Waste of money - HR way over in beats

[CheryM]

I got my fit bit 5 as a gift as I am a Covid Longhauler. It was given to me a lttle over a month ago so that I could keep track of my heart rate and oxygen. The heart rate on the fit bit is always between 10 and 20 beats above what my actual heart rate is according to my TWO sp02 finger monitors and the doctors sp02 reader. My oxygen which I thought would be tracked during the day is only tracked at night, that is a joke!! I have tried the push the button on the charger fix to no avail. And I have to  restart the fit bit every morning because if I don't my Sp02 and sleep numbers are blank.I have always liked fit bit and would still have my charge 4 if it didn't dim the screen so you can't read it. So here I sit with this useless tracker. It was purchased at KOHLs  a little over a month ago so it can't be returned, Funny Kohls has an awesome return policy except on fit bits, they won,'t take them back after 30 days. Anything else they sell can be returned after 180 days. That should tell you something about fit bit!

[Talahthas]

@CheryM First of all, I'm really sad to hear about your COVID disease, all the more because I have friends that also are suffering from Long-COVID.

In all respect I'll try to point out that all fitness trackers, whether they are sold as "smart watches" or not, are NO medical devices. We can however use those devices to indicate tendencies of our health situation.

To improve SpO2 tracking and sleep tracking over night you should check to wear your Charge 5 maybe a little bit tighter above your wrist. This also would give you a better reading of your body temperature tolerance.

[CheryM]

I understand it is not a medical device but even so, people use it to track HR during exercise and activity. What use is a tracker if it tells you that your heart rate is 20 beats above what it normally is. Also why do I have to restart it every morning to get my sleep and SP02 stats? I will let the person that gifted it to me not to by me another one. This 5 is useless even if I didn't have LC .You say it can show tendencies of our health situation, what by guessing my heart rate? If it were any tighter on my wrist it would be considered a tournaquet. You also say wear it tighter above my wrist to give me a better reading of my body temerature tolerance. I was not aware of the fit bit 5 being able to detect my body temperature when awake or am I supposed to guess that too? I can not believe how many issues there are on this board and you are still selling this wrist watch ( not fitness tracker.)