Inspire Hr heart rate accuracy issues

[SunsetRunner]

I'm finding the Inspire HR heart rate monitor is inaccurate especially at higher BPM. I was at the gym exercising on a ARC Trainer. The Fitbit had my heart rate at 101 and the ARC, which has a built in HR monitor in the handles, showed 124. I moved the Fitbit low and high, top and bottom of the wrist plus loosened and tightened the band. It still was well under in it's accuracy. This has also happened while climbing steps outside the gym and I took my own pulse. The Inspire HR is consistently inaccurate.

Anyone else?

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[Joopajoo]

I have also same "feature". 126 is max heart beat i have seen..

[SunsetRunner]

Just found that if I look at the Resting Heart Rate menu for Sunday it has my highest heart rate at 129, BUT if I check the Exercise icon for the SAME TIME it's 144. What is that all about????

[SandrainSC]

My fitbit consistently registers about 20 bpm lower than it should. I put on my husband's Charge 3 on my right hand, took readings of both during rest and during activity. 

[SunsetRunner]

Was the Charge 3 more accurate?

Did take your own pulse off the wrist or jugular to verify?

Thanks for your feed back.

[Philbobaggins]

Hi, I've also found the Inspire HR inaccurate at high BPM - mine seems to overstate the heart rate - it recorded me as 209 beats per minute sustained and on a bike ride it had me doing 192 bpm both way above what I should be capable off.

Recently I've worn my wahoo heart rate tracker (chest strap) that's always in line with the ones in the gym so tend to trust that and it's consistently around 10% less than what the Fitbit is saying.

If a moderator is reading this I've tried wearing it on different wrists, experimented with moving it up and down my wrist and having the strap loose and tight - it still seems to to overstate my heart rate - any suggestions?

[SandrainSC]

Yes, the Charge 3 is quite accurate. I also compared the bpm reading from my blood pressure device ( 65) with the inspire (45).

[Hjk666]

Same problem 

old fitbit max heart rate 164 now 130 with same run

bogus

[SunsetRunner]

I'm finding that if I start an "exercise" on my watch before a power walk, steps or weights it give a more accurate HR

[Hjk666]

Tried it did not work

[Pelageya]

During my MMA training, when I feel I am at maximum exertion, my Inspire shows HR in the “cardio” range. I highly doubt it’s at 150 bpm max, since I can barely breath and give it all my energy. Seems the HR readings are off. Any word from FitBit on this? 

[Hjk666]

I have the exact opposite 

My new inspire has me 20 beats low during maximum exercise compared to my old Fitbit 

have done everything, exercise mode, reinstall, 

[SunsetRunner]

No word from Fitbit, but what I think works is putting the HR in exercise
mode. Activate, to where it shows time, swipe down to see "Exercise" and
tap once, swipe up to see the closest type of exercise, then tap to connect
to phone. You may have to launch the FitBit app to finish this process. I
believe if not in this mode the HR only takes occasional reading, but in
exercise mode it's more of a continuous reading.
Hope this works for ya,
Charles

[tas1717]

My Inspire HR seems to very inconsistent with the HR is displays. I think it does a good job at resting HR. But there are times when it shows 90-100+ when I know it’s nowhere near that high (a manual check shows it to be upper 60s/low 70s). Or I know my HR is raised and it shows much lower unless/until I press the tracker into my wrist and hold it there a while before it adjusts. I just had a cardiac stress test (treadmill) and the EKG showed my peak HR reached 173, but my tracker topped out at only 103! I’m ready to return it...

[Thingo]

Inspire HR seems to be more influenced by your movements than your heart rate. When it should have been approaching 180 it showed less than 130. On an exercise bike with HR consistently in 140's it showed 70. The graph of the heart rate often shows it increasing, then suddenly dropping low when working harder.

Like others I have tightened and loosened the strap, moved it higher and lower, changed wrists and even tried it on the inside of my wrist, but it would still never show my actual hear rate during exercises.

It doesn't do what I bought it to do.

It seems to be more for encouraging sedentary people to move than for those of us who regularly push themselves.

[Hjk666]

Absolutely agree, did all those things, and used the exercise mode, which is tedious to get in and out of, nothing
I have observed that if I do have a particularly hard work out it will suddenly trigger an appropriate recording
Fitbit does not appear to care, the NIH has partnered with Fitbit to monitor health in participants, hope they appreciate some input data may be garbage

Henry

[lottie728]

I too have this problem.  I'm kind of glad to know I'm not the only one!  I feel like I'm exerting myself and the Inspire HR isn't recording it properly, it's very frustrating.  Please do something about this!

[Maebec]

I have notice the same thing.  When I check my heart rate during exercise it is always higher than what I seen on the daily heart rate, sometimes as much as 30 BPM more!  Which is correct?  I need to know.

[deryck76]

My Fitbit Inspire is ok for Resting pulse (50–53), but crazy at Max where it credits me at 160bpm or more sometimes. At my age of 76 it should be in ballpark of 220 – 76 = 144.  

When I did hills with a Polar chest strap around age 70 it was at max of around 153 really pushing it.

Any solution or explanation for this type of inaccuracy?

[Fastrun]

I found that it can't track heart at rest. During intense crosstraining it's all the place. One moment it's reading 132 a minute later it is reading 72. Going with Samsung and taking this out to the shooting range.