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Manually adapt number of steps taken

Former Member
Former Member over 5 years ago

Hi,

Another day, another question, sorry! So like all watches, my VivoActive 4S also counts too many steps taken. As it is a watch, it often registers an arm movement while working on a desk or even while brushing you teeth as a step taken. I also have a regular pedometer attached to my pants and it is a BIG difference. But I / we get additional calories to use due to steps taken and it now gives me too many calories to use, which creates a wrong image and may end up with me gaining weight. Might sound ridiculous, but that's how it is for me. 

So my question: can you (and how) adapt manually the number of steps taken in a day?

Thanks, Evy

  • 0 over 5 years ago
    I also have a regular pedometer attached to my pants and it is a BIG difference.

    If it is Garmin Vivoki, enter the S/N into User Settings https://connect.garmin.com/modern/settings/accountInformation Possibly making it "Prefered Activity Tracker" in device settings may be also needed, but I don't know, never used it.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to trux

    Ah, unfortunately it is a very, very basic pedometer with absolutely no technological connections possible to anything. Like the old school pedometers which just count and do nothing else. It does save 7 days on it, but that's all it does. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Have a look at Gamin Vivoki. I've bought one for my wife on eBay for 30€. Works well.

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    Someone suggested the Vivoki device.

    An alternative that's both more advanced and more easily available: Vivofit 1, 2, or 3. They're often available at thrift stores for $10CAD or so. All will pop off the band and leave just a "pod." Batteries can last a year before a swap. (watch-type battery)

    You can get belt clips for most of them.

    https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/vivofit3/EN-US/GUID-68146676-5AE0-4C2F-AA9A-A1DDDD401B54.html

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Otto-Destruct
    Otto-Destruct said:
    hey're often available at thrift stores for $10CAD or so

    Are you sure about that? If you read the tiny lines in the description of all those cheap offers, you'll find out they are just selling the replacement bands without the device self. Vivofit 3 typically costs around 60€.

    Perhaps there are some cheap units availabe somewhere, but I would be pretty carefull and check twice or three times whether they are really selling the complete device, or just the replacement band alone.

    Besides that I am not sure whether you can link a Vivofit to the same GC account of your principal watch as a secondary device, in the way you can do it it with Vivoki.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to trux

       

             

    • Vivofit 1 with ANT+ stick new in box $10. Sold ANT+ stick for $40.
    • Vivofit 3 belt clip in a clearance bin for $5 or so.
    • Vivofit 3 with $19.99 sticker: bargained down to $13.
    • Vivofit 2 $9.99.
    • Forerunner 205 and 305 units for under $10 with HR straps. (sometimes these get listed at $20+ and still worth it for cheap HR strap)
    • Brand-new-in-box HRM3 for $13.
    • HRM1G in a baggie for... $2. (less a $0.40 discount - so it was $1.60)

    Decent quality replacement batteries (if needed) are a buck or two on eBay in multipacks.

    I'll pay as much as $30 for a Vivofit 3 since it's the last of the step-trackers that talks to an ANT+ HRM. (they killed that with the Vivofit 4, sadly)

    Hoping there's a Vivofit 5 that adds back external HRM support but keeps the year-long battery.

    I thrift a lot.

    I am 99% sure you can set a Vivofit as a primary device on the same account - I've done it temporarily while still using a Forerunner - but can confirm later.

    The Vivofit 3 is the only one that supports "Physio True-Up" but DCR says the Vivofit 1 and 2 will sync steps: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/11/garmins-new-trueup-multi-device-activity-tracking-sync-heres-how-it-works.html

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Otto-Destruct

    Yesterday the difference between my old pedometer and VivoActive 4S was 2000 steps (5000 and 7000).

    So big difference. Can't seem to find a Vivofit nor Vivoki here in Belgium against anything lower than 60 to 80 EUR.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member
    Can't seem to find a Vivofit nor Vivoki here in Belgium against anything lower than 60 to 80 EUR.

    Try eBay. I've bought a new Vivokí for 32€ from Germany, and I still see Vívokís for that price on eBay.