Inaccurate steps

[Em_l09]

I am very frustrated today, i met with my friend this morning to do walk and we both walked the same distance, however she has accumulated over a thousand more steps than me.

I am using a fitbit sence and she has the versa 2. I have checked all my settings which are correct but just can't understand such a massive discrepancy when both walking the same distance.

Please help xxx 

[SteveH]

What was the difference in distance according to your fitbits? I would expect the distance to be similar but the step count can be very different if one of you is taller - shorter people have to take more steps to cover the same distance.

[Dezzzzzz]

I agree with Steveh. I had to change my stride length because my fitbit sense was missing steps. I'm not even 5'1" and was missing steps from almost everyday, I serve tables and was frustrated that most days it wouldn't even clock 10000 when on busy shifts I easily do upwards of 17000. Ad soon as I set my stride length to the appropriate length all my steps got counted