SkorpionUK
Well-known member
I need to have a little rant, but there will be a question at the end I promise. So. I used to have a Garmin vivofit: bought second-hand, first one died somehow and was replaced under warranty, the replacement worked fine for a while and then died too. Apparently this happens, but I decided I didn't want to keep getting new ones every few months. Fast forward a while, I decide: hey let's count steps again, that helped last time - but let's get a pedometer, that's enough. Again, second-hand, although this was still in its blister pack and the battery plastic in place. And it seemed to do the job, except... yesterday I was out for quite a while, going slowly and stopping lots, and it counted 600 steps. SIX HUNDRED. Today - armed with Pokémon GO and my pedometer app, I thought I'd figure out what the hell it's doing... but just over halfway round my walk, my phone suddenly shut down. The count at that point: ~550 on the pedometer (861 total), 1648 on the app, PokeGO has 4 km for the last two days. Implausible, no? This thing is definitely not working, or not working for me.
I don't know whether to
I do kinda have a little Walk to Mordor spreadsheet that I've been using for a while and it would be kinda nice to complete it... you know?
So I hope someone has a good method for tracking steps and can share their wisdom with me
I don't know whether to
- troubleshoot this device some more,
- get a different one (it's the kind that clicks on each step, but others are available locally),
- get a fitness tracker again (which kind though? do they all break after a while? my fitness coach friend says they do and it's the sweat?!),
- stick with the pedometer app (do any of them work well? The one I have is called "Step Counter - Pedometer Free", and it's a bit annoying to switch it on each time I leave the house but I guess I can manage - but see above re phone suddenly dying. it is old.)
- ??? try Google Fit or Huawei Health maybe? anyone have experience with them? (or Samsung, I guess, if I get a new phone soon...), or
- give step counters up for a bad idea and just record the time I'm out walking.
I do kinda have a little Walk to Mordor spreadsheet that I've been using for a while and it would be kinda nice to complete it... you know?
So I hope someone has a good method for tracking steps and can share their wisdom with me
