Accurate tracking of walking steps

gpk1988
gpk1988 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi,

I have been using vivofit for the past 6 weeks. It tracks my daily steps but there seems to be some setting which I have to do to overcome the following issue.

1. I do morning walks daily covering 8 to 9 kms
2. My walking speed is consistent and I cover 1 km in 10 minutes.
3. Based on my walking stride, vivofit consistently calibrated 1460 steps as 1 km.

My observation
1. When I walk at a speed of 3.5 to 4 kms per hour, then the distance covered from a point A to point B is accurate and it is 1460 steps per km .
2. However, when I increase the walking speed to 6 kms per hour and cover the same distance from point A to point B, then vivofit reading falls short by 225 to 250 steps per km. Hence the actual vivofit distance reading has an error of 0.17 km per km.

Can some one let me know whether I have to do any change in the user settings to overcome the above issue mentioned in point no: 2.

Regards

Pradeep


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  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Do you not think that walking a bit faster would spread your stride out enough to account for that difference? Either way, if you want accuracy get the foot pod.
    https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/shop-by-accessories/fitness-sensors/foot-pod/prod15516.html
  • m0nster2
    m0nster2 Posts: 23 Member
    Hi Pradeep,
    Without converting km to miles, I think I had the same problem. Walking at a moderate speed, if I count to 300, my Vivofit is 99% accurate. When I walk at a fast pace, it loses up to 25% of my steps. I didn't mess with stride length; I just changed my height. I added one inch. That's kept the accuracy at slow and moderate speeds and I'm losing fewer steps at a fast pace. It's still off but it's alot closer now and it was a fast, easy change.
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