Originally Posted by
Koyote
Thanks for the advice, so far. Happy to get more advice, if it's forthcoming.
I'll try a new battery first. If that doesn't work, I'll get a new HR monitor.
It's a Garmin, but the battery is very easy to replace - I have done it once before when it quit working.
I think it's not atrial fibrillation -- if my HR actually did hit 250+, I think I'd know it!
Not always true about feeling it. If not for the hr monitor I never would had known I was in afib. HR for me was between 70 and 180s never felt it at all. Some people never feel it others can’t walk across a room without losing their
breath.
Odds are it is not afib but don’t discount it just because you can’t feel it.
I would give the strap a good soaking