Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Assuming this device is anywhere near accurate... should I be worried 
> that I'm idling at about 75 BPM, it hit 101 BPM at one point, and I 
> haven't actually got out of my chair yet?? o_O

More puzzling is that sitting doing something gives me a lower reading 
than sitting doing nothing. I can only imagine because I'm not staring 
at the display and going "OMG, that's really high!" Like, just now, as 
I'm typing this, I glanced down and saw a reading of 63 BPM. That's the 
first time I've ever seen it drop below 70 BPM. Playing music, listening 
to music, typing, anything but doing nothing seems to lower my heart rate.

Also puzzling is the way I do something (e.g., walk up stairs), look at 
the reading, and it's, say, 95 BPM. Then I sit down, and the reading 
rises to 115 BPM. Wuh??

And then, just occasionally, the meter gives me seemingly bogus 
readings. Like just a minute ago, it said 88 BPM. I took two paces, and 
it said 237 BPM - which seems *highly* implausible to me. :-P I reset 
it, and it went back to reading 88. Go figure!

I haven't tried doing anything actually energetic yet...

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