Customer Reviews

Sportline 360 Total Fitness Pedometer

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

This is my second pedometer, and while better than my first one, I am not happy with it. The directions are very confusing. I have never figured out some of the features and how to adjust them. If I am doing vigerous walking it does a very good job of counting my steps. However, if I am out shopping or slowly walking, sometimes the step counter never changes. Today, I walked all over the grocery store and the number of steps never changed since I was slowly walking. I am sure there must be a more accurate, easy to use pedometer out there.

I used this pedometer for about 3 months before the pins fell out that held it together - only to be lost forever. This pedometer is not very easy to use.
I kept having to refer to the difficult-to-follow instructions to figure out how it works. It has some good features, but I lost interest in trying to learn about them, so I ended up just resetting it daily and using the step/calorie counters only. All in all, I am going to buy another pedometer as this one is useless to me without the belt clip.

I walk pretty much the same distance daily, and this device gave me wildly different readings for the same route. I could see being off by even 100 steps for variations in stride, etc. But off by thousands of steps? Hardly worth it.

Having used this pedometer for several weeks I have found that it does not always record your activity. Like a previous reviewer, I have noticed from my first usage that it may not record your steps when you are not walking quickly. But in the past few days I have also found that it does not always record vigorous walking either. It simply stops recording entirely at times. I have another pedometer, costing less than half of what this one cost, without all the bells and whistles, but it is accurate and dependable. This product is not only not worth the price being charged for it, but given its inaccuracy, is not worth any price.

I love the pedometer but the clip is lousy. We own a 116 acre farm in which I do a lot of walking to and from various sites. The 1st day I wore the pedometer, I lost it 3 times while logging 4 miles on it. I probably walked six miles as I had to retrace my steps to find it! Now in all fairness, that particular day, I was cutting briars and running a small chainsaw which required a lot of bending from the waist.

The pedometer is easy to use and set-up. Definitely worth the money.

On the good side:
-Inexpensive
-Lots of features (time of day, miles walked, calories burned, time walked, average speed, etc.)
-Belt clip seems very secure, no problems with it falling off. The whole thing seems pretty durable and reasonably well made for the price.
-I really like that is has the flip-down cover to protect the buttons from accidentally being hit or from getting mechanically damaged due to being dropped.

On the bad side:
-Another reviewer had a problem with this under-counting because it didn't always "wake up". I have exactly the opposite problem, it drastically over-counts my steps. I've tried walking fast, slow, taking "heavy steps" versus trying to be "light on my feet", walking short distances, long distances, repositioning how/where I have it attached, checking and adjusting my stride length entered into the unit, everything possible. It still drastically over-counts my steps (as compared to me manually counting my actual steps) by as much as 35-45%. Maybe it's because I'm severely overweight, with a lot of the fat in my stomach, so I jiggle too much or something.

-Don't lose the instructions if you ever want to enter in different information or get to some of the less obvious functions. Even with the instructions, it's not that easy to get to all the various functions (and I'm an Engineer so I'm used to using complicated test equipment and so on every day). For certain things like double-button presses to get to some functions, the amount of time between the button presses seems both critical and not intuitive.

-For some people, it may be a negative that you can't see the display while you are walking (the display faces inside towards wherever you have it clipped) and have to remove it from your belt to see it. But, I knew that when I bought it so I don't consider that a bad thing from my point of view.

Tip: If you're wanting to wear this all day during normal activities, take it off while you are driving. This may be a trait common to all pedometers, I don't know. But for me, wearing it while driving over normal (not particularly bumpy) surface streets causes it to register quite a few extra "steps" even for a short drive of a mile. To prevent this, I have to take it off and lay it down (not upright as it would be when you are wearing it).

It's cheap enough that it's not worth it to me to exchange/return it, though. I may try a different brand or model later, but for now I'm just mentally calculating my real # of steps based on how much I've figured out that this seems to over-count for me.

*I didn't buy this product from amazon.

I really like this product. If you sit down and read the directions, it isnt that hard to figure out; although compared to some products, it sort of is. It's accurate (...) and detailed (dude, some of their directions even have pictures to go along with them which really helped!) A word of advice though - be careful putting it on. If the pedometer is jostled is can screw up the reading. Same with taking it off. Try putting your finger under the clip when you take it off so the reading is most accurate. If you still have problems, take it to a sporting goods store. The might show you how to use it or even program it for you, especially if you bought it there like I did. Try the Sports Authority. (...)

The goods: Inexpensive, very light when you wear it and tracks seven days of your walking activities after you learn how it works. The best thing is the auto start and shut off.

The bads: Couldn't read the setup instructions even with my glasses on. I had to scan and reprint a readable instructive
manual.

Finally an accurate pedometer that also counts more than steps. I use a 10,000 step program and several other models gave me inconsistent results.
I ponied up the extra cash and this one on my hip gives me very similiar numbers ever day for my usual walk.

I found this product very effective and well worth the mney for casual walking for exercise. I walk 5 times week at lunch time and now I can log my progress. Fabulous :o)
Be careful with the clip though!