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Husband up to no good? Caught out by fitbit

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Imnotbilly · 17/06/2016 08:24

Morning. My dh wore my fitbit last night to walk the dog, so he had something to tell the time by. He was out for an hour.

When he got back I looked at the stats on my phone and it had tracked a 15 minute walk and about 3-4k steps. I asked him about it and he couldn't explain the discrepancy, except that maybe it didn't pick up his steps because he was holding the lead.

This morning I took the dog out and my fitbit tracked a 29 minute walk and just over 3k steps. I held the lead on my fitbit hand.

I don't know what to think, so confused. Does the fitbit lie? AIBU to think dh is the one who's lying?

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ClashCityRocker · 17/06/2016 08:46

Did he let the dog off the lead and just stand around?

needastrongone · 17/06/2016 08:46

I am wondering about a back story, otherwise this is an odd thread!

needastrongone · 17/06/2016 08:46

Chucking the ball for the dog?

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Imnotbilly · 17/06/2016 08:46

I think a lot of people didn't really read my op. It is my fitbit!

OP posts:

Only1scoop · 17/06/2016 08:47

As someone said earlier it will be set up for you so that could skew results.

Whatthefreakinwhatnow · 17/06/2016 08:48

This sound really controlling, bloody hell!

AugustaFinkNottle · 17/06/2016 08:49

This is why I don't really understand the logic of wearing a fit bit on your wrist - it's bound to be affected by the movement of your arm. I'd suggest you invest in one of those holders that clips to a belt or a bra.

IndridCold · 17/06/2016 08:50

I think it is OP who is up to no good. Lending your DH your Fitbit to boost your daily steps is cheating!

needastrongone · 17/06/2016 08:53

So what makes you think your DH is lying? I wouldn't think that of my DH in the same circumstances, I don't actually think I would give it an awful lot of my thought to be honest. Is there more to this situation OP?

Believeitornot · 17/06/2016 08:53

I wouldn't trust my Fitbit as a substitute private detective, as you seem to be doing.

It doesn't always track if you don't wear it tight enough.

Anyway, why are you suspicious? Do you have any other evidence to go by?

maartjebaabes · 17/06/2016 08:53

When the Fitbit tracked you, was it 29 mins for. a 29 min walk? Do you both have it on the lead hand?

If it were an affair - with Rover in the corner! - he'd have thought up a concincingly plausible explanation.

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 17/06/2016 08:54

He wouldn't have worn a device that tracks his movements if he was 'up to something'.

I'm also not sure what kind of misdemeanors would fit into less than an hour with a dog in tow?

Micah · 17/06/2016 08:56

Why would he bother taking your fitbit, knowing you can track it, if he's up to no good?

Surely he'd have gone out for a vague "dog walk" if he was detouring, would that have been less suspicious?

CountessOfStrathearn · 17/06/2016 08:59

"If he had walked for 29 minutes he would have covered 6k-8k"

Up to 5 miles in 29 miles, so 10mph?!

Brisk walking is 4-5mph so branofthemist must an unbelievably quick walker!

My FitBit Flex doesn't properly record walks with the pushchair, so I can see that it wouldn't record well on a dog walk if you are not moving that hand as much. It just sounds like he had a leisurely walk.

SouperSal · 17/06/2016 09:12

They're notoriously inaccurate waste of money

WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 17/06/2016 09:15

If this had happened in our relationship my first reaction would have been 'bloody crap Fitbit didn't record your walk', not 'are you up to no good?'... There must be some trust issues in your marriage?

trixymalixy · 17/06/2016 09:16

I walk for an hour most lunchtimes the amount of activity my trackers logs varies wildly and can be as low as 20 minutes if I'm just dawdling along.

You have to ask yourself why your first thought was that he's up to no good...

purplefox · 17/06/2016 09:17

He probably has a different stride length to you.

shovetheholly · 17/06/2016 09:22

I am sure some people on this thread don't have step counters! 3-4000 steps is about right for a 15 minute walk. OP's husband was gone for an hour.

However, loads and loads of stuff can skew the results. Mine doesn't work if I put it in my rucksack, for instance, as I might do if I were a blokey bloke and a bit embarrassed about the idea of wearing a bracelet. It also doesn't record all the frenetic walking I do while sitting in the pub having a sneaky glass of wine.

KissMyArse · 17/06/2016 09:23

Unusual that someone wouldn't have either a watch or a phone they could take in order the check the time.

I know nothing of Fit Bits but the stop/start aspect (therefore not recording some of the activity) sounds about right.

Also agree that if he was up to no good it would be very odd to take a gadget that tracks his movements.

UnderTheGreenwoodTree · 17/06/2016 09:26

I know my jawbone thingy doesn't always pick up my steps - it's really annoying, but I think you're meant to swing your arm. It buzzes me when it thinks I've been inactive for too long - but I can have been walking up and down stairs, wandering around the house etc.

Of course that doesn't mean he's not been up to no good - pub? Is it connected to satnav? My dh's jawbone tracks his miles on satellite. Or something.

SparklyLeprechaun · 17/06/2016 09:37

You're jumping to conclusions waaay too quickly. When you say 15 minutes logged are you talking about the active minutes that fitbit reports? You know they are not actually minutes you are moving, but minutes of moderate to intense activity, and they start accumulating after 10 minutes of continuous activity? A leisurely walk (which 3-4k steps/h is) wouldn't trigger them at all.

Unless your dh has a history of going out for walks and ending up in someone else's bed, I've got no idea why you'd even think he was up to no good.

Pseudonym99 · 17/06/2016 09:38

Does it not have a GPS tracker on it too? Could you use that to record where he is going?

molyholy · 17/06/2016 09:40

Doesn't make sense why he would specifically put your fitbit on and then go and do something dodgy. You sound very suspicious of him. What's the backstory here?

mummyto2monkeys · 17/06/2016 09:41

Lol if this was my dh I know exactly why there would be a discrepancy, he would have stopped off at our local. But then when I wanted the dog I did sell it to him, by suggesting that he would have the opportunity to pop past our local, in her last walk of the day. So I would ask how his mate was and what the local gossip was 😂.

I don't know what fit bit is, I am looking into buying a smart watch with GPS for our autistic son, who when overwhelmed runs off. The watch would be set to send an alarm to us if he leaves a designated area/ goes x distance from us when out. For some reason I can imagine the wives of stray husband's on their phone following their husbands movements. Or woman fitting gps dog tags to their pups collar to catch wayward husband's as they pop past the pub on the last walk of the day. I guess a good few men might be caught up to no good. I'm surprised fit bit doesn't have gps.

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