Step Count Issues

[TennisGuy45]

FitBit is under a class action lawsuit for inaccurate health monitoring.

Taking 100 steps my band 2 registered 93.
My last device (dedicated step counter attached to belt) counted 110.

No fitness tracker will be 100% accurate.

 

[Cosmyc]

I read from some where else that Band 2 only counts steps when you walk more than about 10 steps at a time. I tried in at home, it appears every time I walked 12 steps or more, every single step is counted; if I walk less than that number, it is not counted. It is pretty consistent.
I guess this is Microsoft's philosophy of tracking exercise. A few steps of walking at a time does not bring meaningful contribution to one's fitness, so Band 2, as a fitness tracker, does not count it.
If this is true, I think it makes sense to me. I am OK with this philosophy.
Again, if this is true, it reflects again the historical problem of Microsoft that it often has good features and thorough planning in a product, but lack of communication/explanation causes huge misunderstanding.

On the other hand, Apple does it very well, sometimes too well, a tiny feature got blown up as revolution.

I have seen this behavior too, I can assure it works like that, it's like a minimum umbral that has to be surpassed for steps be taken into account. I prefer it this way more than the every step philosophy of the FitBit one.