Inaccurate Steps, Distance, and Pace

[skarre13]

I recently discovered that the steps, distance, and pace tracked by my watch are very inaccurate. My husband and I both have Inspire 3 watches and when we've been out running my watch has consistently shown fewer steps, less distance, and a slower pace than him even though we were running side-by-side. I manually start my workout on my watch every time I run and it connects to GPS. I have the wrist placement set correctly to my non-dominant wrist. What else can be done to make these readings more accurate?

[Gr4ndp4]

Hi, @skarre13 , welcome, you might find this article helps How accurate are Fitbit devices? In particular, I would suggest you check your personal settings in stride length. In the new app from the "Today" screen>icon in the top right>activity & wellness>exercise>stride length at the top> turn off set automatically and manually set your walking & running stride lengths. I found the best way to sort this out was to measure a distance out and run and walk a few times to determine the average stride length. It's a bit laborious but it works for me. Once completed sync your device.

You might also find this article of interest How to make your fitness tracker count steps more accurately - The Verge It's not just Fitbit.

I hope this helps.

Cheers