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Charge HR now creating "Walk" exercise entries

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  • kuranda10
    kuranda10 Posts: 593 Member
    I tested it today.
    The map looks good. distance and pace are close enough for gov't work (.85 miles FB v. .89 miles MMF). FitBit got the elevation close (60 ft v MMF 62 ft) and FitBit calories were higher, so we'll go with that. The difference in distance I'm attributing to getting the dogs set before remembering to turn on FB.

    Over all I'll test a few more times, but probably just go with FitBit from now on. The bummer being my husband can see MMF just by being a friend and get notifications, where as with FitBit he can't.
  • kuranda10
    kuranda10 Posts: 593 Member
    so, it works, BUT, on the dashboard is hows the walk with the GPS map, on the activities list it shows the walk, but the steps are different and the calories burned are different.
    I'm not sure if it recorded the walk from me activating the app, or if it recorded the walk from the SmartTracking.

    If I was to put in a questions about this, should I put it under "dashboard", "smart track" or "Log"
  • NancyN795
    NancyN795 Posts: 1,134 Member
    kuranda10 wrote: »
    Over all I'll test a few more times, but probably just go with FitBit from now on. The bummer being my husband can see MMF just by being a friend and get notifications, where as with FitBit he can't.

    I have the same dilemma. Not with my husband - who walks with me and doesn't care that much about the tracking - but with my mom and my sister, who both get the MMF notifications. So, I may continue using both.
  • NancyN795
    NancyN795 Posts: 1,134 Member
    kuranda10 wrote: »
    so, it works, BUT, on the dashboard is hows the walk with the GPS map, on the activities list it shows the walk, but the steps are different and the calories burned are different.
    I'm not sure if it recorded the walk from me activating the app, or if it recorded the walk from the SmartTracking.

    If I was to put in a questions about this, should I put it under "dashboard", "smart track" or "Log"

    Hmm, I hadn't noticed that. I did notice that the one day when I activated exercise mode with the button and tracked the walk with the app I got two entries, but didn't really pay attention to the differences. I just decided that I'll use one or the other, not both. I deleted the exercise mode activity. Your guess is as good as mine on what the subject should be.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    If it was synced in it should appear as a workout record - and there is no editing, only deleting.
    The Fitbit created one from button or starting tracker should be activity record - and should allow editing.

    I'm curious if the auto-created one allows editing like activity record.
  • BikeTourer
    BikeTourer Posts: 191 Member
    heybales wrote: »
    If it was synced in it should appear as a workout record - and there is no editing, only deleting.
    The Fitbit created one from button or starting tracker should be activity record - and should allow editing.

    I'm curious if the auto-created one allows editing like activity record.

    I'm able to reclassify it so if it comes down as elliptical I can change it to something else if that it appropriate. The email that went out on this feature showed you how to do this on the web, android, iPhone...

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