Heart rate spiking

[pfrr]

 

Hi 

It is random but when I'm at rest watching TV my tracker gives an alert saying that my HR has been above 120 for a while.

Tonight it was 220bpm for 20! minutes. Am I superhuman?? 

This was more often in the past but has faded after a couple of updates. I think with low rates around 50bpm it goes wild and it multiplies by 3 or 4. It also happened on low exercise rate where the factor was often 1.5 i.e saying I was on high stress of 135 where my real rate was 90 only. This "feature" has totally disappeared since the last update... Hélas the "superhuman" 220 one has surfaced after a good few months on the quiet.

[YachatsMike]

I see this during exercise sometimes.  I chalk it up to measurement error.  If I jigger with the position of the Fitbit on my arm (get it a full two fingers above my wrist bone) and get my wristband tight but not too tight it usually clears up.  Once in a while I clean the back of the watch. 

[Hamiltonian]

I've had this happen twice, both times after I'd accidentally triggered the on-wrist ECG and declined to follow through, sweeping until I managed to exit. Normalcy was restored after I opened the ECG app and used it as instructed. (Somebody please tell me how to get rid of the thing! I chose to add it, regretted it, and haven't found a way to remove it.)
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I was mistaken: today, running the ECG app properly did not fix the problem. I've restarted the device; we'll see if that helps. I still want to get rid of the ECG app -- it's far too easy to trigger when swiping between the clock face and the timers, which I use extensively. 

Moderator edit: merged reply and word choice

[pfrr]

Go to Fitbit app >> press on top left icon (charger) >> tap Charge 6 >> Apps >> ECG >> UNINSTALL