Penng 1.0 · Overall
Why this one
The point of it is that you stop noticing it.
Forty grams, a woven strap and a machined case with no display on it. It reads your heart and your movement around the clock so that the app has something honest to work from, then it gets out of the way.
There is no screen, so there is nothing to check, nothing to notify you and nothing to charge every night. Fifteen minutes on the magnetic connector covers about a week of wear.
What it does that a phone cannot
- Overnight heart rate and HRV, which recovery is worked out from, and sleep timing, which the sleep score is worked out from
- Live heart rate streamed into the app while you train
- Workouts started from the app rather than from a watch
- A silent alarm that vibrates on your wrist
What it is not
- Not a smartwatch. No display, no notifications, no apps
- Not for swimming. 1 ATM is splash and rain, not immersion
- Not a medical device, and nothing it reports is a diagnosis
- Not required for food logging, trends, habits or the coach
Specification
Weight
40 g
Battery
21+ days
15 minutes of charge is about a week
Water resistance
1 ATM
Splash-proof, not for swimming
Charging
Magnetic
Pogo-pin connector
Connectivity
Bluetooth LE
Sync
iOS and Android
Screen
None
By design
Warranty
1 year
Limited
From the internal band hardware record. Not independently re-measured for this rebuild. The earlier claim of clinical-grade sensor accuracy is not repeated here because it has no supporting evidence on file.
In the box
- Penng band
- Magnetic charging cable
- Quick start guide
- Warranty card
Packaging is recycled cardboard and plastic-free.
Questions