Pace notation is wrong and confusing

[Dab-123]

When you take a walk, it gives you the pace, but the notation is so unintuitive, people seem to have to ask what the numbers mean.

For some reason Fitbit have chosen to report a time metric with the notation used for feet and inches, ie single apostrophe and the double prime. Eg 5'12" is 5 feet and 12 inches. These marks are only informally used for time. So you don't know if this is feet per minute or what.  Meantime they use the traditional time notation to report the time length of the walk/run.

Current notation:

1.7 m  21:23 min   12'12" pace

The most consistent and intuitive way to report these numbers would be:

1.7 m.  21:23 min. 12m 12 s per mile (or 00:12:12 per mile or 00:12:12/mile)

Fitbit please change!

[LZeeW]

@Dab-123   Both notation forms are correct, whether you report 12'12" or 12:12.  Fitbit has been using 00'00" since it released its first exercise app and doesn't have plans to change.  For comparison, Garmin reports pace as 12:12 and Apple reports pace as 12'12''.

The ' and " symbols aren't just feet and inches.  They are also used for the minutes and seconds in degrees of latitude and longitude.

[Dab-123]

I did not say it's incorrect, just that it is not the formal one and that
it is identical with a distance measure, feet and inches, thus causing
unnecessary confusion.

What apple does is neither here nor there. Something unhelpful does not
become right if everyone does it. Can’t Fitbit be better?

The intuitive way to report this that causes no confusion is
00:12:12/mile. Pace says nothing.

Not sure why one would take the pain to write a comment to put the point
down. If there is one way to stop something from improving , it's
rationalizations and confident assertions that something will not change.
How do you know? Do you work for Fitbit?

[LZeeW]

@Dab-123   Fitbit Product Experts aren't Fitbit employees.  We are experienced users who want to help others.  Fitbit has a Product Feedback forum.  There have been user requests to change Fitbit's pace notation, but they all get marked Not Currently Planned.

[Dab-123]

I don't see why "experienced users" would use their following and presence
on this site to shoot down a point and rationalize inaction.

Using the one notation for time elapsed that also is used for distance
covered, without a qualifier, makes no sense.

If a feature is wrong, and Fitbit stubbornly refuses to fix it,
"experienced users" should be the first to point it out as wrong.
Otherwise, it sounds like you're just rationalizing Fitbit's
unresponsiveness and helping shut down legitimate complaints. Which is very
helpful to them. It's also known that companies reward experienced users
who help them on sites by giving various benefits, so this appears a little
unpleasant. You could support, not rationalize, and help make Fitbit better!