Blaze - Underwhelming Heart Rate Monitor

[judorama]

I just got my Blaze two days ago; it replaces my Polar heart rate watch and my Fit Bit Charge. However, the heart rate monitor on my Blaze is grossly inacurrate on my heart rate when I do spinning or the stairclimber. My polar was highly more accurate. Any advice?

[Rich_Laue]

See the Heart Rate FAQ
http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/Heart-rate-FAQs/
Especially on how t9 wear the Blaze.

[bjanow]

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@judorama wrote:

I just got my Blaze two days ago; it replaces my Polar heart rate watch and my Fit Bit Charge. However, the heart rate monitor on my Blaze is grossly inacurrate on my heart rate when I do spinning or the stairclimber. My polar was highly more accurate. Any advice?

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Try it on the other wrist perhaps? I'm sure the link provided will help, but for those 2 activities it should work great. I haven't done the stair climber yet (I hate that thing) but for spinning it's spot on with my Polar.

[AngelaMa]

Hello @judorama, @Rich_Laue and @bjanow, it's great to have you here! 🙂 @judorama Because blood flow in your arm increases the farther up you go, moving the tracker up a couple inches can be helpful particularly during exercises that cause you to bend your wrist frequently, I would suggest to take a look at this help article to learn more about: What impacts the accuracy of my heart rate reading? 

Let me know if you have any question. 🙂 

[JeffWski]

I don't think there is much to be done to fix it. The Blaze said my heart rate was increasing during cool down periods of interval training. My chest strap showed it going down during the cool down. I've tried it tight and loose at different points of my arm and it just does not seem accurate to me. Often times I got no HR reading during the intense intervals.