| Omron HJ-203 Pedometer with Activity Tracker |  | Brand: Omron
Category: Health and Beauty
Buy New: $19.99 - $34.99
as of 9/6/2010 23:32 PDT details
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Rating:  32 reviews
ASIN: B003KHCAGW
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Product Description
Pocket Pedometer with Activity Tracker separately tracks during exercise.
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 Track your steps and more (distance, calories, fat grams burned) with this small and light pocket pedometer September 7, 2010
Sidarta Tanu (Richmond, VA USA)
This pocket pedometer is small and very light. It tracks more than just steps: It also track distance, calories, fat gram burned. It is easy to set up, just enter your height and weight, and it will automatically calculate your stride length. It also has activity tracker mode (in addition to the normal mode) where it tracks exercise time, steps, distance, and calories separately. It also have a clock and the screen will automatically go to sleep mode if it is not used for a cetrain time (though it will continue to count the steps).
Tracking the number steps (and distance) are quite accurate eventhough the screen display doesn't always update with every steps (sometime it updated after I walked 10 steps, some other time 17 steps, basically random, not sure what logic it uses, maybe it updates every couple of seconds)
I'm not sure how accurate the calories and fat grams burned information, as I don't know whether this pedometer will adjust the formula (on calculating calories and fat grams burned) depending on the speed of the steps. My recommendation is to use the calories and fat grams burned information as a guideline/directional only and use other equipment if you need an accurate measurement.
Once I find out how many steps I take in a day I'm curious to see what's the average statistics look like and I found these info/recommendation (instead of just aiming for 10,000 steps) on the web from Dr. Catrine Tudor-Locke:
1. Under 5000 steps per-day may be used as a "sedentary lifestyle index"
2. 5,000-7,499 steps per-day is typical of daily activity excluding sports and might be considered "low active"
3. 7,500-9,999 likely includes some exercise or walking and might be considered "somewhat active"
4. 10,000 steps per-day indicates the point that should be used to classify individuals as "active"
5. Individuals who take more than 12,500 steps per-day are likely to be classified as "highly active"
Sidarta Tanu
Easy to use, a display that's easy to read September 4, 2010
Feathered Quill Book Reviews (Goshen, MA)
Last year I won a pedometer from my employer after filling out a health survey. I was quite pleased until I actually tried to use the thing. It was complicated to use, and after it said my two mile walk was actually three miles, I put the thing away. I haven't used it since. I was, however, hopeful that there was a pedometer on the market that was easy to use and accurate.
When you first open the package on this Omron pedometer and take a look at the directions, it may seem a bit daunting. But the instructions are fairly easy to follow. I had no problems setting the time, my weight, height, etc. The clip that comes with the unit, allowing a user to attach the pedometer to clothes, etc. (attached with a very short strap), is a bit cheap and I had a terrible time getting it to open. But that was the only problem I encountered.
Once all the settings were complete, I started testing. I put the unit in my pocket and walked the length of my house. Peeking at the pedometer, I was amazed at the number of steps it said I had taken. So, I repeated my journey, this time counting my steps so I could compare. It was definitely off. The directions explain how to manually override the automatic stride length setting (determined by your height) and how to accurately determine your stride length. Once I did that, I was in business.
Give yourself a day or so to play with this pedometer and get used to all that it can do. You can track your steps (and you get a yee-haw - person with raised hands - icon every 10,000 steps). The unit also has a distance display, calories burned, fat burned and time spent display. There's a memory function that stores seven days of activity. This pedometer is small enough to easily fit in your pocket and yet, the display screen is big enough to read without difficulty.
Quill says: This handy little pedometer is a great way to get your exercise program in shape.
 More accurate than my legs... September 3, 2010
Laurel (Illinois, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This pedometer is small, easy to use, very simple to set up. Once it starts going it simply counts your steps daily from midnight-to-midnight, though there is also a mode where you can track a certain span -- if you want to walk a couple miles, say, or get an idea how far it is to the coffee shop. If you haven't got a pocket, no problem. There's a strap with a little clip on the end.
Personally I would prefer a device that can be reset and turned off and on, but this doesn't seem to be readily available. Having every jiggle in the car added to my step count may not actually matter, but it offends my sense of accuracy.
While walking, the step counter is uncannily accurate. If you've got this baby with you, properly aligned, and you're walking, it *is* counting your steps, no question.
As for the distance calculation... I stuck mine in my exercise pants pocket, left it at the auto-stride length, and headed out to my local walking route, which is marked out in half miles. For the first mile it was perfectly accurate. And then it started to drift, thinking more distance had passed than had.
What actually happened, of course, is that I got tired and my stride length shortened. I suspect the hills may have played a part.
In conclusion: if you want to count your steps in a day, with the intention to walk more, this will be a great way to track that. If you want to track how far you've walked, this may get you an accurate measurement, depending on how consistent your stride length is. Over hills or in places where your effort varies, it may lose accuracy. You might need a more sophisticated device.
Superb, Sophisticated and Compact September 3, 2010
J. M WILINSKY (teaneck, NJ United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This pedometer was better than expected. It doesn't look like much, being so small, but its size is actually perfect. It is super simple to use(don't worry, there are excellent instructions to help you get to that point!). You don't even turn it on, it is always on. All you have to do is carry it and it doesn't matter too much where you place it on your person. A pocket is fine, and it comes with a tether with a clip to fasten onto your clothing so you won't lose it. It will automatically keep track of steps, calories(actually, it shows the unit as kcal, which is what a food calorie is, so a 100 calorie snack is actually 100 kilocalories), grams of fat lost, and miles. It will automatically do this for the current day and keep track of the last seven days, for a total of eight days. In addition, you can keep track of these quantities for a workout session and to do so, you have to start the session(by pressing and holding the "action" button for two seconds--you will see a confirmation symbol) and end the session(also by the same press). It will also store the data for this session. It holds only one session at a time( which is also included in the current day total). So, for example, if you burn 100kcal during a session, and before that you already burned 150kcal since midnight(when it resets the day), the total for the day after the session will read 250kcal. It also tells time. It is well made, and a great pedometer!
I am MOST impressed with this pedometer. September 2, 2010
J. Lesley (Midsouth, United States)
I have always wondered how many steps a day I walk around the house just doing the daily things necessary to keep house and home together. I figured I was doing pretty well with my activity level so I never was very serious about buying any tool which would give me actual information. I could not believe how low my numbers were for the first two days of using this Omron pocket pedometer!
I checked the first seven days of activity stored on the Activity Tracker and was pleased to see my numbers go up each day. The instrument was simple to set to my specifications, even figuring out my stride length was not difficult. The instructions say to press the SET button on the back of the unit with a thin, sturdy stick that won't break easily, so I used a bamboo cake tester. It worked perfectly. I have found that the clip works very well on any article of clothing, but I usually wear it attached to the waistband of my jeans or slacks and then slip it into a pocket. If the pedometer is not in the correct position it will not register accurately so I make sure it is hanging straight down. On a day when I couldn't be dressed quite as casually the pedometer was attached inside my clothing. The information is gathered for a twenty-four hour period, with a new measurement beginning at midnight. This product can be used by more than one person, but the information has to be completely reset for each user and, even though that isn't hard, I decided not to share my pedometer. As I said, I am most impressed with this pocket pedometer and am finding the information it shows fascinating. Too bad it doesn't register going up and down stairs as steps because I do quite a few of those during a days time.
The result of my usage of this instrument has been a much more realistic awareness of my activity level. I have already begun to make changes in things like taking the dogs for an actual walk (instead of just an amble down to visit my next door neighbor), parking at the far end of a parking lot outside a store instead of in the slot right by the door and purposely walking several times around the inside perimeter of my grocery store each time I go shopping there. All of these added steps have been good for my moral and my step count just keeps climbing. I'm actually beginning to look for ways to walk farther and increase my daily totals.
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