Ultrahuman Ring Air review – so many insights from such a small device

There is no shortage of ways to track your health and fitness – one of the latest methods is a smart ring like the Ultrahuman Ring Air which we’ve been testing for the last few weeks.

And despite being a ring, it does monitor and collect a wide range of metrics from sleep and movement to circadian rhythm and even your caffeine window.

It’s priced at $599 but you also need to purchase the sizing kit for $10 to ensure you find the right size.

We found that we needed to go one size higher than our regular ring size because there are sensors inside the ring which require a bit more room.

For us we’re usually a size 11 but we had to go for Size 12 to ensure a good fit which is essential because the sensors need to always have contact with your skin.

Now we’ll say from the get-go – the Ultrahuman Ring Air platform over delivers on the information and will be too complicated for some.

And the good news is there are no ongoing subscriptions fees apart from some selected optional add ons.

The Ultrahuman Ring Air is built tough with a titanium body and a tungsten carbide coating which makes it harder than steel and scratch resistant.

This means you can wear it 24/7 (unless you’re charging it) and wear it to the gym and a while working.

It’s also water resistant to a depth of 100m.

And the inside is smooth and slick and is comfortable to wear all day and all night.

The ring is designed to track your metabolism as well as measuring movement and tracking sleep and many other metrics to get an overall idea of your body’s energy dynamics.

Naturally the companion app is quite detailed with metrics to cover you from head to toe.

Like we said – there’s a lot.

We were mainly interested in sleep tracking because we weren’t too keen to wear a watch to bed.

Having a more discreet product like a ring was what we wanted to be able to understand our sleep quality and duration and get some insights to help us sleep even better.

No surprise the feedback we got was that we needed more sleep but the sleep we were getting was decent quality.

But on top of the usual metrics it included measurements for skin temperature and even a stress rhythm score.

There was even a measurement for HRV (heart rate variability – this is the variation in time intervals between successive heartbeats) which offers information about your autonomic nervous system and stress resilience as well as your overall wellbeing.

And all this gathered from a ring.

We also saw measurements for stress rhythm as well as things we could understand like your resting heart rate and your activity measuring steps and calories.

But not only does the ring present the facts and represent the results on a chart within the app, it also provides suggestions on how to improve.

You can also set your own goals for sleep and activities as well as connect to other health and activity apps like MyFitnessPal, Garmin, Fitbit, Suunto, Withings and Peloton.

On the metabolism side, the Ultrahuman Ring can link with a biosensor to provide continuous glucose levels to visualise your metabolic fitness in real time and even measure the impact of different foods on your health with the food score.

It can also maximise your workout performance with a fuelling score to optimise your metabolic fitness.

If you love your coffee, the Ultrahuman Ring Air has a PowerPlug called caffeine window which tells you the ideal times to drink your coffee without it affecting your sleep.

It can also suggest holding off on your morning coffee So as not to affect your natural metabolism.

The ring can also manage your circadian phase alignment which tell you the best times for you to go to bed and when to exercise to reduce stress on your body.

There are also a host of other free PowerPlugs which can be activated to help you track and monitor other health and productivity metrics.

These include:

Social Jetlag – which can deal with the discrepancy between your sleep patterns and social and work life and help provide consistent sleep timings.

Cycle and Ovulation – This is a fertility tracking tool did analyses things like skin temperature, heart rate variability and can predict a seven-day fertile window and track your phases.

Screentime – This can be used to limit screen use when you wake up and before you go to bed while winding down. This can help you maintain balanced digital habits which could lead to a healthier and more balanced lifestyle.

Smart Alarm – These offers a more personalised wake up experience which can working with your sleep goals. This can kick in after you’ve achieved your sleep goals or when you’re in your lightest sleep phase.

New Parent – This is a new plugin to support the sleep challenges of new moms and dads and can help you piece together rest through naps and low energy moments.

Other PowerPlugs coming soon include Travel Jet Lag which can sync your body’s clock with your travel destination and Weight Loss which can optimise your fitness and activities with meal planning.

The Ultrahuman Ring Air is easy to pair and set up and has a battery life up to six days.

We had our battery usage mode to set to Chill Mode which offered the highest power efficiency.

But users can choose to keep it in Turbo Mode to run all the sensors at their highest capacity or alternatively Critical Battery Mode which limits the ring to essential motion tracking to preserve the battery life.

To charge the Ultrahuman Ring Air battery you simply slip it onto small included charger which an LED indicator to see your charge level.

The Ultrahuman Ring Air is available now in Air Gold, Air Silver, Raw Titanium, Matt Grey ad Aster Black and is priced at $599.

VERDICT

The Ultrahuman Ring Air is a marvel of a product that can extract so much data and readings through such a small, form factor. It offers more insights than we knew what to do with and will suit the user who wants to take a deeper dive into their health and wellness and improve their general well-being.