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Erroneous Steps Counted

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Why is it when making my bed that my Fitbit is totaling up steps? I had it pulled up on my phone and watched it while making my bed! I am new to this, please someone tell me if I am doing something wrong..

 

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I'm afraid that's a common issue with all wrist-worn trackers (not just fitbits). They work by detecting movement of the arm and working out if the movement was the result of a step or just random arm movement. Sometimes they get it wrong.

 

There's more on this - and what you can do to minimise it - in this article:

 

http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/How-accurate-are-Fitbit-trackers/

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