Ask HN: Why do fitness-band pedometers suck?

3 points by pX0r 6 years ago | 1 comment

Jeremy1026 6 years ago |

Because your arm moves when you aren't walking, and sometimes moves in an unpredictable manner when walking. So they have a lot of extra noise to filter out, some do this better than others, but at the end of the day there is still a lot of error.

Jeremy1026 6 years ago |

Because your arm moves when you aren't walking, and sometimes moves in an unpredictable manner when walking. So they have a lot of extra noise to filter out, some do this better than others, but at the end of the day there is still a lot of error.