Customer Reviews

Tech 4 O Accelerator Women's Running Watch

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I was really happy to find more of a feminine looking pedometer watch in this. The thinner band and pink color is nice. However, I mainly purchased this to count my daily steps, see how many miles I "stepped" and how many calories I burned. The frustrating feature is that it constantly shuts itself off from counting the steps if you are not moving for a certain period of time. You have to always be thinking of checking it and turning it back on. It's not working for me in that respect. I am unable to see a full day's computation of steps. I had another watch pedometer that did that beautifully except it was big and clunky and only came in black. If this brand could change this feature, it would be perfect for my purposes.

I have been using this watch for about 1 month. The distance measurement function is surprisingly accurate. As other reviewers have mentioned, you must take the time to read the instructions and do the stride length measurement. I have only two gripes - the size of the readout is small, particularly the upper numbers (I used to use a Nike running watch that had enormous numbers, so it's a hard transition). For that reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. The second gripe is probably a RTFM issue, but the pedometer randomly turns itself off when you're stationary for a while (at least it seems that way to me). Basically, the thing works as advertised.

This product was way more difficult to use than it needed to be!! I am a runner and needed something with all info on one screen. If I wanted to get my speed, I had to push buttons. If I wanted time, push more buttons, and if I wanted distance, I had to push even more. This was nearly impossible running 8 mph. It might work for a walker, but even so, I found a much easier product for everyone. The Garmin 101 was about $10.00 more, but amazing. It shows everything on one screen, it has gps, and as soon as you turn it on, it's ready to go!! The screen is bigger, but not heavy. I run with it, put it on the stroller for a walk, and even ride a bike with it! It starts in feet until you get to .1 of a mile, then it goes by miles!! I wish I had this review while I was shopping!!

I got this watch to help me decrease my times for 5k, and it defiantly not 95% accurate. I run ~10-11 minute mile; yet, both on the treadmill and outside, this watch was reading ~7.5 to 8 minute mile. Distance was also off by +20%, when running.

Speed and distance ~98% accurate for walking 15 min/mile.

This thing is great! I joined weight watchers a while back. The watch helps me keep track of my steps easily and is super easy to use. I don't have to think about it I just turn on and check how far I have walked at the end of the day. I have taken off 12 pounds so far. Thanks ACCELERATOR .....You are effortless!!!!

I bought this after being very frustrated with the waist ones that I'd used. I could never get it in the right place over my hip bone, and due to my particular body shape, I found it poked me when I did have it in the right place.

I then went looking for a wrist pedometer once I'd learned that there was such a thing. I've used it for a few weeks now, and I cannot attest to it marking distance when running or for longevity, but as a pedometer, it's great. I'm slowly working up to 10,000 steps a day ( I get it some days) , and it's helpful to just be able to wear it as a watch; no thinking ahead. I also find that having it visible motivates me to move away from my desk several times a day and walk around-getting more steps in, and making me feel more energentic.

I'm glad that it's so accurate. Nothing more frustrating than having to stop and see where you are with the waist one, only to find that a mile into your walk, you've not gotten it in the right spot, and nothing is counted. This one goes on with the touch of a button, and you just have to glance at your wrist to see how far you've gone. It's really helped motivate me to do more-and that's saying a lot. I hate to exercise.

The pedometer is the reason I bought this watch. Accuracy was OK. to be expected for the price without GPS. Easy to read numbers. Complaints are the face scratched very easily and made it hard to read the numbers. The face plate popped off after 4 months and had to glued several times. Very complicated to figure out. Last but not least the band was awful. The color does stay pretty for long after you sweat it turns peach on the band which looks terrible with the pink face. It always looked dirty.(bleach did not help)

This watch is very complicated to set up and learn how to use. I read the whole manual before figuring it out (even though I'm usually very good with technology). Just not very intuitive. The manual tells you to go to the tech4o website to figure out the stride settings; however, there is no obvious information on the website. The biggest disappointment with this watch is that it's only about 80% accurate for walking (underestimates the number of steps you take). Nevertheless, it's about 98% accurate for running, which I was I bought it for. The pink color is a little brighter than I would have liked.

I recently purchased the Tech4O watch. This is a great fitness tool. I love the watch. You need to be somewhat technical to figure out how to use the watch, it comes with a lot of instructions. I love the pedometer functions and tracking that this watch can do. I am just starting out on my fitness plan and this watch has helped me to track my progress on the number of steps I have done and encourages me to do more.

This pedometer works very well, and really helps to keep you motivated. The instructions that come with it are really hard to understand, but once you figure out how to use the watch, it's pretty easy to use. The colors are a little brighter than what you see in the picture. It would be nice if there were more color choices. Overall, I am happy with this product, and I recommend it.