Pebble never said that anyone "needs" to buy the ring sizing kit. They did suggest that you buy the sizing kit from them for $10, OR 3D print it at home, OR visit a jeweler.

The ring has a button on it that you are going to press often, and you will likely wear it on a different finger than you would normally wear a ring on. That is/was the advantage of the sizing kit IMO: you can try the different sizes and wear the "dummy" ring for a couple of hours or a day and get a better idea of what size and finger will work best for you.

I think calling the ring sizing a "debacle" is being a little over-dramatic. It is a shame the ring kit is off on sizing, but how big of a problem it is, is kind of an unknown right now. It's a limited production product, there will be problems at the start, just like there have been with the Pebble Time 2.

I could be misremembering but I seem to recall them saying that their sizing (the reason you had to buy the special sizing kit) was slightly smaller than normal, and now it turns out the rings are coming out slightly bigger, could it be that all along we should've just used normal US ring sizing?

Was this a manufacturing issue or something?

How do you manufacture a ring and not know what size it is / sell it to people?

Yeah, this annoyed me. I live right next door to a jeweler who could have given me a standard sizing easily, but I bought the kit at their suggestion/mild insistence.

What's worse, I threw it out when I was done, given that it was a PLA sheet with no other apparent use, with it being nonstandard and all. So now I'm not even sure if I need to size up, because I'm not going to buy a second sizing kit to refresh myself on the fit.

Like, come on.

agree, not being able to guarantee or even know, it seems, how your sizing works is a deal breaker and i might have to cancel my order until i see how the first reviews come out :/

I thought it was reasonable, having bought the $10 sizing kit (3D printed, mailed from SF) and a ring.