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Fitbit blaze heartrate and calorie burn

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‎04-06-2016 14:38

‎04-06-2016 14:38

Hi all,

I just got a blaze after using the charge for a couple of years.  I use a treadmill on a daily basis and also a heart rate monitor that fits around my chest.  I have moved the blaze to different point on the arm as the help docs mention but little or no change.  these are the results, at peak exercise and only walking at 6km/hr chest HR is around 118bpm, blaze is 168bpm, these are fairly consistant, the difference is about the same earlier in the walk with chest HR being 80-90bpm and blaze being 120-130bpm.  The other difference i noticed was calories burned.  Treadmill shows 67 for a 15min walk ranging from 4-6km/hr, blaze recorded 162calories for the same exercise.  Any ideas on how i can improve the accuracy, as i only purchased this for the HR side of the equation.  If not i am probably better off going back to the Charge and putting up with straps falling apart

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‎04-06-2016 17:22

‎04-06-2016 17:22

All I can tell you for sure is this: sometimes mine works well and sometimes it doesn't.  The monitor seems to do a good job with basic cardio (which you're having trouble with) and for daily tracking. Mine has been hit or miss with hiit, though. 

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