RingConn Gen 2 Air is the smart ring I recommend to most families. Not because it's the absolute best—that's still Oura—but because it delivers 80% of the experience at 35% of the 3-year cost.
RingConn costs $199 with no subscription. Over three years, that's $199 total. Oura costs $565. RingConn saves you $366.
The 10-day battery life is best-in-class. I consistently got 9-10 days between charges. That means less time without tracking and fewer gaps in your data.
Sleep tracking is genuinely good. Not quite Oura-level—maybe 80-85% of the accuracy—but much closer than the price difference suggests.
The app is functional but not polished. It lacks Oura's sophistication, but the basics are solid and improving rapidly.
What you miss: ~10-15% sleep staging accuracy, temperature deviation tracking, more refined HRV analysis, larger community.
For most people, those trade-offs are worth $366 over three years.
