I walked 5000 steps with the Apple Watch 8 and Garmin Forerunner 265 — and one was way more accurate

[admin]

I walked 5000 steps with the Apple Watch 8 and Garmin Forerunner 265 — here's which was more accurate

I walked 5000 steps with the Apple Watch 8 and Garmin Forerunner 265 — and one was way more accurate : Read more

 

[tcg101]

So, for the 2nd walk, you took more steps, took longer to do it AND walked a shorter distance?

 

[brucemitchell821]

I walked 5000 steps with the Apple Watch 8 and Garmin Forerunner 265 — here's which was more accurate

I walked 5000 steps with the Apple Watch 8 and Garmin Forerunner 265 — and one was way more accurate : Read more

Tho I'm not an Apple fanboy, I do think you should conduct a more scientific and disciplined test in the future. Forgetting to stop and not taking the exact same route for verification of data is just not the type of report to be taken with more than a few grains of salt.

 

[PixelAdventure]

This truly feels like a disingenuous article. The first walk you did the Apple Watch was closer in its step count, while in the second walk the Garmin walk was significantly more accurate. With this being the case, this was enough to put together an article with these findings, that ultimately drive the idea that the Garmin product is more accurate, with next to zero due diligence. I get it. I know you’re required to write hundreds of articles for this site, and these articles do come under a somewhat puff piece comparison. It’s just a little bit sloppy.

 

[JayBofMA]

I spent too many hours in labs as a student to take the results of this "test" with a grain of salt. I imagine neither Apple nor Garmin is particularly pleased, either.

All that I can conclude is that the methodology fails to test the hypothesis.