Hi all I'm back finally got a suunto 9 baro and up dated it but my question is whys the step counter so sensitive and all u have to do is move the arm
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Hi all I’m back finally got a suunto 9 baro and up dated it but my question is whys the step counter so sensitive and all u have to do is move the arm
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@ianpet well, i think most if not every step counter works like this. It only uses accelerometer to estimate a step and the watch itself is attached to your arm not leg, so you indeed only have to move an arm. I would not rely on a step count nor on calorie estimate, if we’re going down that road. But on the other hand: if you judge only by relative step changes day to day, it’s probabaly isn’t so bad when it comes to accurasy. Also overestimation can sometimes motivate, can’t it?
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@дима-мельниченко it’s been discussed previously on this forum: the Suunto 9 has a different step engine (don’t know the technical name!) and it is far more sensitive than the Suunto 5 or 7. Before others reply that they aren’t bothered about this, there an an equal number of Suunto 9 wearers (such as me) that are bothered. I certainly don’t live or die by the step count, but the Suunto 9 in general wear is far off other watches. It’s fine for actual walking/running, but not everything else. For instance, during the current lockdown and working from home, I can generally add 4000 ‘steps’ from sitting and typing away on the computer all day. Hopefully the much anticipated successor will rectify this!
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The answer is in the manual, as said several times, and here too.
https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Support/faq-articles/suunto-3-fitness/how-are-steps-counted/
Step counter is more an “active life” counter
I’m locking this one to avoid duplicates
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