I am in Malaysia. Garmin Malaysia also replaced first time with refurb Vivosmart and extend warranty to 2 years. Then it happen again and Garmin Malaysia will replace with new in box (not sure if sealed because I have not receive it yet) Vivosmart HR with 1 year warranty. There is no shipping to be paid because I just drop it in one of the Garmin branch in Penang.
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=== Update (06/14/2017) ===
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Just to update that the Garmin HR Band is working fine with no deadpixel. Hopefully everyone got replaced with Vivosmart HR.
I am in Malaysia. Garmin Malaysia also replaced first time with refurb Vivosmart and extend warranty to 2 years. Then it happen again and Garmin Malaysia will replace with new in box (not sure if sealed because I have not receive it yet) Vivosmart HR with 1 year warranty. There is no shipping to be paid because I just drop it in one of the Garmin branch in Penang.