It’s that time of year again, fall is easing into winter and the holiday season is in full swing. Inspiration struck and you realized a new hoop is the perfect gift for yourself or a loved one! We’re so glad you landed here at Ruby Hooping- welcome to the Ruby fam! A quick scroll of our website and you’ll see quite an array of colorful types, sizes, and options. As a newbie, partner, sister, friend, parent or bestie- you may find the choices dizzying. No need to feel overwhelmed, this guide will lead you to the right match, step by step. By the end, you’ll know just how to choose the perfect hula hoop.
How to Pick A Hoop: Size Matters
There’s a few simple steps to take to select just the right hoop. First up, it’s helpful to know the size of your hooper. If you know their waist size measurements, or their clothing size, that will help make sure the hoop is in alignment with their body. One of the biggest barriers to beginner hooping success is a hoop that’s too small! If you think you can’t hoop, it’s likely because you’ve tried a big box store children’s hula hoop. These hoops are not designed for adults. At Ruby Hooping, we know hooping is for everyone, it’s all about finding your custom match.
If the hooper on your shopping list has ordered from Ruby Hooping before, send us an email. We’d be happy to look up past orders and recommend a hoop that would fit your hooper and compliment where they are in their personal hooping evolution.
Best Holiday Hoops for Beginners
Our Beginner Hula Hoop is the most popular hoop we sell and makes a wonderful gift! It’s excellent for people learning to hoop, those who want to build muscle tone and hoopers with limited mobility. Beginner hoops are made from sturdy 3/4″ PE tubing. Colorful sparkle tape and textured grip tape make this hoop a showstopper! It’s an essential foundation piece for every hooper to learn and is a hoop to return to time and time again.
If you truly want the perfect gift for a beginner, our go getter starter set has everything they need to begin. The Go Getter Starter Pack includes four custom sized hoops: a sparkly beginner hoop, this is a large hoop designed for waist hooping; a smooth HDPE dance hoop for learning tricks and finding their flow with waist, arm, neck and leg hooping; and two mini hoops for doing tricks and finding your flow with two hoops at a time.
We even offer an exclusive Six Week Beginner Hula Hoop Challenge, a self guided course that will teach all the essential hooping basics in easy to follow video tutorials. Hoopers can watch the videos again and again as they grow their skill set. Get 50% OFF your gift Go Getter Starter Pack with the purchase of the course.
Gifts for Advanced Hoopers
If your hooper is more advanced, a rainbow sectional hoop is a unique hoop to add to their collection! These beautiful hoops disassemble into six parts, which are interchangeable. We offer two tone convertible sectional hops that can be used as one full size dance hoop or convert into two mini hoops. Sectional hoops are ideal for travel, as they take up very little space and are ready for action with just a few clicks to assemble.
We stock many specialty tubing types for the advanced hooper who has everything. You can browse all of our current luscious color choices in polypro and HDPE hoops now. If you’re not sure which kind to choose, here’s a quick rundown: HDPE is lightweight but more durable, so ideal for anyone you aren’t sure how to shop for. HDPE is also a better choice in cold weather, as polypro is prone to crack in freezing temperatures.
Unique Gift Ideas for Hula Hoopers
We offer hoops for every budget, from high end specialty hoops to our budget hoops that are easy on the wallet while still offering the opportunity to learn. Budget hoops have colorful grip tape on heavy duty black PE tubing. Every hoop is handmade and customized with the colors, tape, size and tubing you select.
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If you’d like to outfit your hooper in gifts they’ll adore, we offer tanks, hoodies and leggings. While perfect for everyday wear, our clothing is ideal to wear while hooping: comfortable, breathable, and they allow for freedom of movement. As temperatures cool off, our cozy hoodies are the perfect accessory to share a hooping passion while achieving max comfort. All of our clothing items come in plus sizes, so you’re sure to find the right fit.
Give the Gift of Light
If you hooper loves to be the life of the party, our LED Hula Hoops light up with eye-catching colors and mesmerizing patterns. These are some of our favorite hoops to see in action! The colors are most dazzling when hooping outdoors at dusk or nighttime, or indoors with the lights off. The bright hues help light up seasonal blues as shorter, darker days approach. An LED hoop on a beach just after sunset is our idea of bliss!
Best Hoops for Fitness
Fitness focused hoopers love our weighted exercise hoops! These hoops feature a heavy duty grip tape to add just the right weight to the hoop. Unlock your passion for healthy movement through hula hooping and experience the weight loss benefits. We love helping people feel the power of their body and see the radiant confidence that grows from hooping.
Wait a minute, how can you choose the perfect hoop when there’s so many fitness hoops out there? What about those “smart hula hoops” with a heavy spinning ball attached, super heavy foam padded hoops or hoops with added weights? In short, we don’t mess with that nonsense!
Other than being a hazard, “smart” hoops and heavily padded hoops are often a cheaply made gimmick that isn’t true hooping at all. We believe that there is true enjoyment and community to be found in real hula hooping, with our handcrafted hoops. Once you find the perfect sized hoop, you’ll learn to love the flow of hooping as a full body workout. An hour of hooping a day can tone and transform your body. Grow your body confidence and reach for your fitness goals with one of our weighted exercise hoops!
Benefits of Hula Hooping
Hooping goes miles beyond the actual hoop itself. With the gift of a hoop, a person steps into a whole new passion. At first, you find your flow. Sure, you might drop that hoop a time or ten as you start to get a feel for having the hoop on your body. It’s an indescribable feeling once your movements start to work with the hoop and your thoughts synchronize. Soon you’ll feel the powerful stress relief impacts.
Hooping is a terrific way to stop the endless scroll with joyful exercise: it is movement that feeds your body and mind! The right hula hoop provides an exciting challenge, increasing your brain’s ability to learn. As you learn to hoop over time, coordinating your thoughts and movements, you are forming new neural pathways, and improving your neuroplasticity.
Beyond keeping your mind sharp, hooping is tons of fun. It’s an energizing activity to do with friends and family. All ages love coming together to have a great time, forget the world for a while and bond while having some quality hooping time.
Finding Community
New and veteran hoopers alike love to find inspiration from one another through our vibrant Ruby Hooping community. As hooping becomes increasingly popular, more and more people discover just what a great fit hooping is for their lives. Join our community on Facebook to share as you learn and connect with countless amazing hoopers on their hooping journey.
You can join in exciting challenges, reach for fitness goals with other hoopers, get exclusive access to flash sales and giveaways, be the first to learn about what’s happening in the hooping world, discover hooping retreats and learn about new course offerings and hooping skill building resources.
We’re Here to Help
We hope this holiday hoop buying guide has you spinning in the right direction. If you’re still puzzled on how to choose the perfect hula hoop, let your hooper do their own shopping! We offer gift certificates in any amount. We would love to answer any questions you have while finding yourself or your loved one the perfect hooping gift.
However you celebrate this time of year, we wish you a happy holiday season with your loved ones. Order your custom made hoop today to make sure to receive your gift before the holiday rush!
