Steps wildly innacurate
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Hello. I am a new Suunto Peak 9 user. I’ve had the watch not quite a week and I have noticed that the step counter is way off, something must be wrong. At first my steps seemed much too low so I compared it to the steps my iPhone recorded. The step count between the two were thousands of steps different. My assumption was that Apple was way off. So I purchased and digital step counter, one that was a top pick for accuracy. I just finished my lunchtime walk and the Suunto watch recorded 3,759 steps, my iPhone counted 6,906 steps and the new pedometer recorded 6,817. While I expect watch of these to have some variance missing half the steps can’t be right. Is something wrong with my watch? Is there some adjustment that can be mad to get it more accurate? I love the watch and I would hate to return it but I can’t keep a product that is so inaccurate. Any suggestions to fix this will be much appreciated.
Thank you,
- Leonardo
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@Leonardc12 If you record activities, Suunto shows the revolutions same foot to same foot. Other devices counts left and right foot separately.
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@Egika said in Steps wildly innacurate:
@Leonardc12 If you record activities, Suunto shows the cycle same foot to same foot. Other devices counts left and right foot separately.
that is, Suunto watches count the arm swings, while other devices count the periodic peaks in the accelerometer data …
wonder what is the correct definition for “step”, I’ve always thought about left and right foot separately, but searching on the web it seems the “same foot to same foot” is the right one. -
@Egika Thank you for your response. I am not recording an activity, just walking and I want to know my daily steps so I can try to achieve certain totals. Are you suggesting that activity and just daily walking are recorded differently? The article you quoted talks about running not walking. I’m not sure I understand.
Thank you,
Leonardo
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@Stefano-M64 Thank you for your response. I am totally confused. The watch only counts arm swings? What if I have my hand in my pocket or if I am on the phone holding the phone to my head? The watch is so wildly off that it can’t not arm swinging since that would mean that half of the day my hand would have to be in my pocket. The $15 pedometer can be accurate but a high end watch can’t be accurate? Someone help me, figure this out.
Thank you,
Leonardo
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Actually, Suunto counts the same steps as my Garmin does. If you record an activity Garmin presents you the steps per minute and Suunto the revolutions per minute. But the step count is about the same.
