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HRM way too high

My vivosmart 4 hrm has been working fine with slight fluctuations as you'd expect. The last week or so the hr has been 30-40 + of my actual hr. I've tried it in various positions on my wrist. Cleaned the back. Shaved my wrist. Still way out. Any ideas?? TIA

0 KevB over 4 years ago

I am with you, mine has recently gone ballistic. I have this morning been recording my HR on an Edge 1030 in parallel. My avg for the past 5 hours is 64 on the 1030, yet my Garmin Connect which is currently using the wrist strap is way off. I normally pump out high Watts cycling to get to 160 bpm, not wander around the house!

I raied a question under Garmin Connect Web.

0 PallMe over 4 years ago

Any tattoos?

0 PallMe over 4 years ago

Any tattoos?

0 jahwobble over 4 years ago in reply to PallMe

I do have some but the higher heart rate readings have only been noticeable over the last few weeks. To the point where I've just stopped wearing it.

0 jahwobble over 4 years ago in reply to KevB

It's completely unwearable at the minute. It's so far off its just become pointless. All my health stats have gone and my exercise info is completely unreliable. Very frustrating.

First World problems I guess

0 acevan90 over 3 years ago

Bump. My vivosmart 3 was great on HR. Just switched to 4 and it's way off! 40 to 60 bpm off.

0 Greg over 3 years ago

Today mine was 199 BPM during a "low intensity" cardio workout. However, I put it on only minutes before starting my workout and I know it should be warn a couple hours beforehand. I usually put it on as soon as I get up in the morning, and sometimes at night too.

0 acevan90 over 3 years ago in reply to Greg

So I reset my vivosmart 4 (complete hard reset) and wear it now all day & night and saw a huge improvement in my HR readings. And that was just 4 days ago.

0 Shadoza over 3 years ago

I compared my HR readings to my Polar Ignite and to my Sp02 device. The Vivosmart 4 read lower than the other devices. When my heart rate was 125 by manual count, the VIvoSmart 4 reported on 104 bpm. Not sure where the difference is but I would rather it read higher than lower.