Customer Reviews

Sharper Image Talking Pedometer with Music and Clock (EB300)

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A nice compact little pedometer, which fits very easily into a pocket or clips onto a belt. It speaks distance and steps taken. However, there are some problems. It's too easy to accidentally press the button on top that turns on the very annoying music, and it's too easy to accidentally press the button on top that turns the alarm on, and it's too easy to accidentally press the big button on the front that will speak the number of steps and distance you've walked. Also, the pedometer, including the display, is always on, and that leads to premature battery exhaustion. Oh, yes, good luck replacing the button battery - to do so requires removing 4 small screws, and forcing off a little clip that covers the battery.

This is a very nice and very durable little machine and it does exactly what you need -- it has all sorts of additional features (it talks, it plays music, it has an alarm) which some people may like. I just shut them all down and only use it to count my daily steps. So far so good!!!

Am trying to make due with it since I purchased. It's overpriced by $7 compared with the Spartan Sports Talking Pedometer (almost the same product except different colors for plastic). The stride mechanism also sticks occasionally and I have to shake the device to get it to work.
I agree with previous comments - there are some problems. It's too easy to accidentally press the button on top that turns on the very annoying music, and it's too easy to accidentally press the button on top that turns the alarm on, and it's too easy to accidentally press the big button on the front that will speak the number of steps and distance you've walked.

I once owned this device - and loved it. The BATTERY-REPLACEMENT was MAJOR ISSUE - I ended up breaking the unit. I miss this pedometer - I really enjoyed that tunes played with my steps-pace. I would not buy it again, unless it were cheaply-priced, like dollar-store pricing.

I bought this item because mine were old and broke. I use it as an alarm clock and enjoy it.

As I had mentioned in my review of the, IMHO, very high quality, Oregon Scientific Pe829A talking pedometer/fm radio, the heart shape units, one of the main units that are more of a little kiddie/giveaway type unit IMO, can vary in quality from model to model.
I have owned Bally Total FItness/Park Avenue, Sharper Image, (Seen Here), And Ultmost models, and the quality and accuracy of each unit seems to vary.
The Bally/Park Avenue units seem to be the worst, as they are very difficult to even get to count steps, and once you do get them to count steps, they are way to oversensitive, sometimes counting nonexistant steps on their own when sitting on the nightstand/desk.
The Sharper Image model that I had was ok, except for the fact that the Battery Holder was damaged when replacing the button cell, thus causing it to malfunction and eventually stop working.
As long as you do not drop them on a hard surface, the Ultmost models seem to be the best/most accurate of the bunch.
Also, although they do seem to calculate a bit differently, the Sharper Image and Ultmost models do in fact have the same voice chip.
The pace melodies on the Bally/Park Avenue models sound the most like a toy out of the bunch, although the others sound pretty much like one as well, or like a modern ice cream truck chime.
In conclusion, I'd say that while they last, the Ultmost models of these heart shape units are the best/most accurate of the bunch.
Good Luck.