I recently purchased a new Fitbit Ionic about a month or so ago, upgrading from my Charge HR. In the last couple of weeks, I noticed that the Ionic would add hundreds and hundreds of steps to my step count while I was sitting on my butt at home or at work. I couldn't figure it out for a while, and I would end my work day with around two to three thousand unstepped steps, which is not an insignificant number. This problem continued at home, though to a lesser extent.
I would try and limit all of my movements, thinking that maybe I could be typing "too hard" or increasing my step count by wrist movements. But this wasn't the case. Sure, typing would add a few steps to the count, but a very small amount.
Finally, I discovered that simply having a fan blowing on me was the cause of the problem. I went without using my fan and the problem stopped completely. As soon as I turned it back on, the steps started going up again. I tried to reposition the fan, have it farther away and blowing on my side opposite from where I wear my watch, but it didn't make a difference.
I'm a fairly warm natured guy. I sometimes have a fan blowing on me even in winter. Do I really have to make a choice between wearing my Ionic and using a fan? And frankly, I have no idea how the fan is causing it to register steps in the first place. If there is a solution to this, I would love to be able to have my fan and wear my Ionic without getting fake steps.
