Customer Reviews

Oregon Scientific PE316FM Pedometer with Radio

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

Unit works OK, but was not what I needed for serious running. You have to calibrate it to your stride to measure distance, and I was never able to actually get it calibrated within even 25% of measured distance.

The device seems to work pretty well for counting steps and elapsed time, but it's difficult to open in order to see the elapsed time, distance, etc.

The radio worked fine, even out in the boonies where I am, contrary to other reviews I saw.

I returned the unit and bought the Fitsense FS-1 speedometer, which admitedly is 10 times the price, but has more of the capabilities that I needed for serious running training.

I purchased this item to track my daily walks. To my surprise, it counts my steps very Accurately. The pedometer, allows you to change the stride distance to match your average step. I used a odometer to measure a mile and then I walked the distance, and set the stride to match the mile. After this was done, the pedometer measures the distance almost to the exact step. I have used it for a month and I have not had any problems with it.
The only reason that I did not give it a 5 star is that the FM radio has a prescan station botton and there are only about 5-6 stations that it will pick up, but it also is determined by your location. I would recommend this product, it has performed very well for me.

My husband purchased the Pedometer with FM radio for me. I loved it and used it non-stop for about a week. After a week the battery case top fell off so I could not keep the batteries in. The FM radio worked only once - I thought I had a short in the headset. Good idea but really did not perform/last for the money.

Although it kept time (which indicates the batteries were good) this didn't work the first day I used it. It worked the second day. It stopped working by the third day AND the battery cover broke off sometime during the day and was lost. This was a complete waste of $19.

I really liked the ease of use, the large, easy to read display and the many useful features, especially the blue glo light. My problem is the clip wasn't tight enough because somewhere along the way it fell off, never to be found and I only had it for 3 days.

This was a piece of JUNK. Neither my husband nor I could ever get it set correctly -- we wound up throwing it away, going to Target and buying one of their 10,000-Steps pedometer. THAT works great.

I was surprised to open this pedometer page after sometime and see all the negative reviews it receives. I have been using this specific model for more than 3 months now and I am really satisfied with it. It is really accurate (<1% declination, I have performed more than four tests of more than 400 steps during different times of its life and I have seen a couple of cheap pedometers performing much worse), clips firmly to belt or pants, displays the time conveniently and has nice backlight, even has a radio which works, although as most people said, not really its best feature. The truth is that I am not using the radio at all, mostly because I believe the batteries will last longer and it will save me from extra trips to Walmart. But I have tested it and it works, although nothing impressive there. Of course, for the money, I think you cannot go wrong with this pedometer.

One funny comment is that, although most people complain it cannot open very easily, after sometime it will open more easily that you think. Actually it has been a couple of times where putting a bag on my shoulders or a waist pouch and applying some pressure on it by mistake, will open it wide, so it does not count any steps. But it does not open by itself anyway, needs external force for this to happen, so it does not happen often.

All in all, I am sure that the plastic construction and the less than rigorous production testing will result in many pieces that do not function properly and will result in bad reviews. Maybe I have been lucky, maybe not, but this has been one of the best and most reliable devices that I carry and use every day. And a great incentive for walking and exercising more.

The radio actually never worked on this pedometer, which was OK as that was really an 'added bonus'. However the pedometer itself has stopped working after two months of use. It hasn't been dropped, it hasn't got wet...it has just stopped. Perhaps it is the batteries, but it's such a plastic, little toy, I don't want to waste the money on buying new batteries. You get what you pay for.

This is the second one of these I've owned...my first one the screen went blank after about a month and a half...not an uncommon problem with this, I can see reading the other reviews...But I thought maybe it was just a problem with that particular pedometer, so I bought a second one...Big mistake!

As far as the radio, what a piece of crap. I live about 20 minuters' drive from downtown Houston...maybe there are too many radio stations around here. It just won't lock on to anything, not even the strongest stations. Tons of static and stations fading in and out. I bought a pedometer with a radio because I wanted a radio while I walked. If you're selling a pedometer with a radio, the radio should work.

I would give this 0 stars if I could.

These days most don't need a radio with their pedometer, so I doubt that function would be very useful, but the pedometer works great!