9pp OHR way off
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 Ok, the temperatures matter, I know. But I never had such bad readings before. Ever. And I had a 9p before 9pp, so we’re talking about a couple of years. The attached image is from yesterday’s indoor badminton session. It was cold but not below 10 degrees celsius. And my pulse should have been way higher as I was barely standing at the end  🫣. 🫣.
  
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 @MILO83 said in 9pp OHR way off: badminton session That’s another thing that affects my OHR readings: Wrist movement. 
 Even in high temperatures I get wild OHR readings during my windsurf sessions because of wrist movement and muscle tension.How is OHR for you during a run activity? 
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 Just did a short test run. OHR seemed ok. It had a few strange drops but it found it’s way back. 
 I hold my racket with my right hand and wear my watch on the left one. Should not affect OHR.
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 @MILO83 Maybe the arm movement is still too much, but I’m not a badminton expert. 
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 Ok, we’re swimming in the wrong direction  . I’ve been playing badminton for 15 years (winter season only) and no issues with OHR until a couple of weeks ago. . I’ve been playing badminton for 15 years (winter season only) and no issues with OHR until a couple of weeks ago.
 Had some strange readings with alpine skiing and hiking also.
 Two or three times after the last update the OHR stopped recording completely (24/7 and activities). A restart solved it.
 Something strange is happening… will keep testing.
 And to be clear!!! I’m not looking for reasons to buy the Race!!  
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 @MILO83 Next time it stops, check to see if the LEDs are flashing green. If so, it is a recording issue, happens to me from time to time too and I think cold related (low blood flow). If the LEDs are not flashing I would try a hard reset since a soft reset seems to help. 
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 Hi all, 
 I did a factory reset and nothing changed.
 Hiking is not that good even during the Summer but now it’s even worse.Last hiking after the reset: 
  Last badminton after the reset: 
  When hiking 9pp OHR always had problems when HR drops but not like this. 
 With badminton… no comment needed I guess.I compared my activity with a colleague who was wearing the Vertical and even his HR was totally off. Ok, could be the temperatures (just above 10 deg C I guess) but this is just unusable :(. 
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 And another comparison. Same hill, similar pace, similar form. 9 Peak January 2022: 
  9 Peak Pro January 2023: 
  9 Peak Pro Today: 
  Can’t get a normal OHR reading for the past few weeks…  
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 @MILO83 OHR can vary for me substantially. Best to compare on same run. Here are two examples of S9 Peak Pro OHR compared to a belt, both last week on the same firmware. One is great and one a poor match to the belt. 
    
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 @Brad_Olwin at least you had one great one  !!  I don’t expect the OHR to match the belt. I’m just saying I have been on Suunto OHR for a few years now and never experienced such constantly awful results. Will keep on testing. To bad I don’t have 2 watches for comparison. I have a belt though (if it’s still working). !!  I don’t expect the OHR to match the belt. I’m just saying I have been on Suunto OHR for a few years now and never experienced such constantly awful results. Will keep on testing. To bad I don’t have 2 watches for comparison. I have a belt though (if it’s still working).
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 @MILO83 I don’t think anything has changed with OHR. Cold temperatures certainly makes it worse for me. 
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 Having tried Garmin, Polar, Suunto and Fitbit, OHR on the last one is the closest that I’ve seen to a heart strap. I’m sure there are other people (including famous internet testers :)) that would disagree violently! I think that WHR is terribly specific to the person and how that person wears their watch. 
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 @wakarimasen Not surprised as Fitbit is smaller and lighter and agree about individual variations. 
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 Just as a bit of anecdotal information for this topic. I went out for a walk yesterday evening and logged it using my S9PP. During the walk, I noticed that the HR being shown seemed to be a bit ‘off’ compared to what I perceived to be correct. The watch was quote close to my wrist bone, and so I shifted it back a little. The result was much improved data, which I guess just shows how critical this placement is. 
 By the way, before anyone queries the ‘perception’ of what was correct, I was also wearing a Garmin 955 for comparison - I just didn’t want to mention it 

