Fitbit devices don t count floors on stationary exercise.
Fitbit alta doesn t count floors.
The current alta does not have a built in altimeter to detect floors so it would not be possible to update them so they can count floors.
I just got the alta as a birthday present but i ll be going back to the charge.
Your device uses changes in barometric pressure combined with the steps you take to calculate floors climbed.
I am too late to vote for the idea of floor counting in the fitbit alta but i also had the same reaction when i found out the alta doesn t count floors.
And apple watch looks like a viable option again.
Yes very disappointing it doesn t count stairs.
Though i do think adding floors to a slim tracker that has so many features already isn t too good of an idea unless you know how to add more space to a tiny tracker.
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It reminds me of this every time i see that dumb dashboard.
The fitbit company seem to have no interest in asking users what they actually want.
It s a fun extra very little more and if it adds bulk and expense it seems to me a reasonable decision to leave it out.
Your device registers 1 floor when you climb about 10 feet or 3 meters.
That being the case it is hardly the sine qua non without which nothing of tracker technology.
Fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that detects when you go up in elevation.
It would have to be a new device.