Wearing a Garmin all day

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I have a fairly physical job and am curious to see how many calories I burn just working my 8 hours.  I was going to put my Garmin on indoor workout mode and see where it leads me.

I thought I remember reading a while back that wearing heart rate monitors for an extended period time isn't accurate and the calorie burn will be off.  Does anyone know if this is true? I can't find an article so I don't know if I actually read this is it is something I imagined 

Has anyone done this themselves?  How were your results? A shock or about what you expected?

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How can you get your battery to last that long is what I want to know. I have an older model (110), but it usually drains the battery after about 4-6 hours.

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Hmm... I have the 110 too. I never considered the battery not lasting but then again I usually only use it for a hour or two at a time.

[Wines Not Whines]

I think it will work, if you can figure out the battery issue. Maybe wear it for half a day and then double it?

[polarbearfans]

I wore my garmin all day once to track distance. 6 miles! And that was a short day. Not sure how accurate but it was nice to see that I m really moving!

[Susie]

I didn't think the 110 did heart rate based calorie calculations - I thought the 210 offered that as an improvement. If that is true I don't think it'd be worth doing over an 8 hr period.

[breezy8407]

I wore my polar all day once. The thing with heart rate only is if you get excited or nervous it might show more burn.

I don't recall if I compared the numbers to my body media fit when I had it, but the calorie trackers factor in a lot moe than heart rate.