Heart Rate Monitor - Fitbit Blaze

[slingshot202]

All,

I guess in the last few weeks I did an update on my FitBit and I still love my fitbit, for now.

Over the last week while in DC on vacation and just today walking outside, and I mean, a good walk, but not a breathing heavy what the heck kind of walk, just a decent walk around my buidling, two laps, maybe a half mile... but anyway....

The heartrate is going insane... my pulse rate is at times from 150-160. The blaze is on my wrist as it always has been, I guess for walking I could tighten it, but the spot I wear it is really not changing and now my pulse is crazy high. Sometimes I would see a 120 and at a fire rescue call I was at 135, which made perfect sense, so you can see how walking around my building and getting 156 or higher seems a bit out of sorts.

I had a stress test last March ('16) and all was good and my rate got to 179 and I mean those folks broke me....so, I know my pulse is NOT 160....

Again, this started recently, maybe last update, any one else experiencing these issues? My Blaze is about 10 months old now.

Thanks,
CJ

[AlejandraFitbit]

It's great to see you around @slingshot202. If your heart rate is not being accurate, I recommend restarting your Blaze and take a look at this post, where you will be able to see some things that might be affecting this reading and some tips to improve it.

I hope this helps, let me know the outcome. 

[bbarrera]

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@slingshot202 wrote:

The heartrate is going insane... my pulse rate is at times from 150-160. The blaze is on my wrist as it always has been, I guess for walking I could tighten it, but the spot I wear it is really not changing and now my pulse is crazy high. Sometimes I would see a 120 and at a fire rescue call I was at 135, which made perfect sense, so you can see how walking around my building and getting 156 or higher seems a bit out of sorts.

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@slingshot202 Wrist-based optical HRMs will sometimes not find your HR (beats per minute, or BPM), and then lock onto the next strongest signal - your steps per minute (SPM). A slow walk with my kids is about 1800 steps per mile, and say 22 minutes, so that is 81 SPM. However you are seeing 150-160 BPM, which is roughly 2x SPM, so its possible that is the reason for the HR you are seeing on Blaze.