It does not register floors when you go down.
Fitbit with floor count.
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The fitbit uses its barometer to detect elevation changes so it counts walking up steep terrain as floors on the other hand the iphone measures floors when you literally walk up steps.
As you may know fitbit trackers that count floors have an altimeter sensor that can detect when you re going up or down in elevation.
84 floors today when it should be under 20 probably more like 10.
Fitbit devices detect floors using something called an altimeter.
As another example when i downhill ski i have giant floor counts minimal steps but big enough heartrate spikes to elevate my calorie count for the day.
Your device registers 1 floor when you climb about 10 feet or 3 meters.
Your device registers one floor when you climb about 10 feet at one time.
From the first day i noticed that the floor count is way.
Sometimes i wake up in the morning and have already 8 floors done.
This is a sensor that measures altitude based on atmospheric pressure.
In the last 2 3 days the floor count has gone excessively high.
Your tracker registers one floor when you climb about ten feet at one time.
Fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that can detect when you re going up or down in elevation.
It does not register floors when you go down.
Your device uses changes in barometric pressure combined with the steps you take to calculate floors climbed.
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Since 25th of february the floor count is a total nonsense.
This seems to have changed within.
Fitbit can tell us for sure what goes into their calorie algorithm but it appears to me to be based on 1 heartrate 2 weight 3 sex and 4 age.
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As wtksk8r mentioned your device registers one floor when you climb about 10 feet at one time.
Fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that detects when you go up in elevation.
Please note that fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that can detect when you re going up or down in elevation.