Can this watch be left on all day to track total steps and distance like fitbit? thanks
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I don't believe so and I haven't tried to use it that way. I know the Nike Fuel Band is designed for that. There is no pedometer feature with the watch but it would tell you the distance that you moved around.
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No, it can't. It only picks up GPS outdoors, with clean line of sight to the sky. You could include a shoe sensor, but even then, using the tracking ability of the watch all day would kill the battery pretty quick! I would use a Fuel Band by Nike or a FitBit for what you are looking to do.
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It does track active minutes and tells you what time of day they occurred. It does not distinguish stair steps from steps on the flat.
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Until midnight every day. But you can refer back 7 days history at any time and six key points (steps, calories burnt, time slept, time active, heart rate and distance covered) right back until the day you installed your "watch" settings. I've had mine a month now so I can go back the 27 days so far used.
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Hi Sherry - For a detailed comparison of our trackers, visit: https://www.fitbit.com/compare. Hope this helps!
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Actually, that is not completely true. It will not track upper body activity if you are not walking/running at the same time if you wear it on your body( as on your bra)/ in your pocket, on your pants. But, it seems to work if you are doing upper body ( arms, hands) if you wear it on your wrist. I am a potter- working on a wheel many days, or some days, just loading heavy boxes into a car. I change the fitbit depending on what kind of activity I'm doing.
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I'm sure you can wear it to get a measure of your calories burned throughout the day, but I believe this device is most accurate when used during your workouts. However there are other devices that can do this for you -- I recommend checking out the FitBit. :)
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Yes, the running feature works well for walking and hiking. If you're also a runner, however, then walks will really pull down the average speed in your history. You can work around this by creating custom spreadsheets and downloading the data off the watch, but there is not a separate "walk" feature on the watch.
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I bought the FitBit Ultra about 3 weeks ago directly from FitBit and use it in conjunction with LoseIt.com for weight loss management. Unfortunately, I have found that the FitBit records steps when I ride my bicycle. No way to turn it off, though you can go through a convoluted process to "blank out" the time you were on your bike and not have those steps count. Too much time keeping exercise. They simply need to add a way to turn the darn thing off and back on. It's really not of much use for my purposes. It was a pretty expensive mistake for me. Should have read more about it.
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Not on this peddler. I wear my FitBit while I peddle and it tracks the movement as steps, which is a great way to get in my steps during the day.
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Nope, it sure can't. It doesn't have much of the functionality of the FitBit either. This is just a barebones pedometer with flimsy screen and ability to upload step data. No pause.
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Still learning how to use it, but it tracks steps, miles, active minutes, calories burned and other things if you set them up. You put it on you somewhere (pocket, bra) and it will track this activity each day. I have already synched it to myfitnesspal and the new Aria scale that I just set up today. If you use myfitnesspal, it will add the calories burned from fitbit to your total calories allowed to give you a net consumption each day. I am still testing this all out, but I think it is a good way to track your activity, food and weight without having to enter information in multiple places. I like that the fitbit synchs to my computer and iphone via wifi. Still learning how to use it, but it tracks steps, miles, active minutes, calories burned and other things if you set them up. You put it on you somewhere (pocket, bra) and it will track this activity each day. I have already synched it to myfitnesspal and the new Aria scale that I just set up today. If you use myfitnesspal, it will add the calories burned from fitbit to your total calories allowed to give you a net consumption each day. I am still testing this all out, but I think it is a good way to track your activity, food and weight without having to enter information in multiple... » Read More Still learning how to use it, but it tracks steps, miles, active minutes, calories burned and other things if you set them up. You put it on you somewhere (pocket, bra) and it will track this activity each day. I have already synched it to myfitnesspal and the new Aria scale that I just set up today. If you use myfitnesspal, it will add the calories burned from fitbit to your total calories allowed to give you a net consumption each day. I am still testing this all out, but I think it is a good way to track your activity, food and weight without having to enter information in multiple places. I like that the fitbit synchs to my computer and iphone via wifi. « Show Less
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Mine does count steps.. isn't that what a pedometer does. ? Haha or at least I assumed that was my steps it's counting ! lol.. I basically needed the watch for the heart rate monitor. Really all I can comment on is how accurate and good it is for that! :)
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No. It just monitors actual steps you take. Swimming for example would not be monitored either.
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It does track while you're sleeping that I've noticed. At midnight it resets automatically and when I get up there's a calorie count. It's different every day I look. I haven't looked at the calorie count when I'm sitting down so I'm not sure if it does. I've been focusing on my steps for the day. Ill have to check it out. I hope this helps.
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No! That's the beauty of Fitbit!!! Just put your info in & your good to go. I generally charge it up once a week so it is very easy to use. Happy walking/running!
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Hi M., The forerunner 10 is great for running/walking but it doesn't count steps. The watch records your distance in mi/km. When you upload your workouts you can map your runs/walks to keep track of you best routes. Hope this answers your question! Cheers,CH
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Hi Pam! No, this particular model doesn't tell you the time that you walked/ran. It gives you an all day total of steps, and how many miles those steps equals.