t6c very high error percentage

[deedubya]

When I exported my recent training session data from training manager into Firstbeat ATHLETE, many sessions had calculated error percentages that were very high. My run this morning had a Error percentage of 72%! When I disabled "artifact correction" for many portions of the session, the BPM was spiking between 0 and 550bpm. Most of the run, my HR was plotted as "RED", which I believe means that the results are being interpolated.

I have maybe a combined 30 hours of use on the HR belt; the watch is less than a year old, so I can't believe that battery life is the problem. My watch is on my wrist, and never more than 2 feet from the belt, so I can't believe that there is anything blocking transmission.

I also noticed that it seems to provide non-interpolated readings more often when my HR is recovering (I'm doing run/walk intervals), and is using interpolated results when my HR is climbing, following a walk interval.


Can anybody tell me why the error percentage is so high, or provide some insight as to what is considered "normal".

Thanks.

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