Value-Priced Health, Sleep, and Activity Tracker

Ring-based health, sleep, and activity tracking is nothing new, but it usually comes at a premium. The RingConn Gen 2 Air proves you can do all of that well, but also mind your budget.

Heart rate monitor

24/7

Notification support

Yes

Battery life

Up to 10 days

Integrations

Apple Health, Google Fit

The RingConn Gen 2 Air is a value-priced ring that tracks your health, sleep, and activity without a subscription.

Pros & Cons

• Robust health, sleep, and activity tracking
• Up to 10 days of battery life
• Low price compared to similar rings
• No subscription fees

• Limited auto detection of activities
• Non-standard ring shape
• Only two available finishes

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Price and Availability

The RingConn Gen 2 Air is available from Amazon or direct from RingConn for $200 in either Dune Gold or Galaxy Silver finishes. It comes with the ring, charging dock, USB-C to USB-C charging cable, and paperwork. You’ll need to supply your own USB-C power source.

If you don’t know your size from a previous RingConn ring, or you’re going to use it on a different finger, you’ll want to select the free sizing kit option. Size options range from 6 – 14, with no half sizes, and generally have the same sizing as regular rings.

The sizing kit says to choose a ring size that fits comfortably on the index, middle, or ring finger of your non-dominant hand. In my case, that’s my left hand. I already had a ring on my ring finger, so I chose my index finger.

I used the sizing kit for the higher-priced RingConn Gen 2, which has black plastic rings in different sizes and includes samples of its available finishes. The sizing kit for the RingConn Gen 2 Air, on the other hand, has a different color for each plastic ring size and does not include samples of its two available finishes.

Fit and Design: Light and Not Tight

After wearing the ring kit ring for the recommended 24 hours, I made the decision to go with a size 14. Because of the slightly unusual oblong shape of the ring, I wavered between that size and 13, but was concerned the latter was just a bit too tight. Even though the 14 felt a bit loose, it can better accommodate possible swelling in the summer. Although it wasn’t necessary, I wore the sizer ring until the real ring came, so I’d be sure I was already comfortable with wearing it all day, every day.

The Gen 2 Air ranges in weight from 2.5 – 4 grams. Since my ring size is 14, it’s the heaviest, but in-hand, it still feels feather-light. As expected, the real ring wears better than the plastic sizer ring and has a shiny metallic finish.

Unlike the much higher-priced Oura Ring 4, the Gen 2 Air doesn’t slot into the raised cradle on the included charging dock. Instead, the dock’s two front-facing prongs magnetically attract the two center prongs on the inside of the ring, after which it snaps into place.

The dock flashes white while charging the ring, and turns solid white once fully charged. It’s recommended to charge the ring for at least 60 minutes to get a battery level of at least 80%. Once the ring’s blue interior light flashes and it’s sufficiently charged, it needs to be paired with the RingConn app, which is available for Android phones or iPhones.

Looks-wise and on your finger, you can tell this is not a substantial or premium ring. The shape is a bit like an oblate spheroid rather than a typical round ring, with somewhat flattened sides. It’s still a comfortable shape, but it does leave a slight gap between the top underside of the ring and the back of my finger, something I never had with the fully rounded Oura Ring 4.

The shiny exterior of the ring is smooth, save for a small flattened oval meant to face away from the underside of your finger. The bottom half of the interior, opposite the exterior oval, features sensor bumps and dimples for scanning, but I never really felt anything when wearing the ring.

The interior scanners feature a PPG (photoplethysmography) sensor that can measure the change in light absorption and reflection in the skin, temperature sensors, and a 3-axis accelerometer to track motion.

The titanium steel of the ring material has a high shine and is covered by a medical-grade epoxy resin, but is still prone to scratches. Even though

I know better, I still wear the ring when I go to the gym where the metal on the barbell and dumbbell handles mark up the surface. RingConn does sell silicone ring protectors that go on the outside of the Gen 2 Air to protect it, but I personally prefer to go without the extra protection to keep the wear more streamlined.

While I decided to eschew the ring protector, I do sometimes use a silicone ring size adjuster. By inserting the adjuster sticker on the underside of the top half of the ring, where there are no sensors, I both provide more grip and minimize the small gap from the ring’s unusual shape.

With an IP68/ATM 10 rating, the Gen 2 Air is waterproof up to 328 feet for 30 minutes. While you can shower with it, as with any hard ring, I found it tends to slip off my finger with soap. Still, it’s nice not to have to ever worry about getting the ring wet.

Functionality: Sleep, Activity, and Trends

Once the RingConn app is installed, you pick your region, create an account with some basic personal information, and then pair your Gen 2 Air via Bluetooth. Once paired, the app will apply any new updates to the ring’s firmware, after which it will start tracking.

Unlike competing rings, there’s no subscription required for access to the full Gen 2 Air feature set. One way it gets around requiring a subscription is with opt-in artificial intelligence (AI) functionality that’s able to offer natural language interactions and data interpretation.

The RingConn app integrates data from Apple Health and Google Fit, although you will also have to opt-in to these options. Along with the AI, I consider this a must for a more complete picture of your sleep, activity, and overall trends.

Frankly, if you’re concerned about privacy, then these types of trackers are not for you. For me, I found it particularly important to integrate with Apple Health, as I wear an Apple Watch Ultra for everything but sleep, which, of course, the RingConn Gen 2 covers nicely.

There are five main tabs on the RingConn app: Insights, Plan, AI, Trends, and Me. Insights shows the data for your latest sleep, activity, and stress levels throughout the day. Plan lets you choose specific targets, like a Body and Mind Balance Plan, to try and achieve each day. This can include a set amount of time asleep, number of steps, active minutes, and stress level.

AI is meant to both interpret the data and provide helpful advice and guidance in a more natural way. You can ask the AI questions, as well, like “How did I sleep?”, which again, it will answer conversationally and then provide a link to the full data set.

Trends include historical data, with recent seven-day averages, weekly reports, and yearly reports. Me shows the Gen 2 Air’s connection status, battery life, how your data is managed, and lets you change various settings like goals, widgets, functionality, and notifications. There’s also menstrual cycle tracking and related data, but that’s not something I was able to personally test.

The Gen 2 Air’s offline storage can hold about five to seven days of data before it’s overwritten, but any time you want to sync with your phone, you just have to open the app. I do this a few times each day, including right after waking up, to make sure my data is synced and to see if there’s any useful information or other advice available.

The Gen 2 Air does an OK job at automatic activity detection, although you’ll still want to make some manual tweaks here and there. For instance, it often correctly notes when I nap or sleep, but doesn’t always get the duration right.

As with any tracker, the Gen 2 Air works best with a secondary device. For example, I prefer to use my Apple Watch Ultra to track my workouts and whatever other data it does automatically, and then just make sure that data is available to the Gen 2 Air, and vice versa, via Apple Health integration. In turn, since I don’t like wearing the Apple Watch Ultra to bed for sleep tracking since it tends to scratch my face, the Gen 2 Air covers that data-gathering gap nicely.

Besides its cost-effectiveness, the Gen 2 Air has another advantage over other rings with its superior battery life of up to 10 days between full charges. As with other rings of this type, I usually just stick the Gen 2 Air on its charger that’s by my bedside while I shower and never have to worry about it running down. It takes about 90 minutes to fully charge from zero, but by charging even just a handful of minutes each day, I can usually keep it near 100%.

While the Gen 2 Air proves a better value versus something like the otherwise excellent and more premium-feeling Oura Ring 4, it’s even arguably a better value than RingConn’s own Gen 2. While the Gen 2 provides more finish options, a slightly sleeker design, and slightly better battery life, the only advantage in functionality is sleep apnea monitoring, which the Gen 2 Air lacks. For most users and use cases, it’s arguably better to save the $100 and just get the Gen 2 Air.

Should You Buy the RingConn Gen 2 Air?

Despite some minor fit, finish, and feature concessions in comparison to some other rings of this type, including RingConn’s own Gen 2, the Gen 2 Air proves at least equal in most functional areas, and easily wins on price. While I would have preferred more than two options for the finish and a round shape for a better fit, I love the fact that I get access to all tracking features without having to pay for a subscription.

If you’re looking for a stand-alone health, sleep, and activity tracker, or a companion to something like the Apple Watch or Samsung Galaxy Watch that you can more easily wear any time, including to bed, then the Gen 2 Air makes a fine choice. For most users interested in tracking this type of personal data, the Gen 2 Air hits a sweet spot of price and performance.

Heart rate monitor

24/7

Notification support

Yes

Battery life

Up to 10 days

Integrations

Apple Health, Google Fit

The RingConn Gen 2 Air is a value-priced ring that tracks your health, sleep, and activity without a subscription.