How accurate are fitness monitors?

Dad_of_3
Dad_of_3 Posts: 517 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
From the New York Times:

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/how-accurate-are-fitness-monitors/

Let the discussions begin!

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  • Dad_of_3
    Dad_of_3 Posts: 517 Member
    or not...

    :/
  • esarinx
    esarinx Posts: 3
    Hmm well I am hoping mine is accurate, but considering it was cheap and from walmart...... it's a strong possibility it isn't haha.
  • laureltn
    laureltn Posts: 87 Member
    I'm sure none of them are perfect (My Fitbit will record activity in a car ride, for example) but my Fitbit and my Garmin are pretty darned close on distance and calories burned over all (Fitbit doesn't "get" running so I override it with the 910XT distance stats, but the calories are usually within a very small margin).

    Are they perfect? Nope. Are they better than NOTHING and guessing? I'd say yes! And I've managed, now, to stay pretty much at goal weight (what I weighed in high school and that's, like, an eternity ago) for a year thanks to the Fitbit/MFP duo!

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