Fitbit Mileage Accuracy

[SunsetRunner]

Hello,

I am looking for someone who can tell me how to fix this problem OR if I need a new watch.  I ran with three different people with three different watches.  The watches were the Versa Lite, the Blaze, and the Zip.  We all ran the same distance/route, however, the mileage was completely different.  Can someone tell me how to fix this?

Thank you.

[JohnnyRow]

Versa 2 uses completely different methods of getting distance depending on whether or not you are using connected-GPS to your phone's GPS.

So it is impossible to answer without that information.

[SunsetRunner]

I am not connected to my phone’s GPS, so is that a problem?

[JohnnyRow · Accepted solution]

I didn't say, or imply, that's a problem.  Just that there are different ways of calculating distance.

Without GPS, distance is simply number of steps times stride length.

Stride length may need adjusting.

See How does my Fitbit device calculate distance traveled? 

and Can I change my stride length in my Fitbit account? 

[SunsetRunner]

Ok, Thank you.