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I’m obviously dying and I’ll never recover, and I sleep poorly.

CraigHili
over 2 years ago

Nice watch, this Fenix 7.  It does raw data well, for the most part, with a notable exception with altitude.  Maybe it’s just mine, but it’s rarely more accurate than +/- 100’…but I digress.  Why is this damned thing always busting my balls?  It’s like a nagging girlfriend.  On its list of complaints-

- it claims I sleep poorly EVERY NIGHT; I get six to eight hours and feel well rested pretty much every morning.  It likes to tell me I’m not getting any REM, either, but I most often recall my dreams and I have them, so…yeah.

- it’s perpetually pissed off that my body battery is insufficiently charged.  Admittedly, I’m up at 5:30AM and I work out every day, and I’m 49 years old, so I DO fall asleep in front of TV at 9PMish, but I don’t feel lethargic.  Can someone explain “body battery” to me, please?

- it’s ticked that I’m exercising every day and constantly telling me my recovery will be delayed, but at my age, if you’re not looking after yourself in the gym, you’re not going to last long, so why is it telling me this?  Yeah, I’m fatigued after an hour on the elliptical or a half hour elliptical with a half hour weights, but how am I supposed to stay fit / get fitter with exercise?  Stupid watch.

- it tells me my VO2 max is in the toilet and my HRV is in the teens.  I could lose to lose a few pounds, but is that the issue?  Am I really this unhealthy?

Am I just using the thing wrong?

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to CraigHili

    True Smiley

    I think alcohol and jetlag is actually a big thing for your body and gets measured pretty well by the watch. 

    But its so hard to to get off the plane and not having some beers & burgers with the colleagues Smiley

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Timbolot

    I won't go as far as saying Garmin is right, because its sleep metrics are still jacked up. It still counts waking hours as sleeping sometimes, etc...  That said, it looks like VO2 max and HRV both get a bit better and my body battery is charging more.

    As was said, it's not a medical device, but it's a good estimated evaluation I'd guess. 

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to CraigHili

    Exactly, it's not a medical device but it's a nice gadget and it is pretty accurate for most of the people, me included. About sleep tracking, it could be a problem if watch does not have a good contact with the skin.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Z

    I've better contact now that I bought one of those fancy straps posted above. The heart rate feature is spot on, and honestly, that's why I bought it.  I'm also digging this forum.  Friendly folks who like to help.

    Thanks, y'all! 

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to CraigHili

    My straps are coming on Wednesday. Hopefully I will not have to adjust them couple of times during a day as the silicone one.

    Edit: We saved you from dying too soon Smiley

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Z
    Z said:
    We saved you from dying too soon

    If it that easy to do a good deed. Joy

    CraigHili said:
    Thanks, y'all! 

    Your welcome.

    As for those straps: inbetween all of my personal aquaintance with garmin or smart watches compatible to those real effordable straps now bought one as of this week. All are flabbergasted. Not very attractive but in the end form follows function.

    Additional hint: for the night I started to turn the watch to the inside of my wrist: Even more unobstructive especially since I'm in need of the largest available display for obvious reasons which always is for some strange reason bundeled with the biggest case. Kissing closed eyesStuck out tongue winking eye Measurements are not inhibited by that.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Erik T7

    I've received my straps today, about half hour ago, instead of Wednesday, Thank you very much for finding them.

    Putting it on was straight forward. So far, feeling is good, holding watch well and no too tight in the same time. However, strap is not very stretchable.

    Anyway, in just an half hour, my sleep is improved, HRV, training readiness, VO2Max and, of course, a sex life Smiley

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Z

    ..and of course you'll become rich on the spot since you got the strap at this bargain price. And the sex life plus money will lead to ultimate power. Joy

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Erik T7
    Erik T7 said:
    Z said:
    We saved you from dying too soon

    If it that easy to do a good deed.

    Hm, not so fast! Garmin reads from the strap only under two conditions: either when the HR widget on the watch is opened, or when an activity is being recorded. And since the widget times out after 30s (or perhaps a minute), the running activity is the only option to have the HR recorded from the strap. It means you'll have to start an activity every night if you do not want to die soon.

    See the details in the document When Does a Chest Strap Provide Heart Rate Data to My Watch? | Garmin Customer Support

    PS: and forget about the sex - nobody will want to have sex with someone wearing a chest strap Rofl 

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to trux
    trux said:
    Hm, not so fast!

    Sorry mate, in the last posts including the ones you quoted and the ones about sex quality and becoming rich b/o a new strap we were just jokin' indeed. Joy

    Initially we talked not about using the CHEST strap but a braclet/strap which 'd enable you to wear the GARMIN not too slack and not too thight but "just right" to get proper measurements of HR/HRV/SPOx, which seems to be important and - at least for some - not to be achieved with the stock bracelets provided by Garmin...

    But thanks for the info anyway which is interesting too.

    Btw. I know from experience that most girls won't like you to wear a surdy thing around your wrist either. Colateral damage is likely. Laughing