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Fitbit One accuracy

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‎12-10-2019 13:42

‎12-10-2019 13:42

My partner and I both use the One. We clip it in our waistband. 

The issue is why it measures different distances with a given amount of steps. Last week, she did 85,287 steps and a total of 49.8 miles. I did 92,053 steps but totaled 49.5 miles. This has been consistent.

Can anyone shed light as to how this is possible?

Thank you!

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‎12-11-2019 00:51

‎12-11-2019 00:51

Could it be that you are a little shorter than your partner?

 

Fitbit calculates the miles by multiplying your step count by your stride length and it calculates a default stride length based on your gender and height. Normally the taller a person is the longer their stride and therefore they take less steps to cover a certain distance than someone shorter.

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