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Flights Climbed
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I have a Series 5 and for the past few days mine has gone wonky. I usually record 5-8 flights a day. So far for this week I have 126. This just started happening out of the blue. I have tried a few suggestions online, but nothing has helped yet.
Change in weather? On blustery days, I see a big spike in that value.
I pretty much ignore flights and just care about elevation, as it seems like the barometer in the watch (and iPhone) is easily thrown off vs elevation values are in the ballpark.
Example: two different hikes, both about 950' elevation gain, one is 67 flights, the other 8. 2100' hike, 77 flights.
When running in the neighborhood, same route, can swing from 2-15 flights. Some days none. And generally, I'm getting about 220-300' elevation gains in various neighborhood routes and see these weird swings.
ADD: and "flight" is a weird unit anyway re: homes are 8-9' ceilings, commercial about 12' (iirc). Is a flight elevation, or a slope/gradient value? In the examples I provided, a flight for the big hike is 27' elevation gain per flight.
I pretty much ignore flights and just care about elevation, as it seems like the barometer in the watch (and iPhone) is easily thrown off vs elevation values are in the ballpark.
Example: two different hikes, both about 950' elevation gain, one is 67 flights, the other 8. 2100' hike, 77 flights.
When running in the neighborhood, same route, can swing from 2-15 flights. Some days none. And generally, I'm getting about 220-300' elevation gains in various neighborhood routes and see these weird swings.
ADD: and "flight" is a weird unit anyway re: homes are 8-9' ceilings, commercial about 12' (iirc). Is a flight elevation, or a slope/gradient value? In the examples I provided, a flight for the big hike is 27' elevation gain per flight.
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That is the odd thing. Mine did not occur directly after an update. Out of the blue my flights climbed count just soared. Last week it recorded 199 flights. 100 of those were during grass cutting. My yard is fairly flat. Concurrent with all of this is a decreased battery life. Hoping the next update addresses both issues.