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‎12-31-2021 02:21

‎12-31-2021 02:21

In case there’s anyone thinking of buying the Fitbit charge 5 don’t bother if you have tattoos on your wrists it just doesn’t work, I am fuming that this detail isn’t highlighted on sales to avoid a tsunami of watches being returned like mine it is not powerful enough to read your BPM or track sleep so mines going back and save for the Apple series 7

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‎12-31-2021 03:50

‎12-31-2021 03:50

@Daveyboy98   You might not get get better results with an Apple Watch.

Laurie | Maryland
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‎12-31-2021 04:43

In response to LZeeW

‎12-31-2021 04:43

Oh wow!  If you click on the video in the link @Daveyboy98 the person has a workaround that might be worth a go.

 

Thank you for sharing that @LZeeW that could potentially solve a lot of people's problems.

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‎12-31-2021 05:37

‎12-31-2021 05:37

I just noticed the same, at least I have only one sleeve, except my free arm has metal plates n screws around the wrist which has always made me wonder if that effects readings. 

i had an apple 7 that I gave to my wife since I only want a fitness trackers and the Apple Watch had more then I needed. Couldn’t say since I wore it on my non tattooed arm 

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‎12-31-2021 09:15

In response to RoninD86

‎12-31-2021 09:15

Just found out from the Apple store and they have similar problems and it’s not going to be an easy fix until the developers design more stronger penetrating beam lights and even if  they did it would be a separate class of light and may not be produced because of health intervention issues basically saying that these are getting closer to gamma rays that X-ray machines use so they say, so looks like I’m stuck with the charge 5 until the developers design an alternative that is safe for human use, but I wish all the manufacturers out there would place a warning out there to avoid people like me and many others from purchasing something that’s definitely not going to work over tattoos 

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