Optical heart rate still messed up

Just a quick note here to let whomever is monitoring this forum to know the optical heart rate on the 265 is still messed up.

I did a workout this morning on the Tacx Neo 2T. I had my Edge 1030 plus recording the ride paired with a HRM dual. I was also wearing my 265. The Edge routinely recorded my heart rate in the 120 - 130 BPM range. My 265? 85 - 90 BPM.

The 265 is so bad that right in the middle of my workout my watch told me to "move" even though I was 2hrs into my workout, putting out 205watts and my heart rate was 123 BPM.

Please Garmin. I love my 265. But I hate the fact that the optical heart rate is so messed up. What is so annoying is that the optical heart rate USED to be good, but successive firmware updates have ruined it.

0 gxgene1 14 days ago

I have no answer, just concerns I've posted along a similar line. Thanks for reporting it. Maybe, eventually Garmin will eventually get the message... but don't hold your breath.

0 DoctorCool 12 days ago in reply to gxgene1

For full transparency, I switched to my 745 for a workout. The optical heart rate on the 745 was recording pretty much identical to the 265. My heart rate was in the 85 ~ 95 range while my heart rate being recorded on my 1030 plus with the HRM dual was in the 120 range.

BTW, I have no tattoos on my wrist to interfere with any heart rate readings.

0 gxgene1 11 days ago in reply to DoctorCool

You're out of my league. My 245 reads better than my 265 but the 245 was frozen as a specific firmware release and not updated after that.