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bunniesrus2014
bunniesrus2014 Posts: 8
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I just received my vivofit and noticed that it tracks only about half of what the treadmill at my gym tracks. In other words, my treadmill says I went 1.35 miles and my tracker says 3/4 of a mile. Has anyone noticed this?

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  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,160 Member
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    Welcome to MFP.

    These devices often make a best guess based on different info. My vivofit over estimates my miles in my case. Walk a known 1/4 mile (1 mile or what ever that is known) and see what it reads and then factor to get the real mileage for recording.
  • bunniesrus2014
    bunniesrus2014 Posts: 8
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    good idea. thanks.
  • accjulie
    accjulie Posts: 3 Member
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    I don't have a vivofit but I have a fitbit. On their website, you can set your stride. Can you do that on the vivofit to make it more accurate?
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    accjulie wrote: »
    I don't have a vivofit but I have a fitbit. On their website, you can set your stride. Can you do that on the vivofit to make it more accurate?

    Nope. You cannot calibrate a Vivofit.
  • bunniesrus2014
    bunniesrus2014 Posts: 8
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    that's too bad. Someone suggested driving a certain amount, than walking it to see if it compared with my vivofit. I can try that I suppose.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
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    Or figure out a route on Mapquest or Google Maps, then walk it and compare the distances.

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