Stairs innacuracy on my Charge 2

SammiG01

Most days my charge 2 is giving me credit for stairs that I have not climbed. One day 13 flights of stairs and it gave me a Badge for hill climbing or something! Haha Not the biggest worry because I don't eat back workout cals, but still wondering how this happens. Thoughts?

heybales

Uses air pressure - stairs will rarely be accurate.
Purely a motivational stat.

It is NOT used in any calorie calculations, so adjustments you get are based on level walking, which is many times not true either.

SammiG01

Thanks. I don't take the stats as gospel. I do like seeing my progression week over week though. I do find it motivating to compete against myself and whatever works, right?

malibu927

heybales wrote: »

Uses air pressure - stairs will rarely be accurate.
Purely a motivational stat.

It is NOT used in any calorie calculations, so adjustments you get are based on level walking, which is many times not true either.

What he said. I had 12 floors on Wednesday because it was a windy day here.

SammiG01

It was crazy windy here too. I never would have put that together! Thanks.

paula4u

I actually have 3 floors in my home and i use it as part of exercise and yes its hard going as im overweight and 63, just bought charge 2, and it seems accurate

arya8

The other day my fitbit charge 2 gave me 65 floors! I never left the house all day and no floors in the house! lol I earned something like 5 badges that day.

browneyedgirl749

I have the Charge HR and mine does the same thing. It's like it picks up slight elevation changes as stairs. One day it thought I did 75 flights of stairs! I was like OMG! I'd be dead lol

SammiG01

I know! Mine did this again yesterday. 37 flights of stairs. It was extremely windy again though. Weird.

daddybuzzkill

Interesting, I didn't know that's how it determined stairs. My wife has the opposite problem that her Charge 2 rarely picks up her stairs. Last night she had counted that she had done five flights and her Charge only said two.