Kilometers walked

[Marto]

Probably not as important asSTEPS but at first my steps and kilometers seemed accutant. Now my steps are ok but at 10,000 steps it says I have only walked 0.33km and 4000 steps later it says 0.34km. Just annoying as I walked 4km a day plus golfing etc so would like to know the correct km walked out of interest.. I have a Flex and have had it for one month.

[SteveH · Accepted solution]

Distance is calculated simply by multiplying steps taken by your stride length. As your step counts seems ok, the issue must be with your stride.

Fitbit uses defaults for walking and running strides based on your profile settings (height and gender). If the defaults are in use then it's worth checking that your profile settings are ok:

https://www.fitbit.com/user/profile/edit

You will also see the stride lengths on this page - if they are zero the defaults are in place. If they are not zero then they sound wrong. This article helps you sort them out:

http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-do-I-measure-and-adjust-my-stride-length/

[Marto]

Thanks Steve. Stupid me. I had my stride all wrong. Had 8.5cm instead of 85cm. Have decided to leave the default on as seemed accurate when I began.

[SunsetRunner]

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@SteveH wrote:

Distance is calculated simply by multiplying steps taken by your stride length. As your step counts seems ok, the issue must be with your stride.

Fitbit uses defaults for walking and running strides based on your profile settings (height and gender). If the defaults are in use then it's worth checking that your profile settings are ok:

https://www.fitbit.com/user/profile/edit

You will also see the stride lengths on this page - if they are zero the defaults are in place. If they are not zero then they sound wrong. This article helps you sort them out:

http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-do-I-measure-and-adjust-my-stride-length/

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Is the "stride length" in fitbit, your step length (which is from one foot to the next) or is it

actual stride length (which is from one foot to the same foot again) which is twice as far?

The instructions mix them up (at least they mix the wording up) which is inexcusable.

[SteveH]

@SunsetRunner  It's the first one. Left, Right, Left = 3 steps

[SunsetRunner]

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@SteveH wrote:

@SunsetRunner  It's the first one. Left, Right, Left = 3 steps

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Stride is 2 Steps (not three) http://www.oandp.org/jpo/library/images/1997_01_010/9110f5.gif

My observation was that fitbit uses "steps" and "stride" interchangeably, and that's very bad!