Things that count

[Greenmantom]

So I got my Fitbit this morning and I've been wearing it since. I've hardly walked anywhere but I've been very active doing DIY; sawing, hammering and lifting. It's counting at 5000 steps but there's noway I've done near that, although I have been very active. Do I need to change some settings or do I just need to accept that some activities will be counted as steps? Thanks in advance

[MakMak · Accepted solution]

Hi, @Greenmantom! Yes, unfortunately, some activities are counted as steps. On the bright side, if you have a heart rate model, your calories are based mostly on the heart rate, not the steps, so it won't be so accurate. The only thing you can try to help is to change the setting for the wrist you are wearing it on to "dominant" and still wear the tracker on your non-dominant wrist, which should help make the tracker less sensitive to hand movement, but in general there's not a whole lot you can do.

[Greenmantom]

Thanks for that, much appreciated. I do have a heart rate model so that's good to know. I've change which wrist I'm wearing my bit on and with being more aware of how it works I'll be able to mitigate the effect in future. 

Thanks for taking the time to answer!

Tom