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dcss_gardener 9 hours ago

Most people do not wear tungsten wedding rings. A wedding band can be resized and it's typical to have it resized several times during a long marriage. This is a legitimate downside of smart rings that is only shared with one niche-but-overrepresented-here option.

nexus6 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My experience with devices with very small batteries is that they lose capacity (below 80%) quickly after a couple of years of daily use. By the time you need the ring resized, the battery might be worn out anyway.

It’s in reality a disposable product unfortunately, unlike a wedding band.

dhosek 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Odd, I was married for almost twenty years during which I think I took off my ring twice (maybe not even that much—if I recall correctly, I persuaded the surgical staff to tape my ring rather than have me remove it when I had surgery). Never had to resize it and it fit fine the whole time. I don’t know what lifestyle leads to a finger changing size dramatically during the lifespan of a smart ring.

pessimizer 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> I don’t know what lifestyle leads to a finger changing size dramatically during the lifespan of a smart ring.

Are you pretending that you are unaware that this can happen, or are you showing contempt for people who gain or lose weight? I don't find either useful.

anticorporate 22 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

To be fair to the parent commenter, I wondered the same thing, and I'm someone whose weight has fluctuated by >60% over the course of my marriage without needing my ring resized. Having been both obese and medically underweight over the course of that time, I'm not particularly contemptful of people who are either.

guydoom 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Username checks out.

phs318u 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ever heard of arthritis?

rconti 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The advantage of my tungsten wedding ring is I have 5 of them, some in different sizes, and it cost me less than $100 for them.

godelski 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Don't look up how they get removed from your finger at the ER

MaxikCZ 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I looked it up and seems they just bash it with hammer? What are you eluding to?

dreamcompiler 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

EMT here. I've never had a patient with a tungsten ring but I'm pretty sure our ring cutters would not work. So I looked it up. Apparently you have to break them off with vise grips [0]. One more tool for my kit I guess.

[0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=poM423pewRE

MrDrMcCoy 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Thank you for everything that you do! I imagine EMTs don't get nearly enough thanks amidst all the rush and horror.

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runjake 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Since this is HN: About 25% of US males wear a tungsten wedding band. So, not most, but a sizable amount.

morsch 6 hours ago | parent [-]

The numbers you are probably referring to are for the market share in any given year.

https://www.jckonline.com/magazine-article/the-knot-2019-jew...

Since people tend to stay married for years, and tungsten wasn't as popular previously, the actual number of adult men wearing tungsten wedding bands is probably a lot lower, maybe around 10%.

Still a lot. Approximately nobody wears them in Germany; seems like an opportunity.

peab 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

smart rings aren't meant to last more than a couple years though - the rate of progress on these means that you're more likely going to be paying for a smart ring subscription than a physical object

adamrezich 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Mine is serinium (a zirconium/titanium/nickel/etc. alloy), because it was cheap (because I was poor and wanted to spend more money on my then-fiancée's, of course). Serinium rings are also not resizable, and, from what I understand, they are becoming more popular (because they are cheap).

rolisz 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Cobalt Chrome ring wearer here (and my wife). Not so niche I guess

ChrisClark 8 hours ago | parent [-]

True, a sample size of 1 means it is extremely common

tlavoie 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

TWO! Mine's cobalt as well. My wife picked it out when I'd lost my original gold ring (temporarily, cough). Besides looking interesting, apparently it was much less expensive than gold is these days.

Supermancho 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Rings that can't be adjusted are ubiquitous. Walk into almost any store that sells rings, most open-air stands that sell rings, and you will find some. It's true they aren't usually preferred, but they are common.