Indoor walking calibration

Kaaroj said:

Sure, no problem. But after discussing with Garmin support we probably found the issue. I was told to try the same activity with exaggerated arm movement, since this is an issue already logged and it clearly worked. Though still not exact, but it improved accuracy significantly. Today first activity 4246 steps and 0,38km distance, second (with ridiculous arm swing) 2014 steps and 1,17 km. 

Oh glad you were able to get in contact with them! Please continue to work with them on getting this issue resolved. If there is anything else I can do, please let me know. 

I see there's a note on the beta 5.73 firmware which looks suspiciously similar to this issue.  I'm going to install that and see if it helps.  Isabella - I think you should also speak to the development team about the auto-pause function.  It seems very keen to auto-pause (like after just 1-2 seconds) but the auto-start is more like 5-7 seconds.  I think it would make more sense to be less aggressive on the auto-pause - perhaps push out to a similar time to the auto-start - say 7 seconds on each side.  After all, for walking time is less critical than for running, and we will often pause (especially if you are walking a dog for example!) for short periods.

You are right. Just now finished workout on treamill. 2.4 meters 4km/1hr  - samsung 2300 meters. Vivoactive4 - 1.5 LoL

And no option of calibration for 1.500 meters found. 

I found that the Venu 2 was computing as if every step was 1 foot instead the 2 feet I set in custom.  I read on another forum that Garmin recommends that one should perform an exaggerated swing (like that of the British Army - my suggestion) and I tried it today, comparing it to a pedometer app on my phone.  As before, same number of steps recorded by both, but now the distance was essentially correct (based upon steps times 2 feet divided by 5280..)  Going to be hard to get used to but if a Brit soldier can do it, so can we.