Wear and Placement

Best placement

StepSprite is built for ankle or shoe placement.

That is where the useful motion is when you are walking slowly with your hands on a keyboard.

Two good ways to wear it

• Use the ankle strap if you want the simplest setup.
• Weave it into your shoelaces if you want it secure and out of the way with no skin contact.

Both are valid. Use the one you are more likely to keep wearing.

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Ankle strap and shoelace wear examples

Add a clean product photo showing both the ankle strap fit and a shoelace-mounted fit.

A side-by-side wear guide will prevent a lot of avoidable setup issues.

What good placement feels like

• secure, but not painfully tight
• low-profile enough that you stop thinking about it
• stable enough that it does not swing around while you walk

If it slides, rotates, or flops, fix that first before you judge the step count.

Common mistakes

• Wearing it too loose
• Letting it move around on the ankle
• Expecting pocket placement to match ankle placement
• Skipping the validation walk after changing how you wear it

When steps look low

Try this order:

1. Move it to ankle or shoe if it is somewhere else.
2. Tighten the fit so it moves with you.
3. Walk for 10 to 20 seconds and watch whether the count starts climbing.
4. Compare again after a full sync, not just one glance.

What StepSprite is tuned for

StepSprite is tuned for slow, steady desk-walking pace, typically around 1–3 km/h.

That is why it usually behaves better than a wrist tracker during typing, but placement still matters.