Step Tracking Accuracy
Pittgirl3
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so I recently bought my first Jawbone Up fitness tracker and I woke up to check my stats in the morning and it said that I had already taken 500 steps
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That doesn't really matter much, if at all.0
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Did you wear it to sleep? It tracks tossing and turning as steps since you burn calories. I've found both my jawbone Up24 and my fitbit to be accurate.0
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Mine doesn't count "steps" during sleep, but I put it in sleep mode.0
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I don't think that's an issue. Do you get up at night and walk to the bathroom or to get a glass of water or whatnot? Did you go to bed after 12am? It resets at 12am. See how it goes after a few weeks and see how it goes. So far I've had the Up2 for 2 months and I have found it to be pretty accurate.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »Mine doesn't count "steps" during sleep, but I put it in sleep mode.
Even when mine is in sleep mode it does record steps if I get up and walk to the kitchen to grab a glass of water or whatever. I am not sure if that makes a difference for steps. Putting it into sleep mode gives you information for your sleep tracking.0 -
Well, yes, if I take steps it records steps. I was responding to a post that said it treats sleep movement as steps. Mine doesn't and never has.extremelygrumpycat wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »Mine doesn't count "steps" during sleep, but I put it in sleep mode.
Even when mine is in sleep mode it does record steps if I get up and walk to the kitchen to grab a glass of water or whatever. I am not sure if that makes a difference for steps. Putting it into sleep mode gives you information for your sleep tracking.
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so I recently bought my first Jawbone Up fitness tracker and I woke up to check my stats in the morning and it said that I had already taken 500 steps
Did you go to bed after midnight, and/or get up during the night?
The only way to gauge the accuracy of your UP total burn (which is TDEE) is to trust it for a few weeks, then reevaluate your progress. I've had an UP since May 2013, and I lost the weight and have maintained ever since.
MFP has a Jawbone UP Bracelet group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/13420-jawbone-up-bracelet0 -
I believe with new trackers and mine may have been the same, they automatically added 500 estimated at what time of day you started it.0
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My fitbit is set to less sensitive but I still have somehow hit 10k steps once on the toilet and another time sitting at a bar.
I mean, I'm happy to take the credit, but I don't trust it anymore. 0 -
My fitbit is set to less sensitive but I still have somehow hit 10k steps once on the toilet and another time sitting at a bar. I mean, I'm happy to take the credit, but I don't trust it anymore.
You mean you got your 10,000th step whilst you were on the toilet? I get "steps" drying my hair and miss steps pushing a shopping cart, but that's within an acceptable margin of error.
If your tracker is defective, Fitbit customer service will replace it.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »Mine doesn't count "steps" during sleep, but I put it in sleep mode.
I put mine in sleep mode to, but when I woke up I had magically taken 350 steps0 -
extremelygrumpycat wrote: »I don't think that's an issue. Do you get up at night and walk to the bathroom or to get a glass of water or whatnot? Did you go to bed after 12am? It resets at 12am. See how it goes after a few weeks and see how it goes. So far I've had the Up2 for 2 months and I have found it to be pretty accurate.
Nope. I sleep and stay asleep. No walking.
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editorgrrl wrote: »so I recently bought my first Jawbone Up fitness tracker and I woke up to check my stats in the morning and it said that I had already taken 500 steps
Did you go to bed after midnight, and/or get up during the night?
The only way to gauge the accuracy of your UP total burn (which is TDEE) is to trust it for a few weeks, then reevaluate your progress. I've had an UP since May 2013, and I lost the weight and have maintained ever since.
MFP has a Jawbone UP Bracelet group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/13420-jawbone-up-bracelet
O ok. That's a good suggestion. Maybe I need to give it more time.0 -
joeyzuraski wrote: »I believe with new trackers and mine may have been the same, they automatically added 500 estimated at what time of day you started it.
What do you mean they automaticallu added 500 steps?0 -
Thanks for all the helpful responses everyone0
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I don't put my Fitbit into sleep mode and I usually wake up to about 50 steps. One or two trips to the bathroom in the night plus my morning trip there accounts for those steps.
Are you sure it is not calories it is adding? I get up around 6 AM and have already burned about 350 calories.0 -
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My FitBit is really accurate. I've never had extra steps added. Well one time, but I didn't wear it to sleep and it was next to my fan and the vibrations made it go crazy and I woke up with 20K in steps. But otherwise, mine is like clockwork.
Did you count your actual steps for comparison or are you just assuming it is accurate?0 -
brianpperkins wrote: »My FitBit is really accurate. I've never had extra steps added. Well one time, but I didn't wear it to sleep and it was next to my fan and the vibrations made it go crazy and I woke up with 20K in steps. But otherwise, mine is like clockwork.
Did you count your actual steps for comparison or are you just assuming it is accurate?
I'm not the person you asked, but I have checked my Fitbit accuracy several ways, including counting actual steps. It is very accurate. Not 100%, but I wouldn't expect perfection. I would say it is closer to 95% accurate overall and very close to 100% when I go on a purposeful walk.
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brianpperkins wrote: »My FitBit is really accurate. I've never had extra steps added. Well one time, but I didn't wear it to sleep and it was next to my fan and the vibrations made it go crazy and I woke up with 20K in steps. But otherwise, mine is like clockwork.
Did you count your actual steps for comparison or are you just assuming it is accurate?
I'm not the person you asked, but I have checked my Fitbit accuracy several ways, including counting actual steps. It is very accurate. Not 100%, but I wouldn't expect perfection. I would say it is closer to 95% accurate overall and very close to 100% when I go on a purposeful walk.
Most come out in the 90-95% accurate during deliberate walks. That puts a 10k step day anywhere between 9k - 11k.
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brianpperkins wrote: »brianpperkins wrote: »My FitBit is really accurate. I've never had extra steps added. Well one time, but I didn't wear it to sleep and it was next to my fan and the vibrations made it go crazy and I woke up with 20K in steps. But otherwise, mine is like clockwork.
Did you count your actual steps for comparison or are you just assuming it is accurate?
I'm not the person you asked, but I have checked my Fitbit accuracy several ways, including counting actual steps. It is very accurate. Not 100%, but I wouldn't expect perfection. I would say it is closer to 95% accurate overall and very close to 100% when I go on a purposeful walk.
Most come out in the 90-95% accurate during deliberate walks. That puts a 10k step day anywhere between 9k - 11k.
By my counting, my 3000 step walk came out to 2991. I have done others of similar duration and gotten similar results.
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n=1 testing versus controlled tests ... I'll take the controlled every time.0
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You're actually counting steps during runs? Impressive.0
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brianpperkins wrote: »You're actually counting steps during runs? Impressive.
Didn't say that. I said I checked accuracy. This Thursday, I went for a 4 mile run. When I left the house my FitBit said I had walked 0.2 miles. My runkeeper used gps to track the distance run. I ran 4.2 miles. When I got home my FitBit said I walked somewhere around 9000 steps so far and that my distance was 4.55 miles. That is accurate to me. If it isn't too you....then it's probably not the device for you.
.35 miles off on a 4.2 mile run ... not that accurate. That's assuming your phone is accurate ... a bold assumption.
Then again, Fitbits are step counters.0 -
brianpperkins wrote: »brianpperkins wrote: »You're actually counting steps during runs? Impressive.
Didn't say that. I said I checked accuracy. This Thursday, I went for a 4 mile run. When I left the house my FitBit said I had walked 0.2 miles. My runkeeper used gps to track the distance run. I ran 4.2 miles. When I got home my FitBit said I walked somewhere around 9000 steps so far and that my distance was 4.55 miles. That is accurate to me. If it isn't too you....then it's probably not the device for you.
.35 miles off on a 4.2 mile run ... not that accurate. That's assuming your phone is accurate ... a bold assumption.
Then again, Fitbits are step counters.
I bought my father a Garmin vivofit because he walks a lot. Unfortunately he also had me measure the neighbourhood with my GPS and quickly noticed that the distance was off. I keep trying to explain to him but he doesn't get it. lol.
We've even done the custom entry for the steps.
Worst mistake I ever made.0 -
Maybe you are sleepwalking? My Fitbit does log some steps during sleep but I get up to use the bathroom at least once a night.
Pittgirl.... are you by chance a yinzer?
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