Fitbit Floors Climbed Too High

All of the suddden my new fitbit thinks i m climbing sky scrapers every day.

Fitbit floors climbed too high.

Your device registers 1 floor when you climb about 10 feet or 3 meters. By joining our community you agree to uphold these guidelines so please take a moment to look them over. I never had a problem with the charge and my floor count. This is a sensor that measures altitude based on atmospheric pressure.

Fitbit devices detect floors using something called an altimeter. I ve had a charge for a year. You ve climbed 500 floors since joining fitbit. I expected the calorie count on the way up to be higher than when i logged that same mile separately on the way back down.

I haven t seen an answer for this yet. Thanks for the info. I have a charge 2 and my husband has a charge 3. I spoke with a fitbit rep on saturday and we reset my charge 3 but it s still having the same problem.

I payed for a lot of money with all the features should work as ment to be. Anyone still having problems with the floor counter counting too high. Hello i have same issue counting floors even when i do not climbed a floor. 212 floors 181 floors.

At first we thought it was because of a winter storm and extremely high winds but that is over. But the reaction not to use floors is not an acceptable solution. Your device registers one floor when you climb about 10 feet at one time. I ve done 7 8 stairs today probably less but my fitbit charge 2 shows 59 floors.

You ve climbed 1 000 floors since joining fitbit. Just got my charge 2. You ve climbed 2 000 floors since joining fitbit. I normally get around 20 40 floors day.

You ve climbed 4 000 floors since joining fitbit. Fitbit devices don t count floors on stationary exercise equipment such as a stairmaster or treadmill or when you go down a flight of steps. Both of our floors started going nuts last saturday 3 23. Your device uses changes in barometric pressure combined with the steps you take to calculate floors climbed.

So i think that fitbit need to come up with a solution that it works properly. Just got my new charge 2 and the floors are way off by hundreds. Fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that can detect when you re going up or down in elevation. In fact i climbed up a relativey steep hill for 1 mile which was 36 floors.

It seems to be counting 3x what i ve actually climbed. The fitbit community is a gathering place for real people who wish to exchange ideas solutions tips techniques and insight about the fitbit products and services they love.