Inspire HR is logging driving as steps.

[Repoman_1980]

I see others are having these same issues. I got my Inspire HR yesterday and today I noticed my step count was massively high. I do a lot of driving in my job and for a 3 hour 15 min drive, the Fitbit registered nearly 5500 steps. I logged them as "driving" and it reduced them but only by about 2600. It then registered more steps every time I moved the vehicle (every 30mins I moved the van about 100ft as I was inspecting a newly tarred road). When I am working I don't have the time to manually adjust it every time I drive so this tracker is completely useless to me. It also registered my drive home as three periods of bike riding interspersed with more steps. Surely this isn't right, and can be easily fixed?

[YojanaFitbit]

Nice to see that you're digging into the Forums @Repoman_1980, let me give you a warm welcome to our Community.

Thanks for taking the time to troubleshoot your Inspire HR by logging driving activities for those extra steps.

We really appreciate your feedback, but at this moment we don't have any other option to avoid some extra steps when you drive. We have this feature request: Add "Driving Mode" Feature to avoid erroneous steps/floors. You can vote and post your comment to support this request.

You might also get a few extra steps from arm swings since your tracker will sense the movements of your hand. So, as a friendly tip I suggest to wear your Inspire HR in your non dominant arm. It's important to specify whether you wear the device on your dominant or non-dominant wrist during setup, but you can do so on your Fitbit app:

• The dominant wrist setting decreases the sensitivity of step counting and should reduce any over counting of steps when your body is not moving. Your dominant hand is the one you use for writing and eating.
• The non-dominant wrist setting increases the sensitivity of step counting and should reduce any under counting of steps.

To start, the Wrist setting is set to non-dominant. Change your wrist setting in the Fitbit app > Account > Inspire HR > Wrist Placement. You can find this information other important facts about Fitbit accuracy here: How accurate are Fitbit devices?

Give it a try and please keep me posted.