Blaze over counting steps

[Odsmark]

I have recently purchased a Fitbit Blaze which is my first Fitbit, my step counter is way over counting, this morning for instance, I’ve got up walked and made a cup of tea and sat on my sofa and it shows I’ve done 225 steps, yesterday it showed I did 23,000 steps but my iPhone said I only did 16,500. I'm not too bothered about the steps I do but I believe that affects the calorie count which I am bothered about, yesterday it said I burnt just under 5,000 calories which can’t be correct because I’m only consuming between 2,000 to 2,500 per day.

I've seen there are some issues with step counting, is there a way to change the way it counts calories without using steps?

Moderator edit: subject for clarity

[AlejandraFitbit]

A warm welcome to the Community @Odsmark.

If your tracker isn't being accurate, I recommend restarting your Blaze, walk 100 steps and let me know how many it registered. Also, to obtain more accurate information, you can adjust your stride length.

Let me know the outcome. 

[Odsmark]

Hi I just walked for 100 steps and it registered 95 which is quite good but at work I think it might be over counting as I’m an electrician my arms are always moving around even if I’m not.


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[AlejandraFitbit]

Thanks for the update @Odsmark. Actually 95 steps is a really good number, keep in mind that the Blaze will register your information based on the arm movement and you mentioned that you move your arms a lot. To avoid extra amount of steps, you can wear your Blaze inside a pocket while working.

Try this and let me know if it works.