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RE: Pulse Ox Smart Watch Monitoring - letsrun100 - 12-16-2020 podsJ wrote: "So basically, from what I have been gathering on Garmin forums is that the spo2 readings can be taken with a pinch of salt? Haha" Well, I wonder why that is? I’ve tried wearing mine with the sensor on the inside of my wrist thinking it might get better contact(?). But that didn’t make any difference. I would think most of these O2 sensors that are in the fitness watches are pretty much the same. I believe they are different than stand alone O2 sensors which read through the finger as opposed to sending out the little red LED light and receiving a certain amount of light back at the receiving sensor. I imagine the algorithms are different between watches too. Anyway, I pretty much ignore my Garmin for O2 stats. Test RE: Pulse Ox Smart Watch Monitoring - podsJ - 12-16-2020 (12-16-2020, 07:01 PM)letsrun100 Wrote: podsJ wrote: RE: Pulse Ox Smart Watch Monitoring - DaveL - 08-18-2021 My friend was diagnosed with sleep apnea at age 70 or so. He stopped breathing 103 times an hour... I'm so glad I pushed for a sleep study back then. I just used a Garmin Vivoactive 3 for about 2 weeks; took it back and left with an iw6. I had a Garmin Vivoactive HR for about 4? years. Transitioning from a Garmin HR to a VA3 was hard...there was no similarity in the numbers generated. I tried a FitBit Charge 4 (affordable; modern!) but I couldn't read the screen when I woke up during the night. It failed the *old* test. Somehow wearing a nasal mask with a Knightsbridge Dual Strap I was cranky when I couldn't read the time. (Shut off machine.Take off mask.Take off Knightsbridge Dual Band. Put on glasses. Read watch.Some swearing.Take off glasses.Put on Knightsbridge DS.Put on mask.Connect hose.turn on machine.Oh my....) |