"Are your wrists as piled up with fitness watches as mine are? Well, make some room. Apollo Neuro ($349) straps around your wrist like an Apple Watch or Fitbit, but it's not there to count your steps or measure your heart rate. It's a 'wearable wellness device for stress relief,' according to the brand's website, aka it's here to help with your mental health, not your calorie burn.
"To sum it up, Apollo vibrates against your wrist or ankle (areas that are "highly sensitive" due to the number of nerve endings there, Apollo said) to soothe or stimulate your nervous system, which can help you relax or give you energy when you need it. It all runs through a Bluetooth app on your phone, so you choose whatever setting you need at that moment.
"I wear my Apollo all day and night (except when it needs a charge — usually once every other day, if I use it frequently) and pull up the app whenever I need some kind of mental boost. I use the Focus mode when I need to dial in at work, the Rebuild mode after a workout, the Social mode during meetings or Zooms with my friends, and the Energy mode when I'm feeling groggy in the morning. I love the relax mode for decompressing after work. The sleep mode, though, is the one I use the most. I never forget to turn it on. I haven't struggled to fall asleep once since I started using it — it just feels like a soothing hum against my ankle that helps me drift right off. (I wear the Apollo on my ankle for the Sleep mode, as the brand recommends, and on my wrist the rest of the time.) After two months of using Apollo Neuro, I can tell you I'm a big fan." — Maggie Ryan, assistant editor, fitness
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