placment on arm

terraskye

Can anyone help me where I need to have this on my upper arm...I can't tell if I have it on correctly or not

Thank you in advance

katevarner

About halfway between shoulder and elbow and on the back of your arm.

LoggingForLife

And does anyone know why they say to put it on your left arm? Just curious.

katevarner

I think because it's closer to your heart, but not sure. When I first got the armband, it bothered my arm, so I switched arms daily. Then I started wearing it on my leg at night because it wasn't very accurately measuring my sleep on my arm (I move around a lot at night, apparently), so it wasn't on my arm long enough to bother me, so I quit switching arms. Don't think it measured much differently on my right arm, and I lost consistently as long as I maintained a deficit.

zlauerMom

And does anyone know why they say to put it on your left arm? Just curious.

I don't really know why, but I thought it was because most people are right handed. I thought it might misread on things like stirring sauces during cooking, doing dishes, driving, etc. I also thought that might be why they have you input whether you are left or right handed.

jaz050465

And does anyone know why they say to put it on your left arm? Just curious.

I don't really know why, but I thought it was because most people are right handed. I thought it might misread on things like stirring sauces during cooking, doing dishes, driving, etc. I also thought that might be why they have you input whether you are left or right handed.

Being a Brit I'm a bit concerned about driving- we change gear with our left hand. Not sure if the algorithms allow for that.

zlauerMom

And does anyone know why they say to put it on your left arm? Just curious.

I don't really know why, but I thought it was because most people are right handed. I thought it might misread on things like stirring sauces during cooking, doing dishes, driving, etc. I also thought that might be why they have you input whether you are left or right handed.

You could take note of a time when you are a passenger and another time when you are the driver and see if there is a significant difference. Make sure you are comparing a similar drive. I live in a rural area and there isn't a lot of need to shift like in city driving.

I'm not sure if driving is repetitive enough to matter though. I wedge clay and that registers as moderate activity for me sometimes. It is a workout though, especially if I'm wedging 6+ pounds of clay. I will sometimes stop and take a rest brake, so I'm happy Bodymedia recognizes it as work. LOL

verdemujer

Yeah - they tell you to choose the arm that you are not writing with. I tend to move mine around. I don't like leaving it in exactly one place, day after day, so I will move it from the back to the side to the front and back again so the skin gets a break. I haven't noticed that it's made a difference as to the type of calories its recording. I do have troubles with it recording my sleep though and I have never won it on my leg. I will have to try that to see if it helps as right now, if I go by the data, I don't truly sleep a full night through. I have big gaps where I'm 'awake' and I'm not to my knowledge. And I tend to bring the band down to my lower arm so that it registers my ride on the bicycle better since it often records what I think is vigorous activity (charging up a hill) as being moderate. I love my Link though!

majoki

No, they don't tell you to put it on the arm you aren't writing with. They specifically say left arm only!
Here is the answer from their support faq:
Can I wear the Armband on my right arm? Or upside down?
Algorithms analyze the Armband data to estimate your calorie burn. Those algorithms have been written to give optimal performance when the Armband is worn on the left arm, the right way up. The "right way up" has the logo closer to your shoulder and the lights closer to your elbow. We do not recommend wearing it on the right arm or upside down. If the Armband is worn on the right arm or upside down, we expect calorie burn values may show a difference of up to 8% for routine activities like resting, walking, running, household work and road biking. The differences can be significant when using certain exercise equipment.

determined_erin

This might help. It should be worn on the left arm.



Source: http://www.bodymedia.com/armband.html

terraskye

Thanks everyone:)