Surge GPS Driving question

[Dogg]

Hi.

I have a Charge HR and I love it. I'm a local truck driver and the roads in Manitoba are really awful and I track a lot of steps from driving during the day. I am aware of the isuee and the fix of logging it as a activity.

I have a iPhone 6 so there is no way for DriveBit to start automatically that I'm aware of. Right now I just write down the times I'm driving and enter the information manually but sometimes I forget to track my driving time.

I'm wondering if I bought a Surge could I backtrack my day through GPS and clean it up manually by looking at the high pace? Are times included with the GPS data? I want to be able look at my day and say yes, here I'm driving and enter it manually.

Basically will the surge give me a more automated and accurate approach to entering my driving data?

Maybe I'll try this on Monday but what if I track my whole day as a run on the iOS app? My phone is always in the truck while working. Can I go through the data this way instead of buying a Surge. I have not used this feature of the app. Maybe I'll go for a walk and check it out.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Ozzie65]

Hi @Dogg - I'm not completely sure that I understand what you are looking to do. I would point out, however, that on the Surge, the GPS is only triggered when measure specific activities - running/walking/biking. It's not on full time and if it were, it would drain the battery very quickly.

[MikeF]

Agreed, you'd need to be permanently in exercise mode to even get the GPS tracking. Even if it would last the day, I think it would be simpler to carry on with what you're already doing.

[Dogg]

Yea. The all day GPS would certainly kill the battery fast, I did not think of that thanks.

I hope this clarifies what I was asking, probably not. LoL

I wanted to know the best way I could tell exactly when I was driving and then I would enter the activity as driving for a accurate step count ect. DriveBit is not automated on iOS and sometimes I forget to write down my drive times, so I just enter my whole work day as driving. Writing off my whole workday as driving cheats me because I do some walking around the yard, coupling to trailers, some other physical activities, etc.

However I found a solution that works for me. I downloaded a iOS app called GPS Tracks for my phone which stays plugged in and in my truck most of the work day. Now I just track my whole day and at the end of the day while I'm at home, I can go through my day and it will allow me to see exactly at what times I was driving by looking at my speed and where I am on the map. I then will enter this time as driving in to the FitBit Log. No memory needed.

I wish they would just incorporate something similar in to the FitBit app. If someone is going over X amount of speed then they are not burning extra calories, taking steps or climbing stairs ect. I leave my FitBit app running 24/7 anyways. I'm sure there is a way to do it, even a way to conserve the battery by using some kind of sleep, awake mode for the GPS like GPS Tracks does. But give us the option.

Thanks for your replies.