HR unreliable

My watch is about a year old and has mostly worked fine but recently the HR is often reading 20 bpm higher than it should be and less often it is reading way too low. This is a new issue - about a month or so old. Is there anything I can do to make it more reliable? I vowed never to buy another Garmin device after years of issues and it looks like I've been suckered in again.  

  • It seems that the HR is more reliable in 25.00, but I got the x2 battery drain in standby compared to 23.10, on which I had no issue with unreliable HR nor any battery drain.

    I`ve reached out to Gramin support on that battery drain issue on 25.00 and until they reply, I`m waiting to get back to FW:23.10.