How many steps?

[9.5er]

The recent Iphone thread had someone mention that it kept up with how many steps you take each day.
My new phone (Not an Iphone) has a similar app. I averaged 31,500 steps each day last week. Showed I walked between 17 and 18 miles a day. I'm not sure how accurate this is.

How far do you think you walk each day? Any one else have this app?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Thats alot of walking.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

The recent Iphone thread had someone mention that it kept up with how many steps you take each day.
My new phone (Not an Iphone) has a similar app. I averaged 31,500 steps each day last week. Showed I walked between 17 and 18 miles a day. I'm not sure how accurate this is.

How far do you think you walk each day? Any one else have this app?

My ipod has a pedometer...i haven't used that app in quite awhile..but a 5hr shift was about 17.5k steps i think...from my car to back out to the parking lot afterwards.

 

[9.5er]

Thats alot of walking.

Yeah, and I back up and use circle driveways more than I should.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Yeah, and back up and use circle driveways more than I should.

So do I. I would drive that truck,up a set of steps! If I could!

 

[oldngray]

and the weight of your shoes doesn't matter of course.

 

[Ring Sport]

I don't know if I believe 17 miles in a day. I figured mine on average distance one day per stop and figured I was around 6-7 miles a day. Not really the most accurate, but I feel it is pretty close. I do a lot of backcountry and am usually fairly close when guessing mileage to my gps.

 

[barnyard]

My pedometer was showing 21-26k steps per day. I wore one regularly a few years ago, the counts were always close, so I quit wearing it.

 

[AndUPSER]

I usually hit 20,000 by the time I finish preload, then add about 12,000 after preload. When I worked on the twilight sort I usually hit 30,000. Then if I double shifted I would get as high as 45,000.

 

[AndUPSER]

Here's my highest, at least recorded, ever. Worked like 13 hours that day, preload and day sort.

 

[9.5er]

^^ Oh boy. I can only imagine what it will look like come peak.

 

[BrownTexas]

How accurate are theses? Old school pedometers would just count how many bounces figuring that was a step. While you drive I can just see that going off with out anything. I find it hard to believe one could walk 30+ miles in a day unless you are walking door to door like a mail carrier. I had counted steps on day when I was delivering a heavy apartment complex area and I had about 1700 stairs.

 

[watdaflock?]

The recent Iphone thread had someone mention that it kept up with how many steps you take each day.
My new phone (Not an Iphone) has a similar app. I averaged 31,500 steps each day last week. Showed I walked between 17 and 18 miles a day. I'm not sure how accurate this is.

It really depends what App you're using. The old school mechanical pedometers were not accurate at all because any sort of movement would "click" as a step. Simply put if it was strapped to your belt while driving and you felt a bump, it thought you took another step.

As for the new smart phones which use GPS technology it goes back the the software. How accurate does it tell the difference between movement from foot steps or driving.

 

[watdaflock?]

and the weight of your shoes doesn't matter of course.

You're right. It depends how well the shoe fits and supports!
Glad one of the old grays around here finally decided to learn something.

 

[oldngray]

 

[Wally]

I don't know how accurate those things are. Eighteen miles would convert into around four hours of just walking time alone.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You're right. It depends how well the shoe fits and supports!
Glad one of the old grays around here finally decided to learn something.

He was being sarcastic.

 

[watdaflock?]

He was being sarcastic.

Thank you captain obvious.

 

[upschuck]

Wonder how many pedometers process the bumps in driving as walking?

 

[aiian]

I wear a Nike Fuelband everyday and average around 15k steps a day. The pedometer seems to be pretty accurate, I've tested it and it's accurate within a step or two.

Here's a screenshot of Friday's activity... 12O stops or so.