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

Price When Reviewed

$279

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The RingConn Smart Ring is one of the cheapest ways to get a fitness and wellness tracker on your finger right now.

The RingConn emerged after the Oura Ring Gen 3 and before we get to see the Samsung Galaxy Ring, offering a way to track steps, heart rate, sleep and more, minus a subscription that you do have to stump up for other rings.

It’s a smart ring that promises week-long battery life and a design that wants you to feel like you’re wearing a normal ring. It’s got a lot going for it that could give Oura, Samsung and company something to think about, but does it deliver?

Design & Build

• Available in three colours
• Suitable for swimming and showering
• Titanium casing

The RingConn Smart Ring may not have the greatest name, but it does make up for it with a pretty sleek look. You’ve got your pick of silver, black or gold looks that are all built from titanium, with a PVD coating on top.

It’s not a fully round ring, think more of a circular squashed on four sides, with the sensors designed to sit on the underside of your finger. It means those sensors do sit a little more snugly than they do on other smart rings, but I’ve never felt uncomfortable to wear.

Depending on the size, the weight of the ring ranges from 3-5g, so it’s pleasingly light

Sizing for the ring goes from 6-14, and there’s a sizing kit you’ll be sent to make sure you get something that’s going to sit right. Depending on the size, the weight of the ring ranges from 3-5g, so it’s pleasingly light as well.

For the most part, the black version I’ve had to test has largely retained its look, though it has started to show some wear on the edges of the ring. RingConn is not alone on this, but it’s not been as bad as some other rings I’ve tested in terms of picking up scratches – namely the Ultrahuman Ring Air.

Like the updated Circular Ring Slim, the RingConn carries an IP68 waterproof rating, which means you can swim and shower with it and makes it safe to be dunked in water up to 50 metres. I’ve kept it on for showers and swims and the ring hasn’t budged or stopped working, so that’s a tick for a good defense against moisture.

That waterproofing doesn’t extend to the charging case (more on that later).

Fitness & Sleep Tracking

• Tracks steps, sleep, heart rate and stress
• Wellness insights in beta
• Sports tracking mode in beta

The RingConn is built similarly to other smart rings in terms of what it promises to track and tell you about your general wellness and fitness.

Four PPG optical sensors can track your heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and stress through heart rate variability. There are also four temperature sensors and an accelerometer to enable sleep monitoring and counting your daily step counts.

In addition to continuous monitoring, you can also take on-the-spot measurements of heart rate and SpO2 levels

RingConn takes this information and displays recent data and trends inside of the companion phone app as you would expect. There’s also a Wellness Balance feature, that’s currently in beta and aims to help you understand if you’ve achieved a good balance between your activity, sleep, stress management and vital signs data.

In addition to continuous monitoring, you can also take on-the-spot measurements of heart rate and SpO2 levels.

From an accuracy point of view, I’ve been using the RingConn alongside the Oura Ring Gen 3 and two sports watches to get a sense of how reliable the data actually is.

Starting with heart rate, I found that resting and average heart rate readings didn’t feel wildly off from those other devices. Average oxygen saturation numbers were similar to the Oura as well and on the spot measurements chimed in with a dedicated pulse oximeter for most comparison readings.