Apple Watch - Too many flights climbed

My Apple Watch is counting many... way too many flights.


diagnostics so far:

the workout app shows the correct elevation gain, however the activity app keeps counting. As an example, during a 10 min outdoor walk where I gain 4M elevation, the activity app counted 14 flights.


I have reset and restored the watch twice, and reset my fitness calibration settings.


i live in a flat area and the activity app consistently shows 100-150 flights daily since last month.


the images below describe the details. Check out the flights in the health app counted at the same time as the workout app shows only 4M gain on the watch.


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Posted on Jan 17, 2020 12:28 AM

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Feb 7, 2020 9:30 AM in response to Lovie

Would love to know the outcome! I've been dealing with this for two weeks now. I've spent countless minutes dealing with Apple. They sent my watch for further testing but "couldn't recreate the problem." I'm not sending my watch for a 2nd time. It's clear something isn't right. I've unpaired, reset and recollaborated ...........I climbed 135 flights of stairs one day. I live is South Florida where it's flat.

I love Apple but very disappointed in their ability to fix my issue.

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