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HR reading is way off

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‎04-22-2018 17:55

‎04-22-2018 17:55

I went for an 8 mile run today. My testing heart rate is 49-52. The app said my HR was in peak for over an hour during my run and said my max was 197. I have been running for a year with my Blaze and I log 2-15 minutes in peak on a run with the highest HR being around 167. This is clearly off... how can it be fixed. 

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‎04-22-2018 18:05

‎04-22-2018 18:05

agree...the machine reading and the followup manual reading at the doctor's a month ago had my hr at 39 bpm..My polar strap generally has me between 40-55 when not exercising; the versa has me between 60-70.  The exercise rates actually seem reasonably accurate though i haven't compared it with the polar h10 simultaneously yet.

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‎08-09-2018 09:00

‎08-09-2018 09:00

Did you get a satisfactory answer to this post? My Versa is wildly wrong a lot of the time. Exercise produces very high HR, which throws off calory counts (I think). I am keeping my Versa just fro the timers and the visibility in sunlight. Otherwise it's pretty useless.

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I went for an 8 mile run today. My testing heart rate is 49-52. The app said my HR was in peak for over an hour during my run and said my max was 197. I have been running for a year with my Blaze and I log 2-15 minutes in peak on a run with the highest HR being around 167. This is clearly off... how can it be fixed. 

 

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