Stairs on Fitbit

Turbooble
Turbooble Posts: 16 Member
edited November 11 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone know how to adjust the total amount of stairs on Fitbit? when I am on the treadmill it tends to add stairs and I would like to take them out.

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  • slucki01
    slucki01 Posts: 284 Member
    edited February 2015
    Isn't that a question to ask the fitbit help desk?

    this is from the Fitbit site: https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Requests/Manually-Delete-Steps-amp-Floors-Feature/idi-p/526764

  • bennettinfinity
    bennettinfinity Posts: 865 Member
    I don't think there's any way to back them out short of requesting it from Fitbit Support.

    I notice the same thing from time to time as well but it's usually just one or two flights over 10-15 miles (I assume error caused by changes in barometric pressure)... Just curious - how many flights does it add for you during a typical session?
  • CaitlinW19
    CaitlinW19 Posts: 431 Member
    Any time you log exercise it will overide any steps added in that time frame...I'd imagine that would include stairs.
  • Turbooble
    Turbooble Posts: 16 Member
    In three walking miles, it added 24 flights.

    I didn't want to sit on hold at Fitbit support and I couldn't get their chat to work.

    I know I was able to adjust when the force was out, but things have changed.
  • Turbooble
    Turbooble Posts: 16 Member
    Caitlin, that's great to know!! I should probably just add in my time on the treadmill, rather than wear the watch, I just enjoy the heart rate monitor. Lol
    CaitlinW19 wrote: »
    Any time you log exercise it will overide any steps added in that time frame...I'd imagine that would include stairs.

  • bennettinfinity
    bennettinfinity Posts: 865 Member
    Turbooble wrote: »
    In three walking miles, it added 24 flights.

    I didn't want to sit on hold at Fitbit support and I couldn't get their chat to work.

    I know I was able to adjust when the force was out, but things have changed.

    Hmmm.... that's too much to just be atmospheric conditions... which Fitbit do you use and are you doing anything other than just straight running/walking while on the treadmill?
  • Turbooble
    Turbooble Posts: 16 Member
    That's what I thought. No I am just walking / running. Although, that was a couple days ago and yesterday went fine and today it did not add any stairs and I went a mile.
    The treadmill is in the basement so it is cold and fluctuating and I'm short so the distance from the ground to the treadmill which is tall may have confused the band.treadmill with an occasional ponytail fix... It might be a combination of that. Maybe it will adjust to me lol.
    Oh and I have the chargehr. Other than the occasional stair situation I love it and it's accurate, comparison to my other old Fitbit.

    bennettinfinity wrote: »
    Turbooble wrote: »
    In three walking miles, it added 24 flights.

    I didn't want to sit on hold at Fitbit support and I couldn't get their chat to work.

    I know I was able to adjust when the force was out, but things have changed.

    Hmmm.... that's too much to just be atmospheric conditions... which Fitbit do you use and are you doing anything other than just straight running/walking while on the treadmill?

  • sakuya3834
    sakuya3834 Posts: 116 Member
    Hmm, that's weird. I get extra floors when I'm walking uphill outside (which I don't care, because it's kinda cool to see how much elevation these hills are equivalent to!) but I've never had any on the treadmill. I have the Charge HR as well. Very strange.
  • bennettinfinity
    bennettinfinity Posts: 865 Member
    Turbooble wrote: »
    That's what I thought. No I am just walking / running. Although, that was a couple days ago and yesterday went fine and today it did not add any stairs and I went a mile.
    The treadmill is in the basement so it is cold and fluctuating and I'm short so the distance from the ground to the treadmill which is tall may have confused the band.treadmill with an occasional ponytail fix... It might be a combination of that. Maybe it will adjust to me lol.
    Oh and I have the chargehr. Other than the occasional stair situation I love it and it's accurate, comparison to my other old Fitbit.

    bennettinfinity wrote: »
    Turbooble wrote: »
    In three walking miles, it added 24 flights.

    I didn't want to sit on hold at Fitbit support and I couldn't get their chat to work.

    I know I was able to adjust when the force was out, but things have changed.

    Hmmm.... that's too much to just be atmospheric conditions... which Fitbit do you use and are you doing anything other than just straight running/walking while on the treadmill?

    Yeah, the only thing I think might throw it off would be excessive arm movement, but even then you'd have to be doing a lot for 24 floors over 3 miles... beyond that I'm stumped :(
  • Turbooble
    Turbooble Posts: 16 Member
    It hasn't happened since that day, so I don't know what happened.
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