Charge 6 Heartrate Inaccurate

[Leadingzero]

My charge 6 heart rate is unreliably inaccurate. I'm trying to do some zone 2 training and I'm running super slow miles to keep myself in a specific heartrate zone and when I looked at the watch it was telling me my HR was > 180. I would be puking if that were the case and during the entire run I was singing the alphabet. What gives?

[Leadingzero]

not unreliably inaccurate, reliably inaccurate... sorry for the typo

[RandyMc]

I'm having the opposite problem, rate is running about ten beats slow after switching to Charge 6. I'm using a finger pulse monitor to check its accuracy and the finger monitor is consistent with my Charge 5 heart rate before the switch while doing the similar exercise.

I can't find a troubleshooting fix for the problem.

[Triletics]

@Leadingzero Charge 6 often takes my cadence for HR so I see charts like this:

HR reaching 200 because it mistakes steps per minute for heart beat 🤷

[Mnmadeira]

Mine is crazy.
The heart rate fluctuates as I exercise.
I tried cleaning the sensor, moving it to different parts of my arm, and nothing.
I'm very disappointed.
A Fitbit lasts one year or a little more, but at least with the previous models, if not precise, you had a steady number that would go up as you increase your activity.
The HR-6 heart seems to keep restarting the heart beat count every time it moves.
I may be wrong, but it seems to have started since the software update weeks ago.

[Leadingzero]

It seems like it rights itself on longer distance runs and I know I'm running in zone 2 because I'm intentionally staying at a slower pace. I noticed if I just do 3 mile runs it's the back have of the last mile when it's correct. I might try testing this out with a HR monitor on my chest, see if there's a difference...