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Walked steps/milage way off.

Former Member over 9 years ago

I have a vivoactive. Right now it's showing, as well as in the app and website, that I've walked 2782 steps for a total of .41 miles. This should be closer to 1.5 miles. I've tried both default stride length as well as a 50ft custom measurement but is still is way off distance wise.

Im unsure of what other info to provide other than the app and firmware are fully updated to the latest version.

Is there a setting I'm overlooking I should be looking at or maybe an alternate calibration method different than the measure/step count method?

Thanks,
Chip

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Let me clarify that I feel the step count is accurate, just the conversation to miles is off.

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Same for me. Mileage is 1/3 of what it should be and this has been the issue ever since I entered the custom stride length many weeks ago.

0 pshare over 9 years ago

Be careful about metric vs. statute measurements.

I know of one person who was thinking m meant miles when it actually meant meters.

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Vivo fit way off on mileage and steps.

I've had my Vivo fit 2 for less than one week and the steps are way off. I walk a measured course of 3.2 miles. I was using my I-phone Ap that consistently recorded between 6100-6200 steps and between 3.1 and 3.2 miles every day. The Vivo fit is consistently off by more than 1500 steps and always underestmates distance by more than a mile. I have rechecked my settings and they are correct. Please advise.

0 pshare over 9 years ago

I'm pretty sure my vivofit misses 30% of the steps I take and I don't really care. You said it yourself, it is consistent and that is the big picture. You want it measure how active you are so if it consistently misses the same proportion of steps, it still provides an apples-to-apples measurement of how active you were. In a very short time you will have a feel of just how active you were and the steps is just a number to get there.

I've said it before:

Don't think of them as steps. Think of them as Garmin steps. Nike doesn't even call it steps. The Nike band measures fuel.