You are right, I train on an elliptical too and it would be nice to see if the fitbit and the elliptical counter match. So far it seems like they match pretty close. I guess syncing just before and directly after would verify the counters. I would suggest that you make sure your stride length is set correctly.
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This post from another area addresses the same problem.