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Heart rate monitor glitch during exercise?

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‎04-29-2021 08:34

‎04-29-2021 08:34

I noticed on my run today that there was a sudden and very sharp drop of my heart rate recorded by my fitbit (from about 160 to sub-120 pretty much instantly) which looks quite abnormal to me. This isn't the first time that I've noticed a large drop like this during exercise, but it is definitely the most stark I've seen. I'm not a medical expert but I think if this was genuine I would have definitely noticed. Image is here.

 

This doesn't happen in every run, but whenever it does it usually happens around the same place. Does sweat affect accuracy? 

 

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‎04-29-2021 11:09

‎04-29-2021 11:09

It’s actually happening to tons of people. Fitbit customer support will give you robotic answers that your not wearing the watch correctly and temperature affects heart rate. I no longer have correct data during exercise I might as well have threw my money out the window while driving. My Fitbit is still under warranty and I paid for the 2 year coverage plan. This won’t be fixed until they release a new firmware update because the latest one is what’s causing it.

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