This discussion has been locked.

You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

Body battery not changing.

A few days ago my body battery dropped to 5% and it hasn't gone up or down since then. I've also noticed that the stress meter is showing various levels of stress with little to no rest periods. I'm getting plenty of sleep though and my heart rate is consistently around my normal resting heart rate while sleeping. I've tried restating my watch a couple times and it doesn't change anything. Is anyone else seeing this issue or know of a fix?

Top Replies

All Replies

0 Peter Berk over 4 years ago

For me it does this when I drink to much alcohol or getting sick. Its works as intended if you have high stress lvls when you sleep the body battery wont go up.

I would check it for a couple days if it doesn't change try and contact Garmin and hear what they say.

Also I think stress is measured with HR variability not just low numbers.

check out this site maybe it helps. https://www.firstbeat.com/en/consumer-feature/all-day-stress-recovery/

Hope it helps a bit.

0 Kulch over 4 years ago

Totally agree with above. If you are drinking alcohol you are not sleeping properly and body battery does not recharge. Alcohol causes unnecessary stress during sleep. I've tested this numerous times now.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Kulch

Kulch said:
I've tested this numerous times now.

I like hearing that and do the same myself.

0 HermanB over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

All in the name of science.

0 9890045 over 4 years ago

I am also facing the same issue from last 5-6 days

0 4925618 over 4 years ago

My body battery number has been stuck at 5 for the last few days. I do not drink alcohol and get rest at night. Just wondering how to recalibrate this feature as it is the only reason I purchased this device. Tha I you

0 4557876 over 4 years ago

I have the same problem. It seems body battery is not working the same as it was a few weeks ago.

+1 6595592 over 4 years ago

Go-to settings, Reset, Reset Default Settings. It resets Garmin but keeps your activities. Fixed this problem for me with my Forerunner 945.

0 9822411 over 4 years ago

I had the same issue, and it is very annoying. Taking the price of the watch into account - you want something reliable.

The restart helped me for a day, my body battery suddenly jumped up to 70% instead of 5. But then when I slept afterwards my body battery didn't charge at all. So I have the problem still..

If anybody know how to fix it, please help us. Otherwise I am considering sending this watch back to Garmin..

0 6787120 over 4 years ago in reply to 6595592

Thanks for this . This has so far worked for me .