Fitbit Charge Not Counting Floors Correctly

My fitbit charge hr counted my floors correctly.

Fitbit charge not counting floors correctly.

I climbed 6 flights of stairs a while ago and i got credit for 2. Often the very next day it seems to count them more accurately. Sometimes if i went up in an elevator i got credit for more floors. It is so frustrating i am going back to the flex 2 because it does not do stairs.

Mark topic as new. Problem with fitbit one not counting flights of steps correctly is inconsistent. Your device registers 1 floor when you climb about 10 feet or 3 meters. Hold down the buttons on your device until the lights on your tracker flash or you see a fitbit logo.

This story happened to me in 2015 while wearing a fitbit charge hr fitness tracker. My activity was 18 holes of golf on a relatively flat course. I was not carrying anything. If you have a fitbit alta or fitbit flex 2.

Fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that detects when you go up in elevation. Press the button three times within eight seconds alta or three times within five seconds flex 2. Although i haven t tested this trick with the new. Your device uses changes in barometric pressure combined with the steps you take to calculate floors climbed.

However neither of my charge hr s nor my charge 2 record floors. My fitbit one did a great job of floor climbs. Fitbit devices do not count the elevation gains simulated from a stairmaster inclined treadmill or other stationary exercise equipment. My fitbit is only two weeks old.

If you have a fitbit blaze fitbit charge or charge hr fitbit charge 2 fitbit one or fitbit surge. 7th floor and i took stairs to go down and up multiple times with in last 3 days and my floor count is not. My fitbit said i had climbed 226 floors. Your device uses changes in barometric pressure to detect elevation change and therefore requires that you physically change elevation in order to properly record floors.

In the meantime i switched to the newer fitbit charge hr 2. And i hung 3 loads of washing on the line and brought it back in when dry. With a 3 story house i love to record my floors. A pressure difference equivalent to about 10 ft is counted as 1 floor.

The unit uses the air pressure altimeter to count floors and it only counts floors going up not down. Partial floors are not counted so if you climb 15 ft you get credit for one floor. Yesterday the charge 2 gave me 1 stair climb of 14. Blaze not counting floors properly answered options.

But my charge 2 does not count them correctly at all. Has been fine until yesterday.