Hj-113 Pocket Pedometer

6 Responses to Hj-113 Pocket Pedometer

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   J. F. HOWELL on October 27, 2009 at 3:25 pm

   The Omron HJ-113 does what it is supposed to do: count your steps, calculates calories burned, etc., but it has a glaring bug: there is no reset button to clear the “steps” display. (One can reset it but one must use the “system reset” whichs clears out everything requiring a complete setup again.) Or you can just wait until midnight when it automatically resets to zero.

   I start my walk at the front of my house, in the street. By the time I get out there the HJ-113 has registered about 10 to 15 steps so one must remember to subtract this number from the end-of-walk number. Assuming of course you remember to look at the number when you finish and don’t add more steps as you walk inside the house. And assuming you can remember the number at the end of a bad walk.

   In the grand scheme of things this is a minor item but it made me mad that such a small thing would be left out or forgotten. I sometimes walk two times during a day and not being able to clear out the prior walk’s data is a bummer.
   Rating: 2 / 5
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   Patrick S. White on October 27, 2009 at 5:18 pm

   Wow! This is perfect. Unlike some gadgets I have purchased, the learning curve is effortless. Plus, it has automatic features I did not know I needed. Cannot recommend highly enough. A very well thought out tool to use with your health routine. If you take off walking for more than 20 minutes, the device automatically records it as an aerobic session. But it automatically keeps a daily and weekly total of steps as well. A great idea. I keep it on all day, every step closer to my daily goal of 10,000 steps per day. Whether running errands or taking a power walk, the tally is encouraging and accurate. It can be worn several ways, therefore, I have a place to attach it for every outfit I may wear.
   Rating: 5 / 5
3. 

   Kathleen Delpha on October 27, 2009 at 5:57 pm

   I bought this for my husband and he loves it. He comes home at night and tells me how much he has walked.
   Rating: 5 / 5
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   D. Stark on October 27, 2009 at 8:41 pm

   I bought this pedometer to replace one that had just worn out from age. It measures the miles just fine but I really wish it had some sort of reset capability. I use this for regular walks for excercise and I don’t always want to start my walk from home. The trouble is that I can’t take it to my starting point without registering some unintended steps, then I can’t reset to begin the walk. The only recourse is to subtract what has accumulated to the start point. Of course, it does automatically reset at midnight but that isn’t much help. Having said all this, the pedometer is a very good instrument. The reset is my only concern.
   Rating: 3 / 5
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   Zorbas on October 27, 2009 at 9:16 pm

   This product is awesome. It is very accurate and it has been very helpful in showing me how little I walk! It definitely has motivated me to walk more. I like the features like 7 days of memory and how it resets every night at midnight automatically.
   Rating: 5 / 5
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   Cinto on November 4, 2009 at 5:57 pm

   The lack of a function reset feature is a fatal flaw.