u/Fun_Candidate1439

Decided to try Whoop with the Chase deal. I've been using other fitness tracking devices for almost a decade now. I'm shocked to find that you can't even view your live heart rate if your phone is not connected to the internet. Honestly, everything should be on-device if you claim you are not selling user's personal data. But I would understand (only a little) if the score calculations are unavailable. Not being able to check my heart rate in a parking garage (no internet, bluetooth still on) is crazy. What's even the point of wearing this device and all the fancy calculations if I can't even check THE single data I'm interested in?? I'm not into outdoor activities, but I can't imagine how frustrating this must be if you are feeling rough mid-hike and wondering how much further you can push yourself. No way they don't sell data.
Sleep tracking has been inaccurate as well. It over-estimates when I fall asleep by 40-1hr every night I've worn this.
What goes into calculating the strain score? Today I spent most of the day sitting in front of a computer. Had 0 min Zone1-3, 4-5, strength activity time, but still had a score of 6.3. Other than heart rate, how often are the metrics for health monitor taken? I had a concerning low blood oxygen % at one point, I even got a notification for it. Now I can't find any info on when that happened.
I don't think it's doing a good job at any of the things it's advertised to do. How can a device that claims to provide "medical grade insights" not even give you a graph for historical values of all the metrics they claim to measure? What are they doing with all these data they are not displaying, if not selling them?
I currently hate this product so much that I'm puzzled why anyone would use this, let alone pay $$$ to use this. I genuinely want to understand what are its strengths over Apple Watch, Visible Band, Garmin etc?

My mom just got a turntable. She's near retirement age and isn't too savvy with doing internet research. I know she knows nothing about vinyl collecting and turntables, but loves trying new things and learning. She bought her setup with the help of AI. Based on the photos she sent me, I believe she got the Audio Technica AT-LP120XUSB Direct Drive Turntable and Audioengine A2+ speakers.

With her birthday and mother's day coming up, I want to assemble an "accessory kit" for her to kind of guide(?) her (she can at least ask AI what each thing is for, instead of not knowing what more there is to this). I know a lot of these will be overkills for a newbie in terms of improving sound quality. The point is to get her to continue to engage with this hobby. No budget.

I'm not an expert in turntables/vinyls, so I wanted to post here and get some advice. So far I figured I will get her inner/outer vinyl sleeves, record/stylus brush, and a turntable mat. I'm also considering the Hudson Hi-Fi strobe/alignment mat and cartridge alignment kit, and a vinyl level.

The strobe mat is 2-sided. The alignment side does the same thing as the kit. Is there another tool that just helps with speed calibration? I want to avoid as much confusion as possible for her.

Which vinyl level is the easiest to read and most intuitive? I've struggled with telling if the bubble is in the middle with regular levelers and I'm sure she would be in the same boat with a bubble leveler.

Are there other accessories you would recommend I get her, for the purpose of guiding her to learn about more aspects of turntables/vinyls? Thank you guys so much!