WHOOP: Imperfect for Perfect People, Perfect for Imperfect People

I've been following this forum for a few months now and I see a lot of whoop hating which might put off people who are considering buying the whoop and I wanted give my fair and hopefully balanced view on it. For context, I own a samsung smart watch (which is just gathering dust now) and I've had my whoop for 5 months and just extended for 2 years (black friday sale!)

First of all let's get one thing clear, the whoop is not cheap! At £229 for a year or £384 for two years, this is definitely a considered purchase, especially when you compare it against the cheapest apple watch at £219, cheapest Garmin watch at £180 or the cheapest Samsung watch at £150.

Secondly, it doesn't have any of the features that the other watches have. There's no screen, you can't control your music, it doesn't vibrate when you've been sat for too long and it doesn't have a built in GPS.

Thirdly, I've heard the customer service is sh*t if you do the trial and want to cancel. I've not personally experienced the customer service but then again, I've not needed to contact them. I mean have you tried contacting customer service in general these days? When was the last time you a) needed to and b) had a good experience when you did.

So you're probably wondering why the hell anyone would want to buy one, let alone renew for 2 years? The whoop in my opinion is not built to do the same thing as the smart watch nor is it made for everyone on the financial spectrum. It's like owning a car (cheap or expensive) and a bicycle (an expensive bicycle). They are both designed to get you somewhere but the way they get you there is very different for different costs.

If you're someone who is strapped for cash, not working full time or underpaid, the whoop is not for you get a cheap fitness tracker (or go without).

I believe you need to be a certain type of person to wear the whoop. If you're someone who is in control of their life, plans properly, likes to be organised and in general does not have a chaotic mind, the whoop is not for you. Get a smart watch. You'll charge it on a timely basis and in general integrate it seamlessly into your perfect life.

However if like me, your life is chaos, unplanned and in general disorganised, the whoop is for you.

Let me explain. The last thing I need in my life is another device pushing notifications at me, constantly requiring me to take off to charge, remembering to put it back on, needing constant updates, pushing buttons etc... What I need is something that I can put on and forget about for days. Something that I can charge whilst I'm still wearing it so I don't forget to put it back on. I don't need a needy, high maintenance person that I have to look after. I don't need constant stats in my face (I work as an analyst so I get that all day at work) or whatsapp messages or calls. When I go for a run or to the gym or boxing, I can just start the session on my phone and then get on with it. I can wear it under my boxing gloves without accidentally stopping the session because the buttons keep getting pressed.

Furthermore, if you have young kids (I have two, a 9yo and a 5yo) who love to press buttons on everything, the whoop is for you. There is NOTHING they can press on your whoop.

There you have it. If your life sounds like mine with: children or disorganised, AND you can afford netflix amazon prime, a gym membership, takeaways and not having to think twice about £229 for a year (which spaced out of 12 months is not that bad), all the while not needing to be constantly bothered about another distraction then the Whoop is for you! It's discrete, hassle free, child proof and comes with minimal distractions.

For the record this isn't a financial flex. None of the aforementioned is for wealthy people. I'm just sick of people who can afford apple phones and 10 different monthly subscriptions arguing about the price of the simplicity of the whoop. I mean, have you seen the price of a top end apple watch? That's like a 4-5 year whoop subscription anyway.

Some of us are happy to pay more for simplicity. Complexity maybe cheaper financially but to us it's expensive in other ways that matter.