Position of Fitbit Flex during different activities

[craigh0911]

Hi there, I'm reasonably new to Fitbit. I like a few different sports, like running, walking, swimming, cycling. I was wondering if anyone has any tips for where to put the Fitbit Flex on your body during these activities like swimming, cycling etc? For example, wrist, legs, ankle?

Any other tips to get the most out of the Flex would be appreciated too

Thanks

Craig

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[Tracy577 · Accepted solution]

Hey Craig!
My friend has a Fitbit Flex, and she wears it on her wrist most of the time. She says it's very accurate. And when she's cycling she wears it on her ankle. I've also seen her simply keep it in her pocket. 🙂

[Colinm39 · Accepted solution]

@craigh0911Hi, I have done tests with clipon Fitbits and I can only presume that the activity filters in them all apply to correct positioning of the Fitbit as recommended. I have tested the Classic, Ultra, Zip and the One and all display increased calorie burn when they are not worn as recommended. I found the steps to be accurate but the further away from the torso the calories increased dramatically. Ankle wearing, double the calorie burn and this chart shows you that for the ankle wearing.  I did a double test and swapped the Fitbits because in all of my testing I have found them to be extremely accurate on step count.

              

[craigh0911]

Thank you both for the replies

[bf1996]

Just wondering, when cycling with the fitbit on your ankle, would you manually log in the hours later, or would you do it from your tracker?

That might be a stupid question but I'm still kind of confused on how I'm going to log my cycling hours. 

Thanks! 

[craigh0911]

I have a fitbit flex, so im planning on strapping around my ankle and even under my sock(for extra security) then cycle, then later just link it to my phone...if thats what you mean?

[bf1996]

Yes! Thank you!

[AmyCory]

I find that during treadmill runs, my Flex seems to track my mileage more accurately if I wear it tucked into the waistband of my running shorts.