help menu

Join us on the Community Forums!

  • Community Guidelines

    The Fitbit Community is a gathering place for real people who wish to exchange ideas, solutions, tips, techniques, and insight about the Fitbit products and services they love. By joining our Community, you agree to uphold these guidelines, so please take a moment to look them over.

  • Learn the Basics

    Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page for information on Community features, and tips to make the most of your time here.

  • Join the Community!

    Join an existing conversation, or start a new thread to ask your question. Creating your account is completely free, and takes about a minute.

Not finding your answer on the Community Forums?

Cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Accuracy of Calories Burned?

Replies are disabled for this topic. Start a new one or visit our Help Center.

‎04-26-2021 00:49

‎04-26-2021 00:49

Just been using my Fitbit extensively over the weekend and noticed the calories burned was excessive. It was mainly during walking throughout the day. I reached between 15,000 and 20,000 steps but my GF was with me was using an Apple phone to measure her steps and she was about 5000 to 8000 steps behind what I had supposedly reached. It now makes me question the accuracy of the calorie burn and according to some research the Fitbit is fairly accurate during running but massively inaccurate during walking.  Has there been any definitive independent research on the accuracy of Fitbit? I

 

Best Answer
0 Votes
2 REPLIES 2

‎04-26-2021 07:52

‎04-26-2021 07:52

Not exactly the answer to your question, but for models with heart rate, calories burned are based on heart rate, not steps.

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

Best Answer

‎04-26-2021 07:57

In response to JohnnyRow

‎04-26-2021 07:57

Thanks Johnny, That's interesting. Mine is not that up to date and I have never paid much attention to the calories side of things but age and lockdown have not been kind!!!

Best Answer
0 Votes