Heart rate reading 5-20 units too high

[PeopleAndBits]

Hi there,

I've panicking lately as my Charge 5 shows me ridiculous pulse readings.

For example: Lying down 80, Standing up 100, Walking 120.

I've gone to doctors with this already thinking I'm chronically sick.

Then I started to check the reading with an iphone app and it often shows significantly lower readings.

Has anyone else seen this issue with Charge 5?

Which of the Fitbit line of watches has the best heart rate monitor?

Thanks.

[dabear171]

I am having the same issue since the last update....my touch screen no longer works correctly (swiping left/right, up/down) and my heart rate data is now messed up...resting heart rate in low to mid 60's since I have had this, now since update it's fifteen to twenty beats higher....when I'm absolutely still now it's in the 80's......walk 8 feet from bedroom to bathroom and it's 100 bpm....from front to back of house and its approaching 120 bpm. Same here when laying down its reading twenty to twenty-five beats higher....tried to change clock face  to correct touch screen issue 3 times, did nothing...reset Fitbit, factory reset, made sure it was Normal for sensitivity setting, and it's still reading wrong.....if I take it off and put back on after 5 minutes or so it will show my normal Heart rate...but within 5 minutes and even though sitting completely still it goes back up into the mid 80's and stays there......