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Ask HN: Why do fitness-band pedometers suck? | Better HN
Ask HN: Why do fitness-band pedometers suck?
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pX0r
5y ago
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Jeremy1026
5y 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.
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