help menu

Join us on the Community Forums!

  • Community Guidelines

    The Fitbit Community is a gathering place for real people who wish to exchange ideas, solutions, tips, techniques, and insight about the Fitbit products and services they love. By joining our Community, you agree to uphold these guidelines, so please take a moment to look them over.

  • Learn the Basics

    Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page for information on Community features, and tips to make the most of your time here.

  • Join the Community!

    Join an existing conversation, or start a new thread to ask your question. Creating your account is completely free, and takes about a minute.

Not finding your answer on the Community Forums?

Cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Track runs with charge 2?!

ANSWERED
Replies are disabled for this topic. Start a new one or visit our Help Center.

‎12-07-2016 19:37 - last edited on ‎09-09-2020 10:26 by Fitbit Moderator

‎12-07-2016 19:37 - last edited on ‎09-09-2020 10:26 by Fitbit Moderator

I recently got my charge 2 as a gift. I work out and run 3+ miles a day.  first of all must I run with my phone and fitbit for it to track my distance & min mile? can I run with just the fitbit for it to do that?

 

Secondly, I have been running with my phone app map my fitness and my fitbit because presently they are both giving me different min miles and distance.  since it's gotten colder I have been running on a small indoor track, map my fitness tells me my min mile is a little under 8min for 2 miles where as the fitbit tells me I'm a little over a 9 min mile and a 1.7 mile distance?!?! 

I know for certain the distance is off but I'm trying to work on my pace and this thing has me going crazy, someone help?!?!

Best Answer
Labels:
20 REPLIES 20

‎02-26-2020 20:14

In response to Rich_Laue

‎02-26-2020 20:14

Rich_Laue,

 

Thanks much for your response.  Frankly I think the device is ding-dong.  It logs four steps as twenty.  I directly measure my pulse with a second count digital watch and fingertips (which I do very accurately) and Fit Bit 2 tells me something 20-30 beats less. 

 

In any case I run a varied all terrain course and really want to know if there is a way to get an accurate distance.  I thought that the device worked with my phone to do a GPS calculation but have found no way to set this up.  ew01

Best Answer
0 Votes