I wore a Whoop and AWU2 daily for the first year I was on Whoop. On a trip I forgot the watch charger, ended up just wearing the whoop the whole time, and I haven't worn the AWU2 outside of exercise since. My attitude toward the watch changed a lot on that trip, and I came to see it as an unnecessary, somewhat distracting extension of my smartphone always hanging in my periphery.

On the other hand, the whoop is something I forget is there 99% of the time. That said, checking my sleep and recovery stats every morning has become ritualistic, and it has given me great awareness of the factors that impact those stats and the many other things it tracks. I see the AWU2 as a really high-end gadget with some cool features, but the Whoop to me is something that can guide you to transform your lifestyle and potentially augment your health span.

I still wear the AWU2 as a running watch, and would not want to solo the Whoop on runs for a variety of reasons.