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Heart rate monitor is useless

Former Member over 5 years ago

Heart rate monitor is unreliable, it reads 80 bpm plus or minus a few beats regardless of my actual heart rate. It worked fine out of the box, a few software upgrades later it became unreliable. Yes, I did read the instructions, cleaned the sensor, etc. It used to work fine now it's an expensive mp3 player.

0 trux over 5 years ago

Why don't you mention the model you use, and why not posting in the forum dedicated to that model? You'd have much better chance to be helped there, than here in the Garmin Connect Mobile Andorid forum, where people come to discuss problems specific to that platform.

That told, for the vast majority of users, including myself, the HR monitor works reliably, so the problem might be with the way you wear it, with the specific model or unit, or with the external conditions - for example the temperature, or your medical conditions, or skin tan. You may want to read for example this document:

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1c0MzlpaBS.pdf

(especially the second part of the document, relevant to the HR monitor)