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So I bought the pace model.
Did an interval workout on the treadmill, after I checked the app it measured 195 heartbeats/second. Which was nice and well becase i know thats where I end up at the end of those 4 minutes.
However, after that I did some strength training, and then finished off with some uphill walk on the treadmill where the treadmill measued 150 BPS, and my watch... 88 BPS. I know 150 is more accurate because my breath was around there.
After that, it hasnt been able to register anything over 110 BPS. Tried it for several workout sessions, still doesnt measure above 110. I tried factory reset.. doesnt change anything.
Someone else seen this?
I'm testing one amazfit and comparing with one garmin 630.
Amazfit measures correct just after 10 minutes of workout and then, after some minutes it measures wrong about a minute or two, and back to measure correct again.
Very bad algorithm.
Has nothing to do with bad algorithm.
Why do you guys think that there is no gym workout on the watch?
Because there is no known wrist hr sensor that is working correct for that.
Doing workouts means bending and flexing the wrist, which means that the sensor looses contact, which means inaccuracy .
And 90% of people that complain, have the sensor on a spot that is not really working.
Have seen very hairy guys complaining or people that have the watch "between the hand and the bone".
And make sure it is tight.
jhenrikb said:
I checked the app it measured 195 heartbeats/second.
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Holy crap, 195 beats PER SECOND!!?!! How are you still alive? Are you The Flash? Or possibly some kind of super smart hummingbird with an xda account (that would be cool).
Jokes aside, I also find the HRM on the Pace problematic.
It seems to work ok when you do "check now" as long as you stay still and its on tight. But whenever I use continuous HRM or do an activity like biking the reading seems to be about 20+ bps too high.
For example, I did "check now" just before a bike ride and got 65bpm, then again right after the ride and got 104bpm, but the bike activity recorded a starting heart rate of 84bpm and an ending rate of 134bpm.
yeah, sometimes my watch seems to measure my heart rate correctly, but other times it shows quite strange results.
I just finished indoor cycling workout. I used together Suunto Ambit watch with HR strap and Amazfit Pace. Amazfit HR data is useless. Here is merged image with both graphs.
Amazfit was tight, and my hand didn't moved to much. I tried several times to move hand on different positions to check is there any improvement, but without change.
Here is paralel graph (top is Suunto, bottom is Amazfit)
sometimes when physical exertion increases (when I go up a slope, for example) the heart beats are reduced.
The HR sensor in the pace seems about as accurate as someone guessing your heart rate from across the room.
Yes the bip is the same.
Absolute ****.
I've compared it with Polar watch + chest strap. There were differencies in the meassured pulse, however the average pulse for the trainings was very close on both devices. What is important for Peace, it has to be fastened very tightly on the wrist.
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I have compared Amazit Pace (1.3.6d) with Garmin Chest Strap HR monitor and FR235 doing Interval training running, and to FR235 optical HR monitior doing indoor biking.
In both activities Amazit Pace worked inestable the first 10 min then worked showing nearly same HR thank Strap HR and optical HR monitors.
Amazfit Pace showed a sudden decrease in HR reading about the middle of activities (about 1 hour each) and then back to proper reading.
In summary, Amazfit Pace uses about 10 min to have proper HR values, and sometimes during the activity has sudden decreases in HR reading.
For the rest of activity it performs quite well.
but you know that you can pair amazfit with a heart rate monitor strap, for example Polar H7?
This is about the Pace, and that can't be paired with a strap.
fzelle said:
This is about the Pace, and that can't be paired with a strap.
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oh, ok, i was talking about Stratos
heart rate sensor go crazy
I have the pace model too
sometimes (recently with more frequency) the heart rate sensor go crazy
yesterday, when i did an Indoor Run, he show the alert: "heart rate too low: 75", seconds after this, he show: "heart rate too high: 185", seconds after: "heart rate too low: 81", "heart rate too high: 172", etc etc.
Someone else seen this?
Someone know how to fix it?
ahander said:
I have the pace model too
sometimes (recently with more frequency) the heart rate sensor go crazy
yesterday, when i did an Indoor Run, he show the alert: "heart rate too low: 75", seconds after this, he show: "heart rate too high: 185", seconds after: "heart rate too low: 81", "heart rate too high: 172", etc etc.
Someone else seen this?
Someone know how to fix it?
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Is the watch brand new? Do you sweat a lot? Check the cover of the HR sensor, some people that had used the watch while bathing/showering had problem with the cover getting loose.
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Is the watch brand new? Do you sweat a lot? Check the cover of the HR sensor, some people that had used the watch while bathing/showering had problem with the cover getting loose.
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I bought my pace in Feb/18 (3 months ago)
my sweat is near to zero
never bath/shower using it
the pace work well until one week ago, when i need to do a factory reset because something was draining the battery too fast (one charge in one night)
after the reset, the battery issue has gone, and the watch work well until yesterday (when the HR sensor issue start)
thinking about do one more factory reset... :fingers-crossed:
just to illustrate: HR (red) x Cadence (blue)
alexhan said:
I have the pace model too
sometimes (recently with more frequency) the heart rate sensor go crazy
Someone know how to fix it?
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Same issue here, with every Rom update HR accuracy gets worse in Sports activities. Continuous HR monitor seems accurate when compared to my chest strap, but goes haywire and at least 50% off true when in Run Indoor and Cycle indoor. Elliptical seems to be accurate at least some of the time. Have factory reset many times but nothing seems to help.
Yesterday I realized that with new ROM update, Peace have option to connect to other Bluetooth sensor(s).
I tested it and it with cheap 20$ Bluetooth sensor and works nice.
I just got an Amazfit Bip and took it out on hikes this weekend. The GPS distance seems to read high by as much as 30% when compared to a Garmin and a TomTom that we had on the same hike. When looking at the GPS tracks, it seems the Bip is erratic, the track zigzags a lot, which could explain the huge distance difference. Because of this erratic nature and that the Garmin and TomTom read almost the same, it points to the Bip GPS distance being quite inaccurate. For reference, compare these two tracks.
I am running firmware v1.1.1.00 on the watch. I can't tell what GPS firmware it has (how do I tell that?). Can the GPS be more accurate on the Bip or not? With GPS+GLONASS I expected much better. This post says they should be the same, but I am seeing huge differences. As a matter of fact, when sitting still I see a gain of 0.01mi every couple seconds!
Anyone have any advice? Thank you for any help you can offer!
Here is another example from a hike yesterday. The Bip is saying 25% too much distance. The Bip said I went 2 miles further, that is way too far off. If you look at the tracks closely you see that the Bip is very erratic. Closely looking at them, the TomTom seems to be following the best, it and the Garmin differ by less than 4%.
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I just got an Amazfit Bip and took it out on hikes this weekend. The GPS distance seems to read high by as much as 30% when compared to a Garmin and a TomTom that we had on the same hike. When looking at the GPS tracks, it seems the Bip is erratic, the track zigzags a lot, which could explain the huge distance difference. Because of this erratic nature and that the Garmin and TomTom read almost the same, it points to the Bip GPS distance being quite inaccurate. For reference, compare these two tracks.
I am running firmware v1.1.1.00 on the watch. I can't tell what GPS firmware it has (how do I tell that?). Can the GPS be more accurate on the Bip or not? With GPS+GLONASS I expected much better. This post says they should be the same, but I am seeing huge differences. As a matter of fact, when sitting still I see a gain of 0.01mi every couple seconds!
Anyone have any advice? Thank you for any help you can offer!
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Possibly A-gps update missing, poor receiving of gps signals (eg shielded/ under sleeve), interference from surroundings...
I found the AmazFit BIP as accurate as iPhone ... when it has a proper fix on the satellites.
I'm not sure on the 'other' sport settings, but in 'outside running' mode it takes a sample around every 1 second, and that sample frequency will affect the amount of zig-zag also.
The 'while sitting' or stationary setting, may still get a variation of 50m or even more depending on the momentary interference. (For 'GeoCaching' you'd have to be in 1 spot for 10 minutes to enable calculation of a more exact -around 1m accuracy- location. An averaging algorithm is included in some GeoCaching software...... but inside the BIP there is no offering for such software ).
I have the same issue, but more severe. The watch indicates the GPS signal is found and after awhile of running I check the watch and the distance has jumped 2-3 miles ahead of what it should be! The distance drawn is always all over the map for most of the run and only seldom does it actually show the route I used. It's really annoying as this happens every other time and messes up the whole exercise for me. Once I check the watch after the run it does indicate correct amount of steps and distance, but the Mi Fit app is forever stuck with the wrong data and no way to correct it. The watch was only partly visible from under the sleeve, but even this doesn't explain the problem as I used to run the whole winter with gloves and a much thicker coat completely covering the watch and didn't have these problems. Also the watch doesn't give those two quick vibrations after finding the GPS signal as it used to, which is also weird.
I saw this comparison the other day between Mi Band 2 on the silicone strap and on the metal bracelet. When on bracelet, the values were not accurate, they didn't correspond with the data on the phone, and on the silicone strap gave the correct values.
My Bip’s heart rate monitor seems to be working fine when I am resting. I have detection frequency set for every 5 minutes. However, when I am working out, I am not getting anywhere close to an actual reading. The detection is updating frequently, which it is supposed to do when you’re increasing your intensity. However, the reading stays low even when it’s clear my heartbeat is well over 100. When I say low, I’m not exaggerating. Last night, the reading dipped into the 40s while I was working out. I couldn’t even come close to that while resting.
Additionally, once my workout was done, it actually gave me an accurate reading of a heart rate over 100. Just not during the workout. The app is also not showing that I was in an intensive state. Its very confusing.
Does anyone know how to troubleshoot the Bip to get an accurate HR reading while working out? This is one of the main reasons I bought the watch in the first place.
Thank you.
Same issue here..
To me It seems like the watch only gives more accurate values when my actual heartbeat is under 90-100..
I bought Amazfit Bip two days ago, but barometer is only showing very low hPa (948.3-951.5) although the weather is clear and sunny (30 Celsius), is this normal or is this sensor defective?
Thank you for your help!
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I bought Amazfit Bip two days ago, but barometer is only showing very low hPa (948.3-951.5) although the weather is clear and sunny (30 Celsius), is this normal or is this sensor defective?
Thank you for your help!
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I have the same problem. Were you able to resolve this?
Did you check if it measures differences in air pressure correctly? Sometimes the body heat from your wrist can throw off the sensor as well.
I've noticed that the baseline elevation stats on my unit are off by around 30 meters, but the relative elevation stats are usually accurate.
Ideally there should be an option for manual recalibration but I doubt that Amazfit will ever add such feature, especially now when the device is already a few years old.
Your barometer is just fine. I had the same issue ( which was infact not an issue).
Go through this thread.
https://www.reddit.com/r/amazfit/comments/mkc7y9/_/gtgzy3y
I always wondered what would happen at Panama Canal. Which side would be sea level.
Hi guys,
I just got my new Amazfit GTR and noticed strange behavior of heart rate monitor. It shows values even if the device is not on my wrist. I left the device on the table for more than hour and any time I looked on main screen there was heart rate value and it was also changing the values. So it wasn't just last value stuck. I tried to run exercise activity while leaving device on the table and it was showing heart rate as well. Not all the time but sometimes there was value and sometimes not. So is the device faking heart rate values? Is it normal behavior?
It is how PPG sensors work, they use the reflected light to estimate the number of beats. Search the internet for more info.
Well, I have another watch with PPG sensor but they don't show nothing when they are not on wrist.
So it will probably not be about sensor type. In this case they for example report my rest heart rate during the night even if they lay next to me on the table so the values will be completely faked.
The sensor works that way, but other devices may use *other* sensors to disable the reading when they detect the watch isn't being used, the accelerometer for instance.
HR
lfom said:
The sensor works that way, but other devices may use *other* sensors to disable the reading when they detect the watch isn't being used, the accelerometer for instance.
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HEyy,
- Also got 2 other product with the same comportment `` Fitbit Charge Hr ´´ and `` Fitbit Blaze ´´ , both detect when they are not in the wrist. Why doen's GTR do the same?
- Also both got more accuracy in Heart rate measurments...Because they are doing it consistently. With Amazfit GTR i only can program it to do it 1min in 1min. Already change it with Notify & Fitness. nothing seems to change....
- Another outburst from my side : heart rate scale doen't save scores higher than 180 BTM !
Are some of them just software issues ?
Regards to all
The heart beat sensor on the GTR is utter garbage. It does indeed fake heart beat results. Also the sleep analysis functionality is totally broken.
Just got my GTR and the heart rate monitoring is way off. Always some 20 to 35 Beats above the real one. As I have some hair I tried it in my finger and in my belly with the same wrong results. The firmware version is 1.3.4.19 which was updated immediately after first turn on. In contrast the free Android app I use is pretty accurate. I will still test the GPS.
Kaka0 said:
Just got my GTR and the heart rate monitoring is way off. Always some 20 to 35 Beats above the real one. As I have some hair I tried it in my finger and in my belly with the same wrong results. The firmware version is 1.3.4.19 which was updated immediately after first turn on. In contrast the free Android app I use is pretty accurate. I will still test the GPS.
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I returned the GTR and got another one from another vendor and it has the same problem. I can now say that the heart rate monitoring in the GTR is useless, just a boring toy.
Amazfit admits that the heart rate monitor is "prone to inaccuracies" in its faq: https://support.amazfit.com/us/faq/839
As the heart rate sensor is basically a pulse oximeter which monitors the perfusion of blood to the dermis, it’s prone to inaccuracies.That’s because skin perfusion — a measure of how much blood flows through your skin-varies significantly from person to another. Especially the ones who have dark skin, hairy wrists, tattoo, and scar.
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Kaka0 said:
Amazfit admits that the heart rate monitor is "prone to inaccuracies" in its faq: https://support.amazfit.com/us/faq/839
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Oddly enough I have found the heart rate monitor to be remakably accurate if worn correctly and over the range 60-110. A few moments ago I confirmed previous results and while the watch showed 91 bpm a simultaneous ECG showed 90 bpm. The problem I have with the HR monitor is that it seems, when the cpu is stressed, to produce crazy results. To get around this I run exercise from the phone and get sensible results from the HR monitor. I might add that I was cooling down after exercise!
Well seems I am testing today. Had the watch about 2 days. I am guessing the watch does NOT show the current temperature? Like that matters. The GPS took about 45-60 seconds to connect, as others had. Seem to do faster NOT on wrist. Now my heart-rate monitor works really good. Tested it and I when I got 86 the watch got 85. did it again I got 84 thee watch got 85. Now I did take it off put it on the rubber mat and it kept going up to about 96 lol Put on my keyboard( light on top of keys) it went down to 40. Yet on my wrist works really good.