Customer Reviews

Sportline Model 330 Step Count Pedometer

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

These gadgets are great motivational devices and deserve most of the credit for my taking several long walks each week. I started with the fairly pricey Digi-Walker but soon broke the non-spring clip and ended up ordering two more at premium prices. Then I discovered Omrons and Boston Scientifics, but they struck me as overly touchy, not particularly accurate, and overloaded with bells and whistles. The goal is to reach 10,000 steps--not to time yourself, count your calories, take your pulse, and keep monthly medical records. The more complicated you make the device, the less likely you are to use it. Observing that I was using and breaking pedometers, my family started giving me deluxe models from Sharper Image and Brookstone for Christmas and birthdays--some had built-in radios and others played canned, silly melodies to match my stride. After a single walk, I was usually tired of them.

Even though most of the aforementioned pedometers were 3-4 times more expensive than this Sportline Step Counter, they soon went into a desk drawer and became mere collectors' items. The Sportline, on the other hand, has seen a lot of use. It has a strong spring clip and is quite durable and accurate. It may not be very smart, but it can count.

This is a VERY basic pedometer. It is designed to be used with fitness programs that count the actual steps taken and that is all it does. There is a booklet on walking that comes with it that is pretty useless. It attempts to give conversions for how far a given number of steps is based on stride length but fails to label the measurements so we can't tell if it's metric or english measurements. If interested in using to figure the length of a walk it is far easier to walk a measured mile and then use the number of steps as your guide. For the price is certainly fun. Ideal for kids and those with just a curious interest in how many steps (or distance if you take the time to the math).

Basic pedometer which was pretty accurate. Wore it almost every day for a month, and it really encouraged me to be more active. Unfortunately I dropped it on to soft carpeted flooring and it no longer works! Should be a little bit sturdier, particularly as most people wear pedometers when working out.

I picked this pedometer up at LL Bean and I've been very happy with it. It doesn't do any fancy mile or calorie conversions, it just counts steps. And whenever I've counted my steps to myself and compared that to what the pedometer recorded, the two have matched almost exactly.

I wore the pedometer for two days during the same extended walk. The results were no where similar. Day three it stopped dead and hasn't worked since.

Well, I wanted a simple pedometer. This is so simple that it doesn't work well at all. No bells, no whistles, no reliablilty. A couple friends also bought one, they are equally disappointed. I got what I paid for. It wa so inexpensive that it is not worth returning. It claims to self adjust for your steps. It doesn't seem to. I have tested it for 200 steps on 7 occassions and the steps ranged from 105 to 180. So, if you are on a 10,000 step program, you'll end up walking at least 12,000 which I guess is good. I also wear it biking as it counts "pumps" of the leg. Sometimes. Today O biked for 36 minutes and it came up with 174. Yesterday 24 minutes and 5027 was recorded. I have been vary careful to place it on my belt line at the place indicated to no avail.

One day, I walk 12,000 + steps and the next day, I walk 5,000 steps -- SAME DISTANCE!! I walk to and from work and I don't know which to believe. Somewhere in the middle?

Completely erratic counting: no rhyme or reason.

I've been through many pedometers. I don't trust them (certainly not as a true measure of distance -- one's stride when exercising differs greatly from that used to walk around the office or house) ... and yet I've gotten addicted to checking my clicks periodically through the day. I wore one on each hip and used a hand clicker -- none of the numbers were anywhere near close to matching.

I, too, like that this pedometer is bells and whistles free. It has a cover -- this is important as it prevents the accidental hand swipe which erases your count prematurely. It has a spring hinge -- this is important as it allows you to attach the pedometer to a variety of types of clothing. It doesn't give you any calories, etc. -- you can easily multiply to figure these things out for yourself. Seeing your steps add up is very satisfying.

That being said, I have had this version for about two months and the plastic portion of the belt clip has just broken. I had a pedometer with the slide on belt clip and it lasted eight months before its belt clip broke. I really thought this spring clip would last much longer.

Bottom line, I think I'll buy two more. I'll use one and keep the other for when the first one breaks. $10 is a good price.

I would definitely go with something else if you want a pedometer that actually counts your steps. Sometimes it seems to count about 1/3 of my steps, and sometimes closer to half. If it were consistent, capable of any precision at all, it would be usable. But since there's no way to accurately guess the number of steps walked based on the pedometer's count, it's essentially useless.

I've tried counting my steps and then reading the meter, and I've tried walking known distances and then checking the count, and there's no consistency. I can walk the same course on consecutive days and this pedometer thinks I've gone 50% farther the second day as the first.

I think the reviewer who commented that it's too cheap to bother to send back is on to something: Sportline can sell junk, and if it's not sold in a brick and mortar store, no one will bother to return it, and they profit.

I've had 2 of these and while one was accurate for 3 days, the 2nd one I got in exchange for the first was doing the job for only 2 days.. even at a discounted price, it's not worth your time and money. Buy a more durable and reliable pedometer!