Testing Fitness Trackers For Accuracy Of Steps, Calories Burned | TODAY
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2016
- Our “Cutting the Fat TODAY” series continues with a Rossen Reports investigation putting popular fitness-tracking apps and devices to the test. TODAY national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen steps up to the challenge of gauging their accuracy.
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Testing Fitness Trackers For Accuracy Of Steps, Calories Burned | TODAY
Wow. The inaccuracy pisses me off
I have the Motivation. I just want accuracy.
for me accuracy doesnt really matter....i am at around 3.5K steps daily right now which i know is definitely an inactive lifestyle.....i aim to take it to atleast 8-9K...who cares if the accuracy is off by 500 steps? the goal is to improve your health.
3036 steps vs 3140 is only ~4% difference. What are you talking about, that's extremely close.
The accuracy improves when you plug or change the advanced settings like height, weight, and your stride. You can't just have the devices set to zero aka autopilot.
Hahaaa my apple watch counted me knitting and siting on on spot as running
They aren’t made to be 100% accurate. Also, having the trackers in different spots on the wrist, leads to inaccuracy.
But if the inaccuracy is consistent... it's still usable. Let's say every day you walk 5000 steps but the tracker says 6000, well you know if you step more or less the next day you still have a base to compare from
They were off by a little but honestly, 100 steps + - and 40ish calories difference don't really matter.
Being 100 steps off out of 3,000 is really good
Who really expects them to be 100% accurate. They are accurate enough to motivate and that is what counts.
if you are crying about a few hundred step difference in a few thousand walked you are missing the point.. if you need those couple hundred steps to eat something extra or be lazier you are missing the point.. the calories is also obvious since the watch can't account for your metabolism just your weight and general effort.
I think the treadmill test only assume additional calories burnt from the walk as opposed to the background calorie burn, since the fitness trackers calculate your background metabolism using your heart rate?
Glad I saw this, I wanted to know the best tracker to purchase and the answer is none. Thank you❤
That's why I take my pokewalker around 😂😂
they aren't made to be 100% accurate
Guys, let me tell you why they were so off. Fitbit calculates your heart rate burn as well as your energy burned from exercise. So if the Fitbit calculates you burned 45 calories it’s probably because you burned 20 calories from exercise and 20 calories from just living and breathing. Now there is gonna be a little bit inaccuracy, but just subtract 100-200 from your total calorie burn.
I still like fitbit, I don't expect them to be accurate to reality, just reliable.
Why are there ppl on the outside of the window? They look like hungry zombies drooling over human. Are they gonna eat the news anchors?
I guess you have to set your goal for 12K to be certain you’ve obtained 10K☺️💪🏽