Oh, I thought you had to wear it in that little "thing" that comes with it (not the clip)... That thingie that you wear around your wrist...
But actually, I saw recently that there are people who are working on prototypes for "activity" monitors that are already incorporated in the fabric of underwear... And I guess you just put it on and go about your day... That should be pretty interesting if that ever hits the market... Lol...
HA HA!!!!
I HATE things on my wrists, so I figure at least I am wearing it and sure enough it tracks each and every time I wake up!
1 thing I have noticed is the FB doesn't always register the stairs!
I know for 100% that I have walked up and down my stairs at least 4 times today, and it is only saying 2!
The Fitbit counts a flight of stairs as 10 feet up. If yours don't go quite that high it might not get them every time. Also, I think I have heard some people say that if you go immediately back down without taking some steps up at the top that is sometimes doesn't count it. Some have said if you take the stairs very slowly (like if you were holding hands with a toddler) it sometimes doesn't count it. I don't have stairs anywhere around me, but I get credited when I walk up the largest hill which is about a mile from my house...sometimes, when I drive up it, also.
Another thing I have read at other sites is that it sometimes registers a change in air pressure as a flight of stairs. So, if you are walking on a very windy day with storms on the way in you might get some false readings. The only time I really noticed a lot of misreadings on flights was at an amusement park on certain rides.
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I don't have any stairs in my home but I live in a hilly neighborhood. I do a daily walk that usually follows the same path. I have had the Fitbit register as few as 5 flights of stairs and as much as 8 for the same walk...
I've actually been pretty surprised by how accurate the floors "climbed" has been... I decided to go for one of those badges the other day and did 41floors in my building and it was dead on accurate... Now I'm determined to get the 50 floors badge in one day... Lol... And it even gave me the idea to do a 110 floors in a day challenge as a 9/11 tribute this year in September... So I'm going to see if I can get people together for that when the time rolls around this year...
Oh, and on a completely unrelated note... I actually lost my FitBit yesterday... And I went a little crazy... I immediately ran out and bought a new one... And it turned out that I somehow managed to drop my original one in my pool some how... Lol... and I promise I wasn't trying to swim with it or anything like that... lol... It just somehow came out of my shorts pocket even though it was clipped in there and managed to fall in the deep end of my pool without me even realizing it...
I have heard of a lot of people losing these little things pretty easily without even realizing it... So I'm really going to have to be more careful, because I'm not going to run out an keep dropping a 100 bucks if this keeps happening... They really should make some sort of mini "leash" for the thing so you can pin it or something to your shorts or pants or in your pocket somehow...
Oh, and on a completely unrelated note... I actually lost my FitBit yesterday... And I went a little crazy... I immediately ran out and bought a new one... And it turned out that I somehow managed to drop my original one in my pool some how... Lol... and I promise I wasn't trying to swim with it or anything like that... lol... It just somehow came out of my shorts pocket even though it was clipped in there and managed to fall in the deep end of my pool without me even realizing it...
Well, I actually, DID jump in the pool, swam a bunch of laps with mine one! I freaked out when I looked down and saw it!!! When I got out of the pool it was working, but I put it in rice anyways and it totally works! It was int he pool for about 20 minutes! CRAZY!!! I was going crazy too without it!
Well, I actually, DID jump in the pool, swam a bunch of laps with mine one! I freaked out when I looked down and saw it!!! When I got out of the pool it was working, but I put it in rice anyways and it totally works! It was int he pool for about 20 minutes! CRAZY!!! I was going crazy too without it!
I have been hooking mine to my bra!
Actually the way I wound up finding it was when I decided to retrace my steps one last time (thank God I hadn't gone on a 10 mi hike...lol...) and when I went back out to the pool I opened the FitBit app on my phone and it "synced" and that's when I realized it was at the bottom of the deep end!!! I couldn't believe it was still working... So of course I decided to just go ahead and dive in and get it... Even though I just opened my pool and the water is still freezing since I haven't turned the heater on yet.... Needless to say I thought I was going to have a heart attack...lol... I really think I need by head examined that I got so crazy over a FitBit! I mean I can laugh about it now... But yesterday I was on a MISSION!!! over that stupid thing...
I still think I'm gonna contact FitBit customer service and see if I can still get it replaced... this way I'll have it as back up... Because I have a feeling that I might "lose" it again and this way I won't have to deal with my own insanity like yesterday...lol...
I still think I'm gonna contact FitBit customer service and see if I can still get it replaced... this way I'll have it as back up... Because I have a feeling that I might "lose" it again and this way I won't have to deal with my own insanity like yesterday...lol...
If it's still working, I don't think they will replace it. When mine was replaced, they walked me through every step to get it to sync. And they could see it wasn't syncing.
I have had better luck just attaching it as is on my bra. Stays there better and no worry.
I haven't bothered contacting FitBit to see what they have to say yet... I'm using the new one that I picked up on Friday... And if I weren't so intrigued by how many calories it says I should be eating to lose I probably wouldn't have run right out and replaced it... Although I am really liking the floors climbed feature... I've been climbing stairs like crazy just to earn those badges... I actually did 41 flights of stairs in my building one day last week.... And now I'm determined to get my 50 floors in one day badge next...
I almost went out the other day to pick one up... But I really hate to be bothered with going to a store for something like that... Not really my idea of "shopping" that I like to do... But now if it's clothing or shoes... Let's just say you don't have to twist my arm...
Although I'm gonna miss the "floors climbed" since the Flex doesn't have that...
I went a little crazy yesterday and nearly killed myself climbing 75 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS in my building all so I could earn that badge... And then last night while I was lying in bed with my legs aching all over... I started looking up info about Tower Running on my iPad... that's where they have races up the stairs of really tall skyscrapers all over the world... Actually, I've always wanted to do the Empire State Building Run Up Race that they have here every year, but it's by invitation only... Although I did find out with my little bit of research last night that you can get in if you raise money for charity... So who knows...?
Actually, I've always wanted to do the Empire State Building Run Up Race that they have here every year, but it's by invitation only... Although I did find out with my little bit of research last night that you can get in if you raise money for charity... So who knows...?
And I think I might be maybe slightly delusional too... if I think after getting a FitBit and running up and down some stairs the last couple of days that now all of the sudden I'm ready for the Empire State Building Run-Up... lol...
