Charge 5 tracked I was asleep yet counted steps

[Ailith8]

Hello, I got my charge 5 for 5 days now. So quite new. But today I got a bit concerned. I woke up at 7.18 am, moved about, walked the dogs, etc and when syncing my device it shows I woke up at 7.41 but by 7.20 I read my app and it already recorded that I had done 200 steps. This makes no sense ;( help please? 

[A.Lynn]

Hey there, I've had my Charge5 for abt 8 months and noticed the thing with these (any step counter) is it mostly goes off the movement of your arm/body not necessarily steps. So if ya shake your arm in the right way it'll register as steps. I was bouncing a tiny bit on the edge of my bed and watched the steps add up. Sadly the only way you can count actual true steps is to put the d@mn thing on your ankle. So the number of steps ya get at the end of the day is just an estimate, it could be more or less. Just give ya a rough idea. At least that's how it is with mine. So don't be too concerned. Hope that helps! Other thing I've noticed is ya might want to 

[A.Lynn]

Ps, you were probably moving in your sleep or it could have counted any moving you did getting up at night. 

[Ailith8]

Thank you! But I the concern is that I was up at 7.18 am … and it recorded me sleeping until 7.41. Strange ;/ 

[Atchoo]

I was mixing/tossing a salad the other day and gained 50 extra steps!  Maybe I should have been stepping while tossing to match the Charge 5 inaccuracies! 😂😭 This unit is terribly over sensitive to movement! 

[Atchoo]

Thanks for the ankle option! 😂😭