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Body Battery Issues!

Former Member
Former Member over 5 years ago

I have the Garmin Fenix 6 Pro and the Body Battery has given me issues every single day since the watch was set up. I have read dozens of different threads and watched several YouTube videos on this known issue, the only fix is to do a soft reset every morning because every day when I wake up the Body Battery is drained down to like 5 or 6 after a 7 to 8 hour sleep and full day rest, and it's a known issue because as soon as I do a soft reset it jumps up to 78-80 after resyncing. 

For a $700 device I'm finding this to be pretty unacceptable this is my first Garmin experience and I'm genuinely curious if anyone else is also just doing soft resets every single day, should I return my device and order another one, or is this just the quality control that's to be expected from Garmin. Given the price point I really thought I'd have a much better premium experience. Extremely disappointed at the moment, not sure if a new device would really help because this seems more like a software problem with no update in sight? 

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 4 years ago

    Hi 

    I am in the exact same boat.  First experience with a garmin product and also just bought a fenix 6 (titanium sapphire).

    Body battery gives me issues every single day.  I've never been able to fully recharge overnight, despite 8+ hours of sleep that didn't seem too disrupted.  A soft reset, power off then power on, helped last night as it recovered to 50.  Most days the body battery gets to 5-25 and drains exceptionally quick.  It then never ever recovers until then next nights rest.  To add, I do not drink alcohol and do not consume copious amounts of caffeine, which to my understanding can affect stress levels significantly. 

    Relatedly, the stress indicator is very very high averaging 70-80 consistently all day long, which includes me sitting around and watching tv among other low and impossibly stressful activities like walking to the kitchen and making a sandwich, then eating it.  

    I do believe body battery is a function of sleep, stress and heart rate.

    Garmin can you please respond.  Multiple threads with the same body battery issue have not been addressed and I paid $900 for the watch.  

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 4 years ago

    This is the solution I found after having trouble with my device for 6 months.

    1. Reset your watch
    2. Setup your profile on the watch itself
    3. Connect your garmin watch to your account through Pc express, with usb cable.
    4. Sync your data through pc express excusively

    • See your stats in Garmin connect.
    • Don't associate your watch with your phone directly (pairing) this seem to be the biggest obstacle for the watch to function properly...

    Just my two scents...

    Keep safe Slight smile

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Sounds like this might have to do with buggy Physio TrueUp than anything else, which won't surprise me (I've never seen someone put their A team on data migrations!)... I had disappearing training load when migrating to the 6, the best support had to offer was "sync it again?" 

    My body battery has been set to 5 for the last three days, so unless this is my Fenix 6 validating my constant state of curmudgeon, I'm calling support to see if they can identify the bug, otherwise I'm returning it to the mothership and going back to the 5+ (ordered a pair and the 6S had the blue screen, and mine's giving me grief on ADS/BB/TL) - at least a few years in, the F5s are rock solid! 

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to rdugarmin

    Hey all, reached out to support and they suggested a soft reset (light button, 30s) and to see if it fixed itself. The very helpful support rep said the ADS calculation uses some elements of HR data (7-day RHR in particular), so I guess the soft reset forces it to reload that data from history.

    Sure enough, that resolved the problem and my sleep ADS readings are what I'd expect from my F5+, if even more consistent, and Body Battery isn't just stuck at 5 now. So wear it for 3 days, soft reset, see if it makes more sense!

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    I think the body battery is kind of a gimmick.  You could probably approximate what they give you by doing

    +5 hour sleep

    -10 hour exercise

    -2 hour sitting

    -5 hour walking

    Or something like that.  Sure, they have algorithm's, maybe look at HRV / stress, but whatever you do would be in the same ballpark.

    My Body Battery is at 81 and I'm pancaked today.  Feel like I way overtrained, or got the C, but since no cough or temperature issues, probably just overdid it.