Does your HRM count calories while you are sitting?

Yes its going to show you calories are being burned even while sitting because you still have a heart rate which is how it is calculating that number. So it's not a problem with your HRM but that is not what it is intended to be used for.

Simple answer. No.

um you obvously have no clue what a HRM is.
it measures heart rate and converts that to probable calories burned doing anything while it's active.
so yes it would count calories doing anything, it would count calories if you were in a coma. Aslong as you have a pulse it can detect it will register.

a fitbit registers movement not specifically steps you can test this by wearing it on your wrist and shaking your hand and it will register steps so for that it's faulty, and atleast in my case it tends to register alot higher calories burned then the HRM if i go into activity/sleep mode, however as a pedometer it is a good guide and the overall TDEE it registers atleast in my case is relatively stable and lower then the HRM would register if wore it for a 24hour period.

now i have had a Polar FT4 a FT7 and now i have a FT60 and they all do strange things, they aren't meant to be an accurate guide but they do tend to register really high or really low at random times, depending on your body composition sitting should be about 1 calorie a minute, now at 31Kgs lost and a VO2 rating of 46 i only burn 3-5 calories a minute walking briskly.

Thats the other thing you could test your VO2 rating, if you have a high rating you are fitter and tend to burn alot less then someone with a really low VO2 rating. the above 3 devices if that's what you have have the ability to test your VO2, or you could do it via a VO2 calculator i think, work out yours based on your average hear rate at rest during a 5 minute period while breathing normally.

ironic. it looks like you're the one that doesn't have a clue about what a hrm is.

lol@hrm counting calories in comas, sitting, or "anything". you may wish to read the owners manual of your device before calling people out next time

Clearly it is you who are the moron, if you have a heart beat a HEART RATE MONITOR is gonna register BPM which it converts to probable calories burned based on the age, height and weight you put in same as MFP does, same as all the calculators do. whether it's 1 calorie a minute or lots it is still an estimate, i never stated it was a good system or you should count those calories as gospel i clearly said yes it does count calories whatever you are doing.

I think some people are missing the point of what the op is asking. He is worried that his HRM is defective because when he is wearing it and sitting there doing nothing it is still saying he is burning calories.

Why do people have to get so angry? geez