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Sleep tracking too much awake time (unrealistic)

Melvin
1 month ago

Hello,

So I’ve been tracking my sleep for over 3 months now on my new Garmin Forerunner 165.

In the beginning, I had like 30-1h30 of awake time each night. I thought it was normal and that everyone had this, even though I almost never wake up more than 2-3 times a night for over 5 minutes.

I’ve been searching for some explanations for a week now since I find myself very tired during the day. It turns out that I was doing a lot of good things for my sleep but maybe not enough (that’s not the entire story).

Yesterday, I tried a scientifically perfect day for an ideal sleep :

  • 15 minutes of sunlight as soon as I wake up to sync my circadian rhythm
  • Almost no stress for the entire day
  • Training session at the gym 4 hours before sleep
  • Eating 2h30 before sleep (with a scientifically perfect meal to get a lot of melatonin)
  • Stretching for 5 minutes and the cardiac coherence breathing techniques
  • And no phone 1h30 before bed.

So with all that, my sleep looked like the pictures you can find on the links below (uploading pictures to my message doesn't work) :

https://ibb.co/jHPY0WH
https://ibb.co/3vhHX61
https://ibb.co/rbygJ01

I clearly didn’t spend 2h15 minutes awake during the night. I woke up maybe 3-4 times, but that’s all.

HELP !

  • 0 23 days ago

    I have the same issue on the Forerunner 265.

    Some old forums suggest it's because they changed the algorithm or something, and that was years ago. There’s still isn’t any improvement years later, and given that this only happens to some people I’m starting to lose hope for the future too.

    A huge bummer because I shifted from Apple Watch which has its flaws, but seemed pretty consistent when it came to sleep tracking. I can say for sure my sleeping style hasn’t changed and that there’s something that’s causing the watch to register awake times incorrectly.

    Hard to understand why Garmin is ignoring this problem, because inaccurate sleep tracking ruins the whole training plan concept, which is the core differentiator when compared to other smart watches. I’m seriously considering pulling out my old Apple Watch if this continues to fail.

  • 0 22 days ago

    Same problem on fr165 after last update. Before everything was good.

  • 0 20 days ago

    All, 

    Thank you for sharing these concerns regarding sleep tracking. Since there are many factors that affect your individual sleep data, it would be most beneficial and efficient to reach out to Product Support directly. Please see our Sleep Tracking page as well for further insight.

    Garmin Product Support. 

    Thank you!