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Charge 6 accuracy regarding activities.

‎11-29-2023 14:13

‎11-29-2023 14:13

Hi - new user here...

So I am a drummer and I am having quite a hard time figuring out how accurate the Charge 6 might be...

Let me give an example:

So I just went in my garage to play a bit of drum while wearing my Charge 6. After about 30 minutes of playing, I stop and notice that Fitbit has recorded one activity.

"Pretty neat", I tell myself considering that I just spent 30 minutes doing light exercise, "super nice that it even picks up drum sessions.

However, when looking at the date, it shows that my heart beat hit 200bpm for several minutes, which simply doesn't make sense considering it was really just very light drumming.

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(I am also a Zwifter, and I can assure you I could never last 3 minutes at 200bpm... I can barely go over 162bpm without dying lol)

Also, the recorded activity shows as a "Run' and consequently claims that I burned 325 calories in 27 minutes...

What? Like come on... I pedal like the devil is running after me for over an hour on Zwift and barely burn 165 calories and now 30 minutes of light drumming burns well over twice that? Makes no sense...

So what am I doing wrong here, and how can I ensure the data is factual?

Like I really don't need a Fitbit if it's going to pull random numbers like that...

Thanks for your time and all the help!

Very appreciated! 👍

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‎11-29-2023 15:06

‎11-29-2023 15:06

@Jee514 you encountered same problem as I did during running. Charge 6 picked up your drumming same as it picks up my running cadence and mistakes it for heart rate.

Example here:

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Charge-6/High-BPM-200-on-Charge-6/m-p/5506145/highlight/true#M2375

I don't think there is any solution. I gave a go to three Charge 6 devices, all showed me the same result. For you at least there is some solution - you can take it off while drumming.

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