Fitbit Tracking Too Many Floors

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.

Just got my new charge 2 and the floors are way off by hundreds. What to do if your fitbit counts too many floors july 28 2019 ivan jovin 1934 views 0 comments how to smartwatch. I am tracking sometimes over 100 floors when it should be 15 20. I ve had a charge for a year.

Just got my charge 2. The only thing that really changed was winter vs. Hope this helps eric two wrongs don t make a right but three lefts do. 212 floors 181 floors.

We ve all had this happen. Thanks for the info. Does your fitbit app show more floors climbed than it should. In this case there are a couple of things that may be causing your tracker to record extra floors.

I have just earned a satellite badge for 35 000 lifetime floors. I logged 44 floors today and actually climbed 6. I never had a problem with the charge and my floor count. It also count some of my walking as bicycling.

Because my charge 3 was counting way too many floors i had it replaced under warranty. I am healthy but i don t walk that fast. I normally get around 20 40 floors 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. Let me ask you this by any chance have you left your fitbit close to a fan. Watch this video to learn how to correct the entry. I am thinking of going back to my old charge 1.

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. Thanks for taking the time to report the situation you are experiencing with your charge 3 tracking floors. I m asking because the altimeter on the charge 2 is sensor that calculates altitude based on atmospheric pressure. Though your device is designed to look for pressure changes.

Just going about our day as usual to notice the. It s inner altimeter will calculate altitude based on atmospheric pressure. The new charge 3 is also counting too many floors 10 floors while walking 1 km on level ground at sea level. All of the suddden my new fitbit thinks i m climbing sky scrapers every day.

Thanks for trying some tips to fix this issue with your charge 2 tracking so many floors. I too will be looking at competitors if fitbit does not fix this issue. No way i deserve that badge. I understand subtle pressure changes may affect the accuracy by a floor or two or five.

I got a charge 3 in december 2019 i think it was my fourth fitbit tracker over the years.