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Blaze, accuracy of stairs

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‎01-09-2017 02:33 - last edited on ‎12-28-2018 19:24 by Moderator Alum

‎01-09-2017 02:33 - last edited on ‎12-28-2018 19:24 by Moderator Alum

My fitbit blaze is saying I've done 29 sets of stairs today when I've only done about 4. Apparently I done them while I was driving my coach?

 

 

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‎01-09-2017 04:47 - last edited on ‎03-02-2025 06:55 by Fitbit Moderator

‎01-09-2017 04:47 - last edited on ‎03-02-2025 06:55 by Fitbit Moderator

Hi there @Vickee! Welcome to the Fitbit Community! 🙂

That doesn't sound good. Stairs are counted by your tracker sensing a change in the athmospheric pressure and also height changes accordingly. If you're on a road going up even if it's not actual staris, your tracker might sense that as going up. Every 10 ft will count as one floor so you can check that to avoid this from happening. Now, also about the pressure, going places where you have AC coming directly on you might affect how your tracker measures stairs so this will also be something to keep in mind.

Let me know if this gets to happen again or if you need anything else!

Ferdin | Community Moderator, Fitbit

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‎01-09-2017 09:12

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‎01-09-2017 09:12

Well I just done another school run drivin the bus and it says I've done
nearly 10000 steps and 61 stairs! No air con on in bus in this weather 😏
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