Heart Rate Monitor

safetyqueen25
safetyqueen25 Posts: 38 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi everyone. Anyone else had this experience? My HRM has been playing up lately and won't pick up my heart rate, or when ir does it gives me a heart rate of something stupid like 40 even if I'm working flat out.

It hasn't been very long since I replaced the battery of the watch and in the past the watch has always warned me when the battery is low.

Could it be the battery in the chest strap, or does it sound like a bigger problem?

If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

It's a Sunnto M1 model BTW.

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  • hermann341
    hermann341 Posts: 443 Member
    Definitely try changing the chest strap battery. Mine spikes high when the battery starts going.
  • daj150
    daj150 Posts: 815 Member
    Depending on how old the chest strap itself is, the contacts may be starting to get worn out. Definitely try replacing both the watch and HRM batteries first. If you are still having issues, try replacing the HRM strap. Most HRM's are universal in size, so you can buy just about any on Amazon nice and cheap. Hope everything starts working again for you!
  • kaaaaylee
    kaaaaylee Posts: 398
    Definitely try changing the chest strap battery. Mine spikes high when the battery starts going.

    Unrelated completely but I love the picture on your ticker thing!
  • safetyqueen25
    safetyqueen25 Posts: 38 Member
    Thanks guys, i'm gonna try all those things : )
  • safetyqueen25
    safetyqueen25 Posts: 38 Member
    Definitely try changing the chest strap battery. Mine spikes high when the battery starts going.

    Unrelated completely but I love the picture on your ticker thing!

    Haha thank you, those are my little kitties, Rocky and Simba thou they are not that small now, that photo is about 5 years old lol
  • AnthonyThrashD
    AnthonyThrashD Posts: 306 Member
    OP - mine does that when my strap becomes loose, I'd tighten strap down tighter first, then batteries, then new strap.
  • safetyqueen25
    safetyqueen25 Posts: 38 Member
    Not sure if anyone will still care at this point but it was the batteries in the strap : ) Problem solved, thanks for all your help.
  • AnthonyThrashD
    AnthonyThrashD Posts: 306 Member
    OP - thanks for replying the solution :)

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