“I had a a Garmin watch but it would count an unbelievable amount of steps. I found out it was because I drive a lot for work. Does this watch have the same malfunction?”
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Unfortunately, just about every activity tracker has problems calculating actual steps when you're doing a lot of "non-walking" activities. If you were to grab three different trackers from manufacturers they'd all read very different numbers when it comes to "steps" if you do a lot of non-walking (like a lot of driving) -- which is what I did for many years. And one of those might be 'more' accurate but they're still going to be very far off from actual steps. And then we'd find that the person who sits at a desk all day long would have a different watch accurate for them, and so on. One time I bought two different watches and wore them on opposite wrists for two days, and I was shocked at the differences. Like 50% difference between the two. But it wasn't always consistent. But if you know that in advance, then you can adjust your expectations accordingly. Also, know that the 10,000-step thing that every activity tracker is marketing is based on some very dubious and faulty research. Instead, focus on improving your numbers comparatively day-over-day.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Of course, like virtually every Garmin device except their car GPS units, it’ll track steps, sleep, and stairs as well. The stairs and steps bits can be seen on the watch itself in a number of ways. You can see it on the watch face itself, placed into a ‘My Day’ summary widget, or even individually as widgets. For more information contact us at product.support@garmin.com or visit our Support Center, https://support.garmin.com/en-US/. Thanks Jenny
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