Customer Reviews:
 Excellent, inexpensive pedometer October 20, 2005
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
After having three $20 Sportline pedometers break on me (in various ways) in less than two weeks each, I found the Omron in a Kaiser Permanente pharmacy (for more than Amazon charges). After a month, I'm delighted with it. For one thing, it hasn't broken. It measures steps, aerobic steps, distance traveled, and calories burned. There's a + and - adjustment that lets you fine-tune the sensitivity. It resets itself to zero at midnight, and keeps a 7-day memory of all your data. I consider it well worth the money.
Good Pedometer September 10, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
It works great so far. I especially like the aerobic count feature. It keeps track of aerobic steps separate from those steps that are taken in just casually walking around from room to room or other short distances. It seems pretty accurate.
Simple and Easy to Use September 9, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This pedometer is very easy to use and doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles. It allows the user to measure their stride so that the count will be accurate. For someone just getting started on an exercise program that includes walking, this is a must have product and inexpensive.
 count your steps while sitting!! September 7, 2005
15 out of 25 found this review helpful
This pedometer is for real couch potatos! It is overly sensitive, even with the sensitivity adjustment turned down, so that it over-counts steps. This is most notable when worn around the house where it just doesn't keep an accurate count at all. It does work fine for walking for esercise, when you have a steady measured pace, but this isn't the time most people really want or need a pedometer.....
Omron has my respect August 27, 2005
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
It is so rare to find consumer electronics where the manufacturer takes pains with every little detail, that I was pleasantly surprised by this pedometer. At the price, it is a minor work of genius.
First off, the thing actually works, which right away puts it in the top 10% of pedometers. The casing is lightweight and attractive, with a secure clip.
You must take a few minutes to set it up, but the task is much simplified by a well-written, thorough, and easy-to-follow owner's manual.
First, you set the clock. The only thing the clock really does is to reset the device at midnight every day.
Second, you set your weight. This enables it to calculate calorie expenditures.
Third, you set your "stride length", which enables it to calculate distance traveled from the number of steps.
Finally, you clip it on, take 100 or 200 steps, and then check it for accuracy. If the number of steps recorded is not the same as the steps taken, there is a sensitivity setting you can adjust.
There are four screens you can view in succession by pressing a button: Total steps taken, total mileage walked, total "aerobic" mileage walked and the time it took, and total calories expended by walking for the day. I haven't taken pains to assess its accuracy, other than the steps counted, because I don't really care if it records 2 miles when I've walked 2.03. It is certainly close enough to precise measurement for my taste.
The aeorbic steps feature is nice -- you can wear it all day, and if you take an "exercise walk" you don't have to reset it.
I'm delighted with my purchase.
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