Inaccurate HR

2563765 27 days ago

Happened twice when doing Z2 runs on the treadmill.

The first time, my HR kept going up and up and reached 170 bps within a few mins when I know 100% it was 140 at most (I do the same run all the time). It was off by +30.

The previous time it dropped from 140 to 110 within a few mins of my run and stayed at 105-115 throughout the entire run. It was off by -30.

I've only had my 955 solar for 2-3 weeks and already thinking of ditching it. Thoughts?

0 Jeremy R. 26 days ago

There's multiple posts about this issue with the OHR.

Here's a link to some of the common issues that Garmin has insights on: https://support.garmin.com/en-CA/?faq=xQwjQjzUew4BF1GYcusE59

And then there's a post about this issue where Garmin Sierra has replied and is asking people for further info via email and Garmin connect access: https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/running-multisport/f/forerunner-955-series/406590/faulty-heart-rate-measurement-on-my-955

I'm sure Garmin would be appreciative of any other examples they can find when it's becoming a pretty common issue for most users, even if the issue can sometimes be an anomaly.

My 955 solar performed super well for the 2 years and change I've had it, they've just been kinda dropping the ball with balancing adding new features before fixing longstanding bugs.

0 DaKo 24 days ago in reply to Jeremy R.

there are different issues with HR, not only OHR. Personally I have issues with a HR strap that was always fine, but since a few weeks, it consistently register 15 bmp to high. It started to behave that way all of a sudden. Quite frustrating. I need to update FW, but I don not dare. Every update, new issues seem to arrive

0 global_local 24 days ago in reply to DaKo

I have had weird problems with my strap too. Last beta 23.13 has fixed that. Only 2 strap runs but they are OK. And overall no issues with beta.