The fitbit uses an altimeter to count floors so drops in air pressure can fool the fitbit into thinking you were going up.
Fitbit tracking too many floors.
I got a charge 3 in december 2019 i think it was my fourth fitbit tracker over the years.
I am thinking of going back to my old charge 1.
I understand subtle pressure changes may affect the accuracy by a floor or two or five.
What to do if your fitbit counts too many floors july 28 2019 ivan jovin 1934 views 0 comments how to smartwatch.
Just got my charge 2.
Thanks for taking the time to report the situation you are experiencing with your charge 3 tracking floors.
In this case there are a couple of things that may be causing your tracker to record extra floors.
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.
Watch this video to learn how to correct the entry.
I never had a problem with the charge and my floor count.
Your device registers 1 floor when you climb about 10 feet or 3 meters.
Thanks for trying some tips to fix this issue with your charge 2 tracking so many floors.
It also count some of my walking as bicycling.
I ve had a charge for a year.
I have just earned a satellite badge for 35 000 lifetime floors.
Your device uses changes in barometric pressure combined with the steps you take to calculate floors climbed.
All of the suddden my new fitbit thinks i m climbing sky scrapers every day.
Pressure changes due to things like weather or gusts of wind.
It logs way too many floors sometimes over 200 floors per day day after day.
Because my charge 3 was counting way too many floors i had it replaced under warranty.
I logged 44 floors today and actually climbed 6.
The new charge 3 is also counting too many floors 10 floors while walking 1 km on level ground at sea level.
I m asking because the altimeter on the charge 2 is sensor that calculates altitude based on atmospheric pressure.
Does your fitbit app show more floors climbed than it should.
I am tracking sometimes over 100 floors when it should be 15 20.
Just got my new charge 2 and the floors are way off by hundreds.
I am healthy but i don t walk that fast.
Thanks for the info.
212 floors 181 floors.
Just going about our day as usual to notice the.
The only thing that really changed was winter vs.
Hope this helps eric two wrongs don t make a right but three lefts do.
I normally get around 20 40 floors day.
Though your device is designed to look for pressure changes.
It s inner altimeter will calculate altitude based on atmospheric pressure.
No way i deserve that badge.
It is weird it worked fine for some time then went haywire.
