I used Forerunner 235 before and Fenix 5 now, both of them always have the same problem with sleep tracking. When I didn't wear the watch, the watch is still tracking like I was sleeping @@. It happened for a long time and I wonder why Garmin doesn't fix it asap. It has been causing the sleep statistics are not accurate at all. Anyone else is facing this? Any temp solution for this issue? Many thanks!
I used Forerunner 235 before and Fenix 5 now, both of them always have the same problem with sleep tracking. When I didn't wear the watch, the watch is still tracking like I was sleeping @@.
Tracking sleep is actually done server-side by the Garmin Connect service, based on movement data downloaded from the watch. Garmin Connect has no way of deciding wether lack of movement is due to sleep or due to not wearing the watch. And to add even more complexity - you could be sleeping while not wearing the watch :)
It happened for a long time and I wonder why Garmin doesn't fix it asap.
The only way to fix it would be to add optical HR data into the equation for verifying if the watch is worn or not, but assuming that OHR is not super-reliable, i.e. it sometimes shows pulse even though the watch is not worn, and some people might choose to disable OHR on purpose, I would not expect it to be fixed in any way.
Anyone else is facing this?
Yes.
Any temp solution for this issue? Many thanks!
A solution would be to manually edit sleep times in Garmin Connect, but I wouldn't call this solution temporary, as I don't expect it to be fixed.
You could also try - if you haven't done it so far - to set up your regular sleeping hours in Garmin Connect.
I used Forerunner 235 before and Fenix 5 now, both of them always have the same problem with sleep tracking. When I didn't wear the watch, the watch is still tracking like I was sleeping @@. It happened for a long time and I wonder why Garmin doesn't fix it asap. It has been causing the sleep statistics are not accurate at all. Anyone else is facing this? Any temp solution for this issue? Many thanks!
The only I can think of is turning off your watch when you go to sleep.
Afaik it recognizes sleep by movement, so if it's completely still it can't really determine if it's not worn or if the person is asleep (apart by a combination with heartrate monitoring, but also that can detect a hr when not being worn).
You can also try to adjust your sleep time in your watch user settings on connect. If you adjust the from and to times to the same time for example?
Tracking sleep is actually done server-side by the Garmin Connect service, based on movement data downloaded from the watch. Garmin Connect has no way of deciding wether lack of movement is due to sleep or due to not wearing the watch. And to add even more complexity - you could be sleeping while not wearing the watch :)
The only way to fix it would be to add optical HR data into the equation for verifying if the watch is worn or not, but assuming that OHR is not super-reliable, i.e. it sometimes shows pulse even though the watch is not worn, and some people might choose to disable OHR on purpose, I would not expect it to be fixed in any way.
Yes.
A solution would be to manually edit sleep times in Garmin Connect, but I wouldn't call this solution temporary, as I don't expect it to be fixed. You could also try - if you haven't done it so far - to set up your regular sleeping hours in Garmin Connect.
Let's bottom line this... Fitbit has sold 5 models with optical HR so far. All automatically turn off the optical HR sensor within seconds of taking it off your wrist and use the knowledge it isn't on your wrist to *never* record sleep when it is off your wrist. This simply never occurs with Garmin's competitor so the issue is a software shortcoming with Garmin's products. Even Fitbits NON optical HR products don't record sleep when off the wrist if totally stationary. There is absolutely no need to set sleeping hours with Fitbit trackers, they simply work and will accurately capture sleep at any point during the day. Garmin can do better.
In light of Garmin's "confusing" (to say the least) implementation of sleep tracking I now use "Sleep Forerunner" on my FR235 by VivoactiveHRGuy https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/developer/e269c7aa-8acc-4d8c-955f-9ee00fd05b75/apps - give the average HR (and min/max/current) which is all I need to see how I'm coping with my training load (with HRV on my smartphone). There's a Fenix version but only F3 and he said he didn't currently have plans for an F5 version.
