iphone batter too. Constantly oscillating between connected and not connected to the phone. Weird flashing white lights from the unit from time to time. I just saw a bunch of other weird stuff people are experiencing on the Reddit forums.
Worst part is that customer service is completely non-responsive. I have multiple emails and voicemails with no return correspondence besides an auto generated one. No idea if this thing is still capturing data that will one day sync and hopefully have some utility, but I can tell you I will very quickly jump ship once a more reputable company like Apple or Garmin comes up with a comparable alternative.
If you have the 2.0 and it is currently working, stick with it. If you’ve recently switched to the 3.0, I wish you better luck than I am having…
If these things just had a simple watch face on I’d be buying one!
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I too have problems with the 3.0 whoop losing Bluetooth connection with my phone. At this point, I prefer the reliability of the 2.0 strap.
Well, I’m hoping that the 3.0 has better HR tracking because my 2.0 just completely whiffs on any VO2max workouts. Just completely misses the efforts, even though they are extended rather than microbursts.
I even had the strap tightened down pretty tight today. Bummer.
fwiw I don’t usually dual record, but did in Feb during a vo2 block with latest Apple Watch and saw great HR recording during Spanish Needle, Whiteface, Thimble, Taylor, Freel, Brasted, and Bashful. The first gen watch HR was ok at best, and this latest gen (4th or 5th?) has been surprisingly really good at HR.
Keep watching this thread because I’d like to give Whoop a try, but not ok with monthly subscription unless it was really low (like $4-5/month low).
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Just my n of 1 observation but my whoop 3.0 seems to track my v02 intervals pretty well matching my hr strap.
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So a different question on Whoop/whoop-like-devices
At what point would you guys recommend a whoop or whoop-like-device to someone?
How much training or what level of racing do you reckon should someone be that they could use it to the full potential?
I know it might not be an easy answer to it, but I am just curious what the users think.
I am interested in the concept, but think for the amount of training I do/the commitment I have at the moment, that it’s an expensive nice-to-have instead of a added value must-have.
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I’d say somewhere around the 7-10 a week hour mark.
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I’m still on 2.0 but overall I’ve found it to work very well.
For me the main benefit of Whoop is tracking sleep and recovery. It’s given me much more insight into this and I’ve been able to make some meaningful changes based on the findings.
It’s also very helpful during travel to track changes in recovery and sleep when traveling. Factor in traveling to locales at different altitudes and it gets really interesting seeing how your body responds and try impact things have on your HRV.
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I am actually surprised at the 7 hours, just to be clear is this 7-10 hours on the trainer or training in general including long days on the bike outdoors and/or strength training?
Are these changes so that you would sleep better or are the most meaningful changes ones you made to your training intensity?
7 hours on the bike. I don’t have enough experience on the lifting front to know how it factors in, but I’d guess that it’s probably closer to 10 hours of total activity all in before you’d really start to benefit from the information beyond the placebo effect.
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