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Why I Returned My Apple Watch 10

Why I Returned My Apple Watch 10

Honestly, you couldn't make this ridiculousness up...

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Ruth Crilly
Mar 14, 2025
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If you follow me on Instagram you’ll perhaps already know that this week I returned my Apple Watch. Yes, I am doing a highly embarrassing about turn: after last week’s dramatic fanfare about why I decided not to buy an Oura ring and bought an Apple Watch instead, I am now writing a new post about why I decided not to buy an Apple Watch and bought an Oura ring instead.

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It’s excruciating even writing this out. Not least because it’s a subject that is so completely inconsequential, on the scale of things. The fact is though, a huge proportion of the internet is obsessed with these wearable bits of fitness-monitoring tech! I’ve never had so many questions! So here we go with another post documenting my wearable tech research findings.

My main finding being that it took me less than 48 hours to decide that I absolutely could not get on with an Apple Watch. Here’s why.

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