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TIPS: How to Choose Couple Rings From Temu

By The Treasure-Sharer

Last week, I, with the help of my man, reviewed five sets of couple rings / promise rings from Temu, as well as commenting on our experiences with some personalized couple ring options that we had also bought, but had chosen not to review, to maintain our anonymity. Be sure to read our couple ring reviews, if you haven't had a chance to yet. The set of Claddagh couple rings in the photo to right is one of the couple ring sets that we featured in our article.

 

Many of our picks turned out to be flops, in our book, though one king and queen crown couple ring set in particular ended up being a real gem that we both really liked. 

 

Reviewing the couple rings made me realize how hard it is to find a good couple ring set, and how many factors there are to consider in choosing promise rings, especially if you plan to give them as a couple jewelry present. 

That's why I've decided to share what I've learned from ordering so many couple rings, to help you choose the best couple rings for you and your partner.

 

Read on to get breakdowns of the factors that we find important to consider to choose rings, as well as tips to help you with problematic rings:

 

1. Make sure that the material that your rings are made of will not irritate your skin.

 

A lot of the couple ring options on Temu list "alloy" as their main material, but if you have sensitive skin like my man and I do, then low-quality alloys can give you rashes, itchiness, and/or redness, so it's important to know what's okay with your skin, and try to stick to whatever won't harm your skin.

 

Temu sells some rings in stainless steel, some in titanium steel, and some that are plated with silver or gold. Some rings can come in both stainless steel and alloy versions, which is why it pays to look into what material they are made from.

If you're someone who can wear a wider range of metals, then it might be worth you checking out the other couple ring options available as well, to better take advantage of how many cool unique couple ring designs there are available for you to choose from.

I actually used to be able to get away with wearing cheap metals against my skin, but found my skin reacting to them later in life, so I think that the safest bet is to get couple rings made of stainless steel or better, if you can. 304 and 316 are the best grades of stainless steel you can buy for jewelry, although I have bought 201 stainless steel and regular stainless steel couple rings as well, and not had a problem with them.

 

Most of the product pages indicate the material that the ring is made of,  either in the title describing the item, or in a box labeled "Description," "Product details," or something similar, often found in a sidebar on the product pages, by the label "Main Material." See examples of what to look for in the screenshots below and to the side, which indicate that the rings being advertised are made of stainless steel.

 

 

 

 

2. Pay attention to if you're getting a set of rings or single ring.

 

When buying couple rings, I would recommend looking carefully to make sure that you understand what you will be getting. Some sellers sell the rings indivldually, and you might end up thinking that you will be getting two, and only receiving one. That's what happened to me with all the personalized rings I've ordered. I assumed I'd be getting two of each customized ring, since I was engraving two names into them, and actually thought that there had been a mistake when I only received one of each of them.

 

Make sure to read the descriptions for every couple ring carefully, so that you won't be disappointed. However, some of the descriptions are really tricky, and make it hard to tell what you will be getting, even if you do read the descriptions carefully. See a screenshot of the description for a customized couple ring that I ordered below, as well as a screenshot of a pop-up that comes up to prompt you to indicate how you want to personalize your rings, both taken from the same Temu product page: 

 

 

The title description didn't indicate anywhere that I would only be getting one personalized couple ring, but I guess that the part that pops up when you try to add the item to your cart, where you have to put in how you want to personalize the ring does say "Text for 1," so I realize now that that was indicating that you would be getting the text on just one ring.

 

One title description for a different ring that was a little easier to decipher, which you can see in the screenshot below, says "ring" instead of rings.

 

 

 

3. Make sure that you know your and your partner's ring measurements before buying your rings.

 

When buying rings online, before you even start to try to choose rings, you should figure out what sizes your fingers are, to ensure that you order the rings in the correct size, to avoid needing to return rings that don't fit you properly, and have to go to the hassle of re-ordering the same couple rings in other sizes to try again.

 

Most rings come in a variety of sizes for women and men, with measuring charts that sometimes indicate which country's measuring scales are being used for the ring measurements provided. 

 

It's worth coming in already having an idea of what ring sizes will work for you and your significant other, to save you ending up with uncomfortably tight rings that you worry about being able to take off when you need to, or too-loose rings that you have to take care not to accidentally lose, from them falling or flying off due to them not fitting enough to even stay on your fingers.

 

You may even end up needing to wear your couple rings on your other fingers, as opposed to on your ring finger, to ensure that they stay on, like I need to do with some of the couple rings I have bought.

 

You should pay attention to the ring sizes available for the couple rings that you are interested in buying, and try to choose the couple ring sizes that are closest to the size of whatever finger you and your partner plan to wear the rings on. For example, my ring finger can fit size 6, while size 7 works for most of my other fingers.

I started out ordering rings in size 7, and found that size 7 rings were too big to wear on my ring finger without them feeling loose, and possibly falling off, which was why I switched to size 6 rings, which is why some of my rings ended up being on the small side.

 

Many product pages for couple rings provide instructions for how to measure your fingers, and how to determine which couple ring size or sizes will fit you and your partner.

 

See below for two examples of ring size measurement charts, and instructions on how to find your ring measurements, taken from two different Temu product pages.

 

 

 

4. Buy a ring sizer

 

You can buy a ring sizer from Temu (which I later did), or just guess and hope for the best, and return the rings and buy them in a better-fitting size, if the first size you try doesn't work for you. I would advise that you at least find out generally what your size is, as I have bought rings that have ended up too loose or too tight, even while knowing my ring size.

 

I have put an image of the ring sizer I bought to the left, that I have taken from its Temu product page, to give you an idea of how they can look. I'm also leaving a link to the one I bought here, to give you a better idea of how it works. 

 

However, I didn't put any time at all into researching this particular ring measuring tape when I got it, because I bought it because I was able to get more credits back as part of a Temu promotion if I did.

 

There are options that are possibly and probably better available (for example, some that come with something that magnifies your ring size to help you see it better), so I recommend that you browse through the different ring sizer options to try the one that appeals to you the most. 

 

If you want to find a cheap ring sizer on Temu, then you can type "ring sizer," "ring measuring tool," or something similar into the search bar tool on Temu.

 

Some rings are adjustable, and can thus can be bent to a size that is bigger or smaller to fit any finger size, which might be a good way to go, if you're buying two rings together. I, however, do feel like adjustable couple rings feel a bit flimsier than non-adjustable couple rings, and did end up returning the adjustable rings that we did buy, so I would try to buy couple rings in your and your partner's ring sizes, if possible, to ensure a better, more solid fit.

 

 

5. Keep in mind changing finger sizes.

 

My man discovered after we bought a bunch of rings that his fingers were actually growing in size, due to him getting back into weightlifting. Growing his arms also apparently worked his hands and fingers, resulting in him feeling like his fingers had grown one size, and making all the rings I had bought for him previously feel funny, and like they were too small for him.

 

I have also noticed that my fingers can change their size throughout the day, and that my fingers can sometimes feel more swollen during some parts of the day, making it more difficult to put on and take off my rings.   

 

This would suggest that it would be better to go the route of buying adjustable rings, but I still prefer the solid bands to the adjustable ones, so I guess I would just suggest keeping in mind that the rings you buy may not feel or fit the same all the time, and be prepared for that.
 

6. Try using ring size adjusters on rings that don't fit well.

 

I've never actually tried these myself, since most ring sizers are made of silicone, plastic, and other materials that probably won't work with my and my man's sensitive skin, and because it seems like it defeats the purpose of us going out of our way to order rings made of stainless steel to then go and cover them with silicone or plastic. They seem like they could help you out if you end up with rings that are too large, but that you for some reason or other can't get in a different size, however, so I thought I'd give them as a potential option for those of you who don't mind wearing plastic or silicone against your skin, if you want to give them a try.

 

From what I've seen, there are different options, and they're things that you can either wrap around your ring bands (coming as spiral cords that can be wound onto your rings to help resize them to a smaller size), or stick to the inner band of your rings, to help you fit rings that would otherwise be too big or loose on you. They can be pretty cheap on Temu, so if you're okay with having pieces of plastic or silicone against your skin, then I'd give them a try.

 

Because I haven't tried any myself, I don't want to feature or recommend any particular design, but you can type "ring size adjuster" or "ring resizer" into the Temu search bar to browse through the available options yourself, if you're interested in giving them a try.

 

 

7. Think about the aesthetics of the couple rings, and whether or not you and your partner will be okay with actually wearing them.

 

A lot of the unique couple rings that I got were conceptually cool and meaningful, but looked ugly or stupid to wear, which defeated the purpose of getting promise rings meant to let us feel good wearing symbols of our love and relationship. For example, the half heart rings that my man and I chose together and bought weren't identifiable as depicting half hearts when worn separately, and just looked like really random lines on very plain metal bands.

 

Try to think of how the different couple ring designs will look on your fingers, and with your outfits, when choosing which couple rings to buy.

 

See the photo to the side to see how the half heart rings that I got my man and I look like when they aren't put together to form a heart.

 

 

8. Make sure that the style of the couple rings matches both partners.

 

It's important to choose couple rings that match the personalities and styles of both partners. For example, some promise rings can be very cute and seem like a conceptually cute gift to give, but could look a bit silly or embarrassing for your other half to wear, which could make your partner reluctant to wear his or her ring as much as you would like them to, which could make you feel bad for a silly reason, because it's actually not you, but the ring, making your partner not want to wear it. 

 

For example, my man and I both found the couple rings in the Claddagh set we ordered to be interesting, and we both really liked the meanings attached to wearing the Claddagh ring in a relationship, but the Claddagh promise rings were not really our style in terms of their look (as well as not really fitting our fingers well). See the photo to the side to see how the rings we ordered looked like in person.

 

If you and your partner are both goofy people who like cute, silly couple ring designs, then, by all means, go for rings that have them. If you're more into elegant or chic couple ring designs, then you can find styles that suit that too. There are even some pretty cool glow-in-the-dark couple ring options, if you find those cool, like me and my man do.

 

As long as you'll both be happy rocking the couple rings, and they suit and fit you both well, then those are the right promise rings for you and your significant other.

 

 

9. Consider buying some couple rings as display items to put on a shelf or in a display case in your home, if they don't look good to wear separately.

 

For the couple rings that you like for their meaning, consider just putting them on display somewhere on a shelf or something, so that you can still show them off and still be able to see them together, without having to wear them. That's what my man thinks we should do with our half heart rings, which look cool together, but kind of weird apart. See the photo to the side to see how the half heart couple rings look when put together, and carefully lined up, to form a full heart.

 

 

10. Make sure that you understand if your couple rings have special orientations that they must be worn in, or ways they should be worn to convey the meaning you want them to. 

 

For example, the Claddagh rings that we bought signify different types of relationships, based on the orientation that the heart that is etched onto the ring is pointed toward (facing inwards or outwards), and what hand and finger the rings are worn on (left vs. right hand, and ring finger vs. other fingers), which you can learn more about in the article Claddagh Ring Positions.

 

As the article Which Finger Does The Promise Ring Go On? says, "You can put a promise ring on the ring finger of either hand. It’s customary to wear it on the left hand if it’s presented and accepted as a sign of future commitment. When a couple gets married, they usually swap their promise rings from their left to their right hand."

 

Since I have so many couple rings, I sometimes wear more than one at a time, especially since I am unable to wear some of the larger ones on my ring finger, due to my fear that I will lose them by accident. In those cases, I still make sure to wear at least one couple ring on my left ring finger, to make my love for and commitment to my man clear.

 

 

11. Try to buy the couple rings separately, as opposed to in a set, if you can. 

 

There's usually more freedom to choose the correct sizing, if you buy the couple rings that go together as a set separately, since buying couple rings in sets forces you to choose the men's and women's sizes for the promise rings from existing pairings, that sometimes don't have your and your partner's ring sizes paired together, or, even if they had your correct pairings, might have sold out of them.

 

I have had to buy rings that were slightly small for me when I have gone the route of buying couple rings as a set, because there was no option available that had both my man's and my sizes paired together. Having to compromise on one partner's ring size just to get a couple ring set feels a bit silly, though sometimes you can't get the set any other way, and just have to compromise, if you want to get a particular promise ring set. 

 

 

12. Consider buying several different kinds of couple rings for different occasions.

 

The awesome thing about the couple rings on Temu being so affordable is that you can afford to buy more than one couple ring set. This offers versatility, so that you can get promise rings that have different colors to match different outfits, or choose rings that better suit certain occasions.

 

For example, our favourite couple rings set is our blue king and queen crown ring set, but its color doesn't match everything, so we like having other couple rings to switch to when the crown couple rings really don't match what we're wearing or planning to wear.

 

 

13. Look for promise rings with inscriptions hidden in the inner bands, for a sweet secret aspect to your rings that are just for you and your partner to share. 

 

Most of the couple rings that my man and I bought have hidden inscriptions, and I really love them, for adding a super-sweet and meaningful touch. For example, the crown couple rings we bought have "His Queen," and "Her King," inscribed in the inner bands; the half heart rings have "I LOVE YOU" inscribed in the inner bands, and the "His Angel" and "Her Demon" rings have infinity symbols with the word "love" written in cursive writing woven into them inscribed in the inner bands. See the photos below to see how the hidden inscriptions appear in the rings we bought.

 

 

 

Conclusion:

 

So there you have it: a few of our tips for hopefully helping you buy couple rings that turn out better than most of our picks did. 

 

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