Fitbit Not Accurately Counting Floors

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Fitbit not accurately counting floors.

What is important to keep in mind is that it is not the elevation itself that causes the floors to be counted it is the changes in air pressure. So whenever you check out your fitbit stats just know that the listed number of calories burned is probably lower than what you really burned. The same can happen when you turn the shower on. Every fitbit device i have owned that tracks stairs has not been terribly accurate.

Your device uses changes in barometric pressure combined with the steps you take to calculate floors climbed. I think the versa interprets that i have stopped climbing when i negotiate the landing so not 10 feet and no stair count. Fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that detects when you go up in elevation. Because the device looks for continuous motion pausing when you go up a flight of stairs can cause the device to not count the floor.

For example closing the door of a car or opening it can cause a slight change in air pressure that the fitbit could mistake for a floor climbed. The fitbit most accurately estimated the energy expenditure of golfing. Regarding your question your fitbit tracker doesn t count actual stairs. Fitbit accuracy for floor tracking.

Devices may track floors while doing everyday tasks such as opening doors driving or riding elevators or escalators or from abrupt weather and atmospheric. The conditions for your tracker to record one floor are for you to move forward while there is an elevation gain of at least 10 feet. So back to flex 2 which does not even pretend to do floors. Now that you ve set up your personal profile and paired your fitbit to your phone the syncing process should.

Not a big issue for me. If you d prefer to use pair your computer with your fitbit here s our guide on how to set up fitbit connect on your mac or pc. Not very accurate but the fitbit flex is the best of the bunch. 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.

Why won t my fitbit sync. Your device registers 1 floor when you climb about 10 feet or 3 meters. Yet fitbit is not trying to fix this issue rather just give this explanation over over again. My staircase certainly goes up more than 10 feet but there is a ending in the middle of it.

This will count as one floor. Let me know if you have any doubts. My floors havbe an 11 foot threshold. Fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that can detect when you re going up or down in elevation.

When your fitbit shows a four digit code enter it into the app. This is the most ridiculous things i ve ever heard for counting floors.