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

How to set sleep goal to 7 hours

I would like to set the sleep goal to something other than default 8 hours. My normal sleep pattern is 7 hours. Leaving it at the default means I will never have a goal reached for the sleep hours. Further, the body battery and stress reports are being skewed by not having 8 hours as the devise requires. If I don't wear the device at sleep time, the body battery will default to about 50. This is the ONLY time the body battery has been above the 40 mark. The stress report does the same, only resets after I stop wearing the device for sleep or restart the device. It wants me to 'rest' which I do when I sleep; however, I do not stop moving throughout the day so I am in a constant medium to high stress as the device never sees me as rested. Not wearing the device to sleep seems to have caused the Pulse Ox to stop reporting to the phone app. I have had readings on the device and it keeps a record, but the record stopped forwarding data to the phone after I took it off for the night. I would like to be able to fix the sleep goal issue so the other reports will be set straight.

0 CindiL over 2 years ago

You should be able to set your sleep goal hours in Garmin Connect under device, then user settings. It just wants normal wake and bet times put in. I don’t see anything about 8 hours.

You have to wear it to 24/7 for it to accurately reflect your stress and body battery.

0 Shadoza over 2 years ago in reply to CindiL

The goal is preset at 8 hours. If one gets less than 8 hours, say the 7 hours I require, the goal is not met. Setting sleep hours bed time / wake time does not change the goal for total hours slept.

0 tmk2 over 2 years ago

See this thread:

https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/garmin-connect-web/136571/ability-to-change-sleep-goal-from-8-hours?pifragment-1286=1#1009022

Enjoy the read.

0 Shadoza over 2 years ago

Because the sleep hours report to the 'body battery' and stress reports, I have removed both from my reporting features. There is no sense in looking at data that is not allowed to be accurate. I only leave the sleep feature on now to keep track of my actually sleep hours. I do hope that the ability to accurately reflect sleep needs is addressed in the future.

0 tmk2 over 2 years ago in reply to Shadoza

The sleep goal has absolutely no effect on body battery. As a matter of fact, the sleep goal does not affect anything, except the green tick mark you get when you sleep more than 8 hours.

0 Shadoza over 2 years ago in reply to tmk2

From the Venu SQ manual

Tips for Improved Body Battery Data

For more accurate results, wear the device while sleeping.
Good sleep charges your Body Battery.
Strenuous activity and high stress can cause your Body Battery to drain more quickly.
Food intake, as well as stimulants like caffeine, has no impact on your Body Battery.

0 Shadoza over 2 years ago in reply to tmk2

Also from the manual

Sleep Tracking

While you are sleeping, the device automatically detects your sleep and monitors your movement during your normal sleep hours. You can set your normal sleep hours in the user settings on your Garmin Connect

account. Sleep statistics include total hours of sleep, sleep stages, and sleep movement. You can view your sleep statistics on your Garmin Connect account.

0 tmk2 over 2 years ago in reply to Shadoza

Ok, but sleep GOAL is not mentioned anywhere. While actual sleep time does affect body battery, the sleep goal does not.

0 Shadoza over 2 years ago in reply to tmk2

I say it does. If the system recognized 7 hours as a good sleep amount it will stop telling me to get more sleep to improve my score.

0 tmk2 over 2 years ago in reply to Shadoza

Shadoza said:
I say it does.

Where?

Sleep duration is not necessarily directly related to sleep quality. You can have 10 hours of poor sleep, which won't recharge your body battery by much, or 6 hours of very good sleep, which will recharge your body battery to 100%. The 8-hour goal does not apply anywhere in the equation.