Don't Wear Band 2 While Drumming

[Joshua Jackson]

Apparently, I walked thousands of steps while sitting.
Hehehe...
Just thought it was humorous and something most people wouldn't think about.
JJ

 

[Chintan Gohel]

the band looks at body movement to gauge the number of steps and hence the most reliable would be hand movements. A person walking naturally moves their arms and that translates to steps

 

[poit57]

When the original Band first came out, some people complained that it was counting steps while they were driving. The only time I experienced this issue was when I used my steering wheel as a drum to play along with music from my car stereo. One of the users in these forums explained that it is the repetitive motion that triggers the step counter. I believe they said 12 consecutive movements is the magic number to start the counter but I can't find that documented from Microsoft anywhere.

I think it also has to do something with sensing vibrations along with the swinging motion - vibrations that a foot impacting the ground could cause, but that could also be simulated when you beat the drum. I can't get my Band 2 to count steps just by swinging my arm back and forth as if I were walking, but I have experienced it counting steps while carrying objects in my arms that would prevent my normal arm swing while walking.

 

[zei20t]

when i drive my racecar, i build up steps VERY quickly. must be something to do with the vibrations confusing the band2. i just take it off for the day.

 

[DroidUser42]

Apparently, I walked thousands of steps while sitting.

Sounds like a life hack to me. How many minutes of drumming does it take to rack of 5000 steps? :evil:

 

[MarineDawg]

Originally posted by zei20t
when i drive my racecar, i build up steps VERY quickly. must be something to do with the vibrations confusing the band2. i just take it off for the day.

That is just it, when I drive my POVs the step counts are stagnant however when I was a passenger in the company's 26ft. box truck I "walked" the entire trip to and fro, as someone stated continuous vibration seems to be the key.