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Incorrect heart rate reading

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‎05-10-2018 08:22

‎05-10-2018 08:22

Hey guys,

 

Just wondering if anybody has experienced something similar to this:

I was doing my weights workout this morning, I was wearing my Ionic in the same fashion I do whenever doing weights (which had always worked well), yet the reading I was getting for my heart rate was ~65bpm almost all the way through.

Normally when I am doing weights my bpm's would be somewhere between 120 and 150.

Yes, my watch was clean and yes I still took it off and cleaned the sensor on the back of the watch again.  It didn't help.

Anybody has any insight on this?  Thanks.

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‎05-10-2018 09:03

‎05-10-2018 09:03

Hi,

 

maybe ot depands on the low sampling rate of the heart rate sensor.

 

It's to slow for fast activities.

 

Maybe you can get an explanation from Fitbit!

 

Regards

Mark

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‎05-10-2018 09:59

‎05-10-2018 09:59

Welcome to the club: https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Ionic/Ionic-Heart-Rate-Accuracy/m-p/2333722#M17782

 

With that said, wearing the ionic snug and higher up on my arm has definitely improved the heart rate reading for me. I no longer get spikes over 200bpm (when I manually measure around 110). The 2.0 software update may have also helped as that came out around the same time.

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