Inaccurate Sleep Log? Change your settings!

[CallieM]

Hi sleepy Community members!

Does your sleep log look something like this?

If you think your log is inaccurate when it shows this much restlessness, you're not alone! A lot of Fitbit users have sleep logs like this, and many times it's due to the fact that Sleep settings are on "Sensitive" mode instead of "Normal" mode. A little about these two modes:

• The normal setting counts significant movements as being awake (such as rolling over) and is appropriate for most users.
• The sensitive setting will cause your tracker to record nearly all movements as time spent awake. This setting may be helpful for users with sleep disorders, or those who wear their tracker somewhere other than the wrist while asleep.

We strongly suggest that most users use the Normal setting. To change your settings to Normal, follow these steps, or visit our help article!

• To change your setting in the Fitbit iOS app, go to Account > Advanced Settings > Sleep Sensitivity.

• To change your setting in the fitbit.com dashboard, go to Settings > Devices > scroll down to Sleep Tracking.

I hope this helps - let me know if you have any trouble changing this setting or if you have seen a difference in the accuracy of your sleep log after switching!

[loaftray]

Hello, my own view and experience is that Fitbit is not accurate. Sorry, but I think it's a waste of time and a swizz.

[NarniePoo]

Inaccuracy of the sleep log and every other aspect the Fitbit watches is what happened when Google took over, it doesn’t matter if you are set to Normal or Sensitive it is still inaccurate. It no longer reads the heart rate accurately either. 

[GandalfIAm]

My FitBit is set to sensitive in hopes that it will pick up my insomnia - when I am in bed, awake but unable to sleep.

My hands and feet move as I fidget trying to settle myself down but FitBit tracks me as asleep - even though it is set to sensitive.

I have spent night's where I am awake for 3 or 4 hours but it is all recorded as me being asleep - I am tossing and turning, fidgeting, checking my FitBit for the time, etc.

But FitBit records me being asleep.