Garmin Forerunner 910XT & Fitbit One Metrics Comparison

[LewWagner]

Neighborhood & Wetlands Trail Road Walk

10/27/2015

37 degrees out starting, 3 mph winds, nighttime.

52:49 elapsed
 4:28 AM start
 5:21 AM end

Actually started and stopped my Fitbit One this morning at the same time I did my Garmin.  The results on the steps, distance, and calories were closer than I have seen with my Fitbit Zip, previously.

Garmin Forerunner 910XT metrics:

2.64 miles
5,928 steps
3.00 mph avg
337 cals
 99 bpm heart rate
108 bpm max heart rate
20:00 mins/mile pace (time)
20:00 mins/mile pace (dec)

Fitbit One metrics:

52:49 elapsed

2.61 miles (activity)
6,565 steps (activity)
332 cals (activity)
56 active minutes

[Heybales]

That is pretty good.

So with Fitbit underestimating exercise-pace walking distance, it probably means it's slightly inflating or right at distance for your normaly daily activity-pace walking.

Then again, your daily normal walking in stores and such could be a serious pace walk and matches right up.

Sometimes the Zip impresses me too - especially since my training is jog/walk intervals, and it'll nail the distance right on despite that combo, and even hills thrown in usually.

Now an actual race it was short by about 0.8, but even that's pretty good after 13 miles.

[LewWagner]

Saw a closer match, yesterday when Beth and I went walking on the Ocean City boardwalk:

Walk-Ocean City Boardwalk

54 degrees, cloudy, partly sunny, winds 1-3 mph

The stats between Garmin and Fitbit were a lot closer this time

1:08:11 elapsed
7:56 am start

3.58 miles
8,044 steps
457 cals
3.2 mph (avg)
5.9 mph (max - ran last 1/10 mile)
19:02 pace
117 bpm

Fitbit stats:

74 active minutes

Date        Steps              Distance       Duration             Calories
8:57AM   1,553                   0.71          0:14:00                106
8:38AM   2,103                   0.96          0:18:00                117
8:21AM   1,768                   0.81          0:15:00                113
7:56AM   2,707                   1.27          0:22:00                136

Totals     8,131                   3.75          1:09:00                472