Calorie tracking - is the band really accurate at all?

[DroidUser42]

Keep in mind that in any of the exercise modes, it will read the HR continuously. But in "normal" mode, it only reads it for 1 minute out of every 10. So you could be doing sprints and it wouldn't catch it.

And I'm pretty sure it's all based on heart rate. Never mind how strenuous it is on your muscles. It's all about the heart rate.

 

[Skippy07]

Do you have it in workout mode? In workout mode I think it over reports. In regular mode I think it under reports. Although I am trying an experiment...
When you click on the button, in addition to bringing up the display, it takes a HR reading (I think it used to do this on inbound notificationsas well). I am going to try to click the band a few times during tennis when my heart rate is up. So far on an initial test doing so brought the calorie burn from 120/hour (morning tennis) to 180/hour ( afternoon tennis). I think I only clicked it once.

I will try more extensive testing and report. If they took away the HR check on notification to save battery. That could explain the changes I am seeing.

Yes, I'm using workout mode.

-Skippy

 

[dbregman]

I stopped using workout mode for tennis as I felt it really over reported.