S9 Baro - very bad steps counting

Cuba1hr

Hi guys again,

for the exactly last two weeks I have been using S9B with everything OFF, battery at 25%.

The problem I notice (I have seen other posts from last year about steps) is (over)exaggerated number of steps.

I barely walk during the day now and I get around 8000 steps and more which is definitely not true.
I have for example MiBand, also Polar watch. They aren’t much off each other when I don’t workout. Can’t remember difference when I have over 10000 or 12000, but I think it is within 1000 steps.
For example it is 8 p.m. now. I have 6500 steps on Suunto 9 and 2780 on miBand. Suunto is way off.
I move my hand slightly once & it counts 3 steps. Why?

I hope Suunto can fix it and made less sensitive. I mean it is not the new watch (they had a lot of time for improvement) and it is so bad in it. It is practically useless for tracking, even sleep tracking is better on the device itself and better executed (app) at Xiaomi’s end on more than 20 times cheaper device.

Maryn

@Cuba1hr consider this as an activity points.

zhang965

S9 steps counter was tested on dogs, as you know dog has 4 legs, it’s totally normal that S9 counting more steps more than your real steps.

Cuba1hr

Re: S9 Baro - very bad steps counting

This morning when I woke just after 6 as usual on a workday & it had 160 steps when I got up. I made 10 steps and remembered to look at the watch. Miband for example had 23 steps.
Sleeping tracking is set to off, but my bed time setting remained the same, that watch doesn’t take into consideration at all - sleep time set from 22:00 - 9:00. I guess dogs sleep too.

freeheeler

@Cuba1hr
maybe you rubbed your eyes too long?

CHRGBR

I Confirm : Suunto watches count more steps than I really do !

sartoric

@CHRGBR
@Cuba1hr

From support page : https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Support/faq-articles/suunto-3-fitness/how-are-steps-counted/

This is valid for s9 too

freeheeler

@sartoric

here’s how Howard is dealing with the stepcounter

zhang965

@sartoric said in S9 Baro - very bad steps counting:

@CHRGBR
@Cuba1hr

From support page : https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Support/faq-articles/suunto-3-fitness/how-are-steps-counted/

This is valid for s9 too

No suunto3 has a context engine that made for steps counter,

So it’s very different than s9

ink357

Steps is a unity for suunto. Sit down, shake your hands and let see your counter increase.
This is not made to count the number of your steps but your daily movement.

Cuba1hr

@ink357 Yeah, I get it, but still…this morning got up an hour ago, right now 803 Suunto vs 115 miband. That’s just absurd… considering price difference. BTW…wasn’t rubbing anything, just to clear that out of the way:) OK if it is in 10-15% difference just for orientation, but this is waaaay off.

Durri

@Cuba1hr please read on Suunto web page…

Some wrist movements may be interpreted as steps even if you are not walking. It is important to remember that the step count is an indicator of your overall activity. Any movement contributes to your activity.

There may be some variation in results from different manufacturers or devices that use different methods to count your steps.
According to our testing, the step counter in your watch is a relatively reliable estimation of actual steps taken, but it remains an estimation and should not be considered a counter of literally every step.

Durri

You just have to read:

https://www.suunto.com/Support/faq-articles/suunto-3-fitness/how-are-steps-counted/

Cuba1hr

@Durri
Well I have read it, also - “This setting is currently available for Suunto 3 and Suunto 5.”
Same goes for the other band, of course any movement contributes, but it is just too sensitive.

I am just saying Sunnto should tweak that part better, in the upcoming FWs, hopefully.