Fitbit Floors Calculations

Does your fitbit app show more floors climbed than it should.

Fitbit floors calculations.

Couldbe welcome to the community. Your device registers 1 floor when you climb about 10 feet or 3 meters. Fitbit s trackers are pretty good at estimating your step count but if you have longer or shorter legs than average for your height or a longer or shorter stride than the average for people with. In this case there are a couple of things that may be causing your tracker to record extra floors.

Thanks for taking the time to report the situation you are experiencing with your charge 3 tracking floors. Your device registers 1 floor when you climb about 10 feet or 3 meters. Unfortunately fitbit s floor functionality does not recognize the incremental effort of climbing up. Your fitbit charge 2 calculates floors using an altimeter which is a sensor that calculates altitude based on atmospheric pressure.

In fact floors do not count for anything floors do not carry any incremental caloric burn value it s just a statistic aimed at keeping people motivated. Fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that can detect when you re going up or down in elevation. Pressure changes due to things like weather or gusts of wind. Your device uses changes in barometric pressure combined with the steps you take to calculate floors climbed.

Watch this video to learn how to correct the entry. Though your tracker is designed to look for pressure changes based on elevation gains pressure changes due to other causes such as a gust of wind a weather change or opening a door can occasionally cause your. By joining our community you agree to uphold these guidelines so please take a moment to look them over. 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.

The organizations that you list above are trying to maximize the health of the entire american population with guidelines that are low enough to get participation but high enough to have some benefit. Fitbit may have included floors because floors are measurable and the aha recommends aerobic exercise. It s inner altimeter will calculate altitude based on atmospheric pressure. Your device uses changes in barometric pressure combined with the steps you take to calculate floors climbed.

Your device registers one floor when you climb about 10 feet at one time.