How are the Floors thing calculated?

[Newfitkitty]

That was never explained. I was always curious about it especially when there were days I would be going up and down to two different floors several times and it never counted it and other times I could be doing light workouts and it say I went up 4 floors. So, I am just wondering how that works?

[Odyssey13 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Newfitkitty  this article - click to read - will explain it to you. You need at least ten feet in elevation for the stairs to count and it only counts going up, not going down. A few of us got in the habit of reaching the top of the stairs and waving our hands so the Fitbit knew we climbed them. Might be different now, as that was a few years ago.

[JuanFitbit]

@Odyssey13 Thank you for your help . 

@Newfitkitty , Nice to see you around. Thank you for your message. 
 The article provided by @Odyssey13 , explains how the floors are detected and recognized. Just jumped in to add, to keep in mind, that only the floor up are going to be recognized, if you go downstairs that elevation change will not be recognized. 

[2labz]

There's an eensy aneroid barometer in [some] Fitbit models. Barometric pressure decreases at a predictable rate with change in elevation above sea level. In theory (and sometimes in practice) the minute change in atmospheric pressure with each ten-foot rise in elevation triggers a "floor" counter. When everything is working right, ascend 60-plus feet either on a staircase or a hill, and the device will register six "floors." 

A floor event can also be triggered by a gust of wind, which like elevation change causes a minute change in barometric pressure. On particularly windy days, it is not uncommon for someone walking on level ground to achieve tens or even hundreds of "floors."