fitbit ionic incorrect steps

[adigeneral]

i had my fitbit ionic charging in the night and when i wake up in the morning it had some steps recorded. the non dominant hand is turn off and i dont know why is it that it was charging and had record a total of steps done on a new day and has not even be worn. HELP PLEASE

[Colinm39]

@adigeneralWelcome... All Fitbit devices can pick up vibrations/movements etc like sitting on a table with a vibrating fan..

How many steps were involved because if it was very low it will probably help compensate for the some of the steps you lose during the day using a wrist type tracker.. I lose anywhere between 4-10% based on my Fitbit One which is always in my jeans coin pocket ( without coins)

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@adigeneral wrote:

i had my fitbit ionic charging in the night and when i wake up in the morning it had some steps recorded. the non dominant hand is turn off and i dont know why is it that it was charging and had record a total of steps done on a new day and has not even be worn. HELP PLEASE

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[adigeneral]

hi it must be from the fan because it was close to the fan while it was charging..i had about 15 thousand and something steps...thanks for the reply i will monitor it, also i find that if you lying down with the watch on and move your hands it does steps 

[Rich_Laue]

Thank you, first question I had was how many steps. 

You are not to find that the tracker sitting on the same table as a fan counts false steps. 

The only way to remove them now is to record the time as driving. 

I found a feature request that you might be interested in voting for. Add a pause to the step counting

[Griffa87]

Set your stride manually. Before I set mine it guessed my stride was 31.5! When infact it is 20.5. 

This has made it more accurate. I get a few extra steps counted through sleep and other activities but in the grand scheme of numbers these are minimal.

Now I have it set correctly I do find it quite accurate. 

While on the subject of inaccuracies. I thought my heart rate was reading wrong. My first aider at work who is also a first responder for the local ambulance service carries a medical grade monitor on him; the one you put on your finger.

The reading on that device was the same as the Ionic which I was was quite impressed with.

[DramaQueenDiva]

In order for it to not count that many steps overnight, you have two options: either move the Ionic or move the fan. The Ionic will pick up vibrations from the fan, hence why you're getting so many steps.