Auto recognise questions

[IanC5]

Hi folks

My charge 5 seems a little confused:

When I cut the grass walking behind my mower, it thinks I am cycling. When I am paddling my canoe, it thinks I am swimming.

Am I right in thinking the calorie burn numbers it comes up with in these circumstances will be nonsense, and is there anything I can do to get more accurate data?

[JohnnyRow]

1)  Calorie burn is based on heart rate.  The particular activity makes no difference - basically just for your record-keeping.

2) 2 ways to make activity more accurate:

2a)  Use the on-wrist Exercise App to record exercise sessions, always getting precise start and end times, and giving it your preferred category from among 21 choices;  as explained in following link, if exact category is not listed, use a close choice or go with "workout";  see How do I track my workouts with my Fitbit device? 

2b) On phone app, tap 'days of exercise tile', then gear icon near top right to see the possible auto-recognized activities.  For any you never do, tap on and turn off auto-recognize slider to prevent ever getting that.

3)  Never manually log a workout after-the-fact if you were wearing the tracker.  This causes Fitbit to ignore all data that was actually recorded.