MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:16 pm
My Samsung Watch 3 is FDA approved, and tallies comparably with my Scosche HRM (although that's arm worn not chest) so I'm happy it's accurate enough, I'll check it against my Omron3 when I next get pulled in by the GP and need to take a weeks worth of readings.
Dragged my broken down pox riddled body to the quacks today.
Took my HR & SPo2 reading on my watch whilst she had me hooked to a BPM and oximeter, all the stars aligned and they all agreed with each other.
I've gotta take a weeks worth of blood pressure readings so will see how things tally over the longer term rather than that one off match
The 'body battery' and 'stress' thing seems all over the shop though. From what I've read, the way it measures stress - small variations in pulse intervals ie your pulse reading could be 60bpm but individual pulses could be 1.1, 0.9 seconds for example - is of limited use as you get older. It appears that rate variability is an ageing thing.
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Mr Moofo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 11:48 am
what Smart Watch is sir wearing?
I went for an Amazon deal on the Garmin Instinct Solar after much browsing. V pleased with it. Slightly chunky on my wrist so I do vary and wear it on the inside of the wrist (as I have with all my watches since I first got one) but switch to 'normal' so it gets more sun when out yompin'
The app is pretty good with the mapping etc.
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a) Does anyone get consistent readings from the 'Battery Charge' monitor (ie the 'body battery' not the watch battery)? I can't sense any correlation with the sort of nights sleep I feel I've had or what the watch says I've had and the charge reading (it only goes down during the day).
b) What sort of average 'stress' levels are you seeing? I'm typically around 50 but again, can't see any correlation with the sort of day I'm having/exercise done.
Ta.
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My wife gets the battery thing sometimes, or rather she did when she used Garmin. I occasionally get it, but it's always associated with an oncoming illness IME. S'actually quite interesting to note how your metabolism starts changing before you feel ill!
My average stress is 24, worst I've had (1 week average) is 31. I'm not sure how the stress thing is worked out, like you I see no correlation between exercise and stress. I think it's comparing your heartrate to your activity to see how aggy you are? Reducing caffeine had BY FAR the biggest impact on it for me
EDIT: Just read the help file, stess is calculated from your heart rate variability. Basically, being a classical musician is good, syncopated Jazz is bad.
I think there's an age thing going on with the heart rate variability.
I have noticed one thing though, when I briefly broke my alcohol abstinence around Christmas the nightly body battery recharge dropped. I found even one can of Guinness (original) appeared to have a negative effect. So, even a little alcohol appears to reduce sleep quality.
Might just be that the monitoring is a bit pants though.
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In case anyone else has the same problem: the floor count on my Garmin seemed a bit erratic then, yesterday did a walk with a some friends who were visiting. Went up to the highest point nearby. At the end her watch said 40+ 'floors' ie 120m+. Mine said....3.
Turns out there's a little hole/slot on the back of the watch* that can get blocked (with dead skin cells etc, eeeuwww). I cut a bristle off a kitchen brush, ran the watch under the tap while I 'piggled' at the hole with the bristle. Did a similar walk today...yay..53 'floors'.
* Apparently the 'floors' thing measures changes in air pressure and the hole is part of that.
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Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 21, 2023 4:04 pm
In case anyone else has the same problem: the floor count on my Garmin seemed a bit erratic then, yesterday did a walk with a some friends who were visiting. Went up to the highest point nearby. At the end her watch said 40+ 'floors' ie 120m+. Mine said....3.
Turns out there's a little hole/slot on the back of the watch* that can get blocked (with dead skin cells etc, eeeuwww). I cut a bristle off a kitchen brush, ran the watch under the tap while I 'piggled' at the hole with the bristle. Did a similar walk today...yay..53 'floors'.
* Apparently the 'floors' thing measures changes in air pressure and the hole is part of that.
I find the steps count very generous - today I have 17K steps/ 15kms. I really haven't
Count Steer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 21, 2023 4:04 pm
In case anyone else has the same problem: the floor count on my Garmin seemed a bit erratic then, yesterday did a walk with a some friends who were visiting. Went up to the highest point nearby. At the end her watch said 40+ 'floors' ie 120m+. Mine said....3.
Turns out there's a little hole/slot on the back of the watch* that can get blocked (with dead skin cells etc, eeeuwww). I cut a bristle off a kitchen brush, ran the watch under the tap while I 'piggled' at the hole with the bristle. Did a similar walk today...yay..53 'floors'.
* Apparently the 'floors' thing measures changes in air pressure and the hole is part of that.
I find the steps count very generous - today I have 17K steps/ 15kms. I really haven't
I did notice after checking the number of steps before and after driving a distance on (typically) poor roads, the step count went up during the drive. Otherwise it seems very consistent.
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I use a boots BP tester, proper old school round the arm.....brrrrrrrrrrrrrr...........psssssstttt.
Ok, not as convenient as an apple watch, but stops you looking at it every 5 seconds.
Nearly 60, obese BMI, swim @ 1km a day, cycle 50-60km/week, weights 3 x week
Rhr 50 BP 117/72
My Polar Grit CX has developed an annoying known fault of defective altimeter, its GPS calibration function and barometer sensor don't seem to talk to each other anymore. My home location is approx 72ft ASL but the altimeter will decide I'm anywhere between -300ft to +700ft. Apparently it's software related and Polar don't have a fix for it!
TBF last time I rode up to Friston it did feel like 700 ft!
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MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:42 pm
My Polar Grit CX has developed an annoying known fault of defective altimeter, its GPS calibration function and barometer sensor don't seem to talk to each other anymore. My home location is approx 72ft ASL but the altimeter will decide I'm anywhere between -300ft to +700ft. Apparently it's software related and Polar don't have a fix for it!
If it's a known fault it probably won't help but it does sound a bit like the problem I fixed on the Garmin by carefully cleaning the barometer sensor vent. (The height profile on a GPS monitored walk looked fine but the 'floors' measurement bore no relation).
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