Suggestions for smartband

[RutgerManger]

I tried the smartband during a match of badminton and I start to wondering if all of my steps actually was recorded.

Does this work as some pedometers, that they don't count if you just take for ex. 5 steps. You have to do more steps to get them recorded?

If that is the cas I would suggest a sport mode that counts every step. I mean sometimes I don't take many steps during a point in badminton but I think they should be counted if you look at the complete workout for let's say an hour.

(I don't have the band on my racket-hand)

Another suggestion for the next version is GPS tracking in he smartband. Woulod be great just using the band while running, and then get the result when it syncs with the phone at home.

Is it possible to get the smartband to work with Runkeeper ein the near future?

[crumbsinmycouch]

I would say that it does eliminate steps when they are not full, or if there aren't several in rapid succession. To be honest though, if you want to track badminiton, you should probably forget about a glorified pedometer, and get a HR monitor. That is going to give you a far better idea of the activity and it's affect on your fitness. You aren't going to get any quantifiable results using one of these to track a badminiton match.

The GPS thing, just take your phone with you while you run. Lifelog tracks your movements via GPS, you'll get exactly what you are looking for, and an armband is pretty unintrusive (to put phone in).

Also, if you want to track badminiton with a tracker, you should probably look into a Moov, that seems to be the product you want.