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I regret buying it.
I had a lot of difficulties with the Ava bracelet. The instructions say that it needs at least 4 hours of sleep to capture the data. On numerous occasions, I definitely had the device charge and slept longer than 4 hours and it didn't record the data. The helpdesk always said it was my fault which was infuriating. Also, you only get one set of data points per night. You can't look at how your stats have changed throughout the night (like looking at your calorie burn line graph on Fitbit). However, the helpdesk seems to have access to the data. Since it is considered a "medical device", it can't be returned. I think the company does this so they can take your money. It is not constructed well for the amount of money you pay for it. The band is very cheap and broke off completely and you can't just buy another one online. I ended up using medical tape to put it on my wrist at nice and then using a wrist sweatband to keep it secure. I dropped it on the tile and the top panel broke off the device as well. I had to snap it back in. As far as the efficacy; if you are a post-partum mom or don't have a regular cycle, this isn't going to work. Even when my cycle regulated, the algorithm never predicted ovulation or menstruation correctly. I ended up just taking the temperature read-out and plugging it into one of my other apps which has a much better algorithm and app interface. They take a lot of data that is meant to indicate if your body is stressed or not which is good but I can also tell if I'm stressed or not without looking at data. I'm convinced that Ava is incentivizing people for positive reviews; They sponsor podcasts and give away the product to women with birth blogs. Their marketing is not credible. I feel like a sucker for falling for it. The only reason I continued using it was because I wanted to get my moneys worth for my "push present". Next time I'll opt for jewelry.


