Thanks for joining the fitbit community jo h and smileysmee.
Does fitbit zip track floors.
Walking up a steep hill counts a standard flight of stairs works etc.
From the fitbit website.
I don t track the floors i just thought it curious that it counted 16 today when always before it 1 maybe 2.
10 feet is an average between residential and commercial floor heights.
Unfortunately fitbit s floor functionality does not recognize the incremental effort of climbing up.
For comparison the fitbit one and withings pulse are both 99 95.
You can clip fitbit zip to a belt waistband pocket or bra.
Your device uses changes in barometric pressure combined with the steps you take to calculate floors climbed.
Your tracker registers a floor when it detects continuous motion combined with an elevation gain of about 10 feet.
A 10 foot increase equals one floor regardless of how many steps you take.
Please note that fitbit devices that count floors have an altimeter sensor that can detect when you re going up or down in elevation.
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I can also get floors in my jeep if i drive on a bumpy road.
Priced at 59 95 it is one of the least expensive trackers on the market.
In fact floors do not count for anything floors do not carry any incremental caloric burn value it s just a statistic aimed at keeping people motivated.
The fitbit zip is an economical fitness tracker.
As wtksk8r mentioned your device registers one floor when you climb about 10 feet at one time.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Fitbit devices do not count the elevation gains simulated from a stairmaster inclined treadmill or other stationary exercise.
Your device registers 1 floor when you climb about 10 feet or 3 meters.
Fitbit devices don t count floors on stationary exercise equipment such as a stairmaster or treadmill or when you go down a flight of steps.
Let s say that today in 2020 the trackers have evolved quite a bit so there still a need for the fitbit zip.
Your fitbit is an altimeter so things like barimetric pressure and wind can impact its count.
It does not register floors when you go down.