I did some research on this and apparently the 8 hour sleep goal is hard coded in. You can change your 'normal wake/bed time' in User Settings but it does NOT change your sleep goal. I realize 8 hours is an age old standard, but not having the ability to change this is very frustrating. The only time I sleep 8 hours is when I'm sick. A lot of us live healthy lives on way less than that, thus we should have the ability to change it like we can our step goals. Thanks!
Different age has different sleeping time required. The goal setting must have minimum and maximum. Sleep 12hrs per day can still get the green check. That can't be healthy. Or just remove the goal.
I have spent HOURS trying to change my sleep goal. Such a petty thing but I'd like to be able to "check" off that goal and I simply can't. Anyway, I am very glad I found this thread so I can stop trying. Thank you!
I rarely sleep 8 hours, however my Body Battery is often 100 when I wake up, my Fenix 6 Pro says my sleep was excellent and well balanced, often scoring 90+. There’s nothing to improve if I sleep longer - So why can’t I change my sleep goal to some other number that is not 8 hours? Either that or all you other metrics (body battery, sleep analysis) are wrong - you can’t have it both ways. I want to set my own goals, love the Fenix but now I’m thinking it isn’t accurate because of this, and will now keep my eye out for better fitness devices ……..
I rarely sleep 8 hours, however my Body Battery is often 100 when I wake up, my Fenix 6 Pro says my sleep was excellent and well balanced, often scoring 90+. There’s nothing to improve if I sleep longer - So why can’t I change my sleep goal to some other number that is not 8 hours? Either that or all you other metrics (body battery, sleep analysis) are wrong - you can’t have it both ways. I want to set my own goals, love the Fenix but now I’m thinking it isn’t accurate because of this, and will now keep my eye out for better fitness devices ……..
I rarely sleep 8 hours, however my Body Battery is often 100 when I wake up, my Fenix 6 Pro says my sleep was excellent and well balanced, often scoring 90+. There’s nothing to improve if I sleep longer - So why can’t I change my sleep goal to some other number that is not 8 hours? Either that or all you other metrics (body battery, sleep analysis) are wrong - you can’t have it both ways. I want to set my own goals, love the Fenix but now I’m thinking it isn’t accurate because of this, and will now keep my eye out for better fitness devices ……..
Body battery don't care about how long you sleep so that is completely unrelated to the sleep goal.
I get excellent sleep score from 7 h 17 min of sleeping time so you don't have to sleep 8 hours to get high scores.
It isn't interesting that you rarely sleep 8 hours. What is interesting is what your body needs. Have you tried sleeping for 8 hours per night for several weeks/months and evaluated how your body reacts to that?
I've noticed that if I sleep for less than 7 hours per day for a few days I will not feel good and my performance is affected. Maybe 8 hours is even better, but I can't tell until I've tested that for at least a week, but it is probably best to test it for a month. I know that 8 hours of sleep at least isn't negative for me. I don't want to lower the goal just to get a green checkmark.
Whether you want to lower your goal is entirely up to you, that would be your choice if you had the choice. I on the other hand do want that choice. I am very familiar with my sleep patterns and performance levels over the last 50+ years, everyone is different.
Actually the recommendation of 8 hours of sleep, based on the work of sleep researchers, should more correctly be stated 8 hours in bed with lights out and head on your pillow. This provides 6.5-7.0+ hours of actual time in Deep, REM, or Light Sleep for the typical adult. Garmin has falsely interpreted this long-standing medical recommendation as 8 hours of Deep, REM, or Light Sleep, which few adults need to, or should achieve AND IS NOT SUPPORTED BY RESEARCH. This is one Garmin metric you should not stress over missing. Still, getting 6.5-7.0 hours of Deep + REM + Light Sleep is worth keeping an eye on, as less than this will, over time, mean less-than-optimal health.
It bums me out to sleep 7:55 minutes and not see my goal met. My dogs wake me in the middle of the night to be let out and then I go back to sleep, so reaching 8 hours is tough.
