Customer Reviews

Sportline Walking Advantage 330 Step Count Pedometer

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I purchased the Sportline Walking Advantage 330 pedometer from a local sporting goods store about 3 weeks ago. This morning it died. Even if it hadn't died I would not recommend it because most days it would reset itself to 0 steps at some point in the day. It could be that I accidentally reset it, but if so, it was too easy to do by accident.

Pedometer resets when you put your coat on or accidentally hit it while walking because it doesn't have a cover. The company should shelve this model.

I hate when products are poorly designed, and the problems are so obvious! Because the reset button is on the outside of the unit, is is incredibly easy to bump against it and reset the numbers-- thereby deleting any knowledge of all your hard work! Its also difficult to see, as from the user's view, the numbers are upside-down. Pedometers that flip open are much better. Check out this much better option: Model SW-200 Yamax® Digiwalker(tm) Pedometer. Very cheap, but mine has lasted me a long time.

I ordered this and sent it back because it resets itself too easily. I would not have purchased this (and ultimately returned it) if I would have known that it has no cover (the picture here on Amazon shows it with a cover). Sportline appears to have changed the 330 so that it no longer has a cover. Not sure what they were thinking on that move. As it is, I was able to go to a Target store and see that they still have a Sportline model (I believe it's a 330) that looks like this picture - even though it's about $4 more -- but well worth it since it doesn't reset whenever you sit down.

The pedometer is too sensitive to touch. Every time I would put my hand in pocket the meter would reset. Tried several ways to wear it but always the same RESET. I bought two of these. Would not buy anymore of these for anyone.

This pedometer not only counted my steps incorrectly, but it counted them when I was sleeping! Imagine my surprise when I woke up and found I had walked about 10 steps in my sleep. It also would reset itself all by itself, usually in the middle of a walk. There is no protective cover for that, there was no way to adjust for your stride. Cheap it as and well worth the cheap. I returned it. PS I also could not add any tags to this review. The program would not allow me to.

My former Sportline 330 was an excellent and 100% accurate instrument. This one is a totally different design and is useless. I never found out how accurate it is, because in the new design the reset button is in front of the device so you can't help but to accidentally reset it in the normal course of human motion. On the old one the reset button was inside its cover. This one has no cover. Useless. To add insult to injury, they don't tell you they changed the design, so it's a nasty little surprise when it arrives.

My Sportline 330 gets reset at least two or three times a day, because it's so easy to accidently press the button. The instructions say that you have to press it for two seconds to reset, but that's not the case -- a brief touch will do it. It was a total waste of money.

I have owned at least a dozen pedometers, and this is the worst. It counts, at best, one of five or six steps. I even fiddled with the stride length in hopes of tricking it to work. But it still undercounted by half or more at the end of the day. Furthermore, I wrote the company to register my complaint, and I never received a response. This pedometer needs to die a quick death. And the company needs to be more responsible.

I purchased my Sportline 330 pedometer about a year ago and it still performs admirably. I lost it raking my lawn and it lay in the grass for a month. When I found it, reset it to zero and attached it to my belt, it worked as well as it had before. The adjustable spring makes it easy to adjust to my walking gait for accurate readings.