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Inspire HR: Step accuracy

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Hello,

I am using my Inspire HR only a few days, but find that the step count is way off. Only today I put the Inspire to charge and already the count show 1.662 steps. (1.32KM) We do not have a small house, but to walk that many steps will not happen. This was my confirmation of suspecting the same during the past few days. Since I used the Inspire, it gives me consistent way more steps, and distance, than I actually did. Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks.

 

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I agree, Linda

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Agree!!!!
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Timeline please?
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I have two days with this Fitbit and the steps are out of control. I’m looking for some hacks from Customer Service and nothing. The only comments from Fitbit on this thread are not helpful at all, instead of apologizing write down a list of steps to help fix the problem with the device.

 

I bought my first Fitbit in 2012, I can’t believe that at this point the new versions are failing in the most basic feature, that the original ones didn’t.

 

This is very disappointing, I guess I’ll join the list of people who returned the device after 3 days.

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I've had it for 1 day and I'm extremely annoyed, after tracking over 100 steps while I'm driving god knows how many more while at work since it told me I went over 18,000 steps... I clean houses so I move a lot and move my arms ALOT ... I'm not interested in jumping through hoops to get this device to do its job, I mean I understand it may not be 100% accurate but after reading all this it seems like its 100% INACCURATE. And since it's connected to my weight watchers app I'm getting points for astronomical screw-ups. It's going back today and I'm going to try a charge 3 it has been cited as the most accurate on several sites I've researched, but it begs the question if that one can do it why can't this one????

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Don't put your hope up too high. The Fitbit team has been silent for quite some time now. I think they realised the accuracy problems on the inspire and charge 3 are hardware issues and no simple firmware fix will help. 

 

It would require a recall but clearly Fitbit is trying to avoid that. However, wiith all the returns happening, there isn't much left to recall to begin with 🙂

 

On a positive note, I managed to save 2 friends from buying a flawed Fitbit product and they got the Samsung fit instead. 

 

 

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That’s what friends are for!😀.....how is the Samsung working out?

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Much more accurate. The community and Samsung health is not as good as the fitbit version, but in the end, it's about the device itself for me and Samsung is clearly the better device 

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I wish I'd seen this thread prior to just spending the best part of £100 on an inspire HR as an upgrade to my non fitbit model. In the time sat as a passenger in a car, whilst holding a large pot plant (so not much arm movement on my part) on a 15 minute journey it had counted almost 500 steps.... it seems like the step count is way out 

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I bought the Samsung yesterday morn. So far so good. Not over counting steps. If anything I think it is on the slower side. Which I prefer. It means it isn't counting the nappy wrestling I'm doing lately with my 6 mo old. Sleep tracker is spot on. It tracked my non existent sleep to a T! I'm fairly happy with the HR feature. And it's responsive when in activity mode. If you stop for a few secs it asks if you would like to pause the workout. Unfortunately it doesn't have gps or link to your phone's gps but I can do without that. I'm not THAT active. Samsung health isn't a hundred miles off of the Fitbit app although I do prefer Fitbit. It gives a little more insight into sleep and HR than Samsung. But, all in all, I'm quite happy.

I see techradar finally reviewed it. They aren't overly impressed and have given it a 3 out of 5 while they give the inspire a 4. But I'm much happier with the Samsung... So far 

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Thx for your opinion... very helpful♥️

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Yep... you are a smart person😩

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Hang in there!

 

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I returned mine also... It is such a basic function that the cheapest fitness trackers can do perfect, how can Fitbit is not able to correct it?

But I saw there was a new software version coming out yesterday. Did it help with the step count inaccuracy as well or only provided new watch faces? 

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You are lucky you could return yours.  I received mine as a gift for Mother's Day.  My daughter bought it in March, for Mother's Day, directly from Fitbit.  Fitbit gives the 45 days to return it, so even though it was a gift, they refused to help me. The 3000 steps it logged, while I was driving, they said was due to a "stiff shift".  My husband is still laughing at that.  They couldn't tell me why when I normally have 4 to 7 thousands steps a day, I was now breaking and passing 10,000 steps.  Believe me, I would be very happy if I could do that many.  I have a medical condition, and my doctor uses my Fitbit information.  I needed one with the heart rate.  I asked them to just exchange it, I would even pay the difference, to go with the Fitbit Alta HR.  They would not even do that.  I spent a lot of time , more then once, "chatting" to Fitbit.  I never wanted a refund.  Just an exchange.  Now I am stuck with this Inspire HR, that is sitting dead in my jewelry box.  My daughter's money seems to be meaningless to Fitbit.  But, we keep hearing, "we are working on the problem"  

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I drove a mile and it gave me 3000 steps

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Fitbit's attitude is absolutely disrespectful towards their customers. They are loosing their reputation for sure.

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Yes. See what I posted yesterday about a recall and refund and / or a major software update. 

 

Thanks!  Please let me know if you do read it because it sure seems like no one is listening or just doesn’t care enough to fix this major defect!!!

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I wish I'd looked at other models .... I "upgraded" from a £40 Nu band
which was way more accurate .... but didnt have the Heart rate feature
which is what steered me to the inspire tbh. I've messaged fitbit on their
Facebook page .... but it's just stock reply of ' there are factors which
could effect accuracy. Yet if other step counters can manage not to make it
look like you've run a half marathon whilst sitting in a car why cant fit
bit?
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Don’t know yet... I have been accustomed not to rely on it for step counts that I just use it for sleep information, date and time

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By the way... I like your name😊

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Reputation is everything, especially in business! By the way... Save the whales Fitbit customer, did you see that wonderful PNR program on When whales walked?

 

😀I was reprimanded but they never gave me the reason... I need to know the reason before I can avoid the same mistake

 

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