After a whole day wearing both Vivoactive 3 and GW on the same arm, the Vivoactive won by 200 steps. Stair tracking dont work. 4 to 0. Calories burned about 300 behind Vivoactive HR on GW was about the same as the Vivoactive, ONLY losing the HR 3 times. Now, testing sleep mode. ... View more

Dont know what happened but noe th GW is beating the Vivoactive 3 in step counting. I did a factory reset 3 days ago in order  to send it back. Decided to Try one more time. With both watches om the same arm, the GW is ahead with about 200steps. All taken at home. Going to see when im going to sleep and see what the result is ... View more

As a teacher and parent i walk a lot, but not many steps at the time. So missing 10 steps 50 -100 times a day sucks. If this what is intended, they should either rethink or teach Garmin how to count steps... ... View more

Are your problems with the step counting that it doesnt count the steps correctly when you run or walk over long distances? Or is the problem that it doesnt count if you take few steps than 15/20? Im curious because mine count correctly when i walk longer than 20steps, but not fewer.  I just like to know if my device is as broken as you claim yours is, or working as "intended" in order to weed out fake steps. ... View more