Fitbit Tracking Too Many Floors 2018

Starting 2 weeks ago my fitbit has been logging way too many floors.

Fitbit tracking too many floors 2018.

Be sure to keep your fitbit device and app up to date to ensure you receive the quickest resolution. Why does my fitbit device count extra floors. The fitbit uses an altimeter to count floors so drops in air pressure can fool the fitbit into thinking you were going up. Thanks for taking the time to report the situation you are experiencing with your charge 3 tracking floors.

Fitbit devices detect floors with an altimeter which is a sensor that calculates altitude based on atmospheric pressure. I first noticed it when i had only climbed 4 floors for the day and it said i had climbed 75. Fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that detects when you go up in elevation. Fitbit is currently working to resolve this and hope to have a fix soon.

By calibrating your fitbit versa 2 fitbit charge 3 or even basic trackers like the inspire hr you re giving it a helping hand in logging your activity from the wrist whether that s floors. Charge 3 and fitbit devices may track floors while doing everyday tasks such as opening doors driving or riding elevators or escalators or from abrupt weather and atmospheric pressure changes exposure to excess moisture can also result in extra floors. Also please check this helpful article for details on some environmental factors that may track extra floors. I work in basement level three and i regularly take the stairs to the first floor.

Pressure changes due to things like weather or gusts of wind may record floors. In this case there are a couple of things that may be causing your tracker to record extra floors. Hope this helps eric two wrongs don t make a right but three lefts do. By any chance have you left the tracker close to a fan.

The reason i m asking this is because the altimeter that the trackers that count floors have i s a sensor that calculates altitude based on atmospheric pressure. My watch has estimated about a couple of floors in addition. Thanks for sharing your experience with your fitbit devices. Your charge 2 is counting too many floors.

Your device registers 1 floor when you climb about 10 feet or 3 meters. Your device is designed to detect pressure changes based on elevation gain but other types of pressure changes such as a gust of wind a weather change or opening a door can occasionally cause your device to register extra floors. Your device uses changes in barometric pressure combined with the steps you take to calculate floors climbed. It was always extremely accurate my husband got it for me december 2016 and we hike a lot so i love being able to see how many floors i ve climbed.

However one floor as i understand it is two sets of 10 ft stairs. When i looked at fitbit s information it says a floor is 10 ft.