Realalt 3DTriSport Walking 3D Pedometer with Clip & Strap, eBook Included 30 Days Memory Accurate Step Counter, Walking Distance Miles/Km, Calorie Counter, Daily Exercise Time Monitor

A Helpful Device for Measuring Activity
This pedometer can be an outstanding addition to any hiking, jogging, or running program It continuously displays the time (in either 12- or 24-hour systems), and monitors steps, distances (in miles or kilometers), calories consumed, and duration of activity. Depending on your performance objectives, the device can be set to continuously display the current time, and either the steps, distance, calories consumed, or activity duration for that particular day. Because it displays seconds as well as minutes and hours, this pedometer can help to monitor pulse.Adjustments in the various modes can be accomplished only when the appropriate data is displayed. For the initial set up, press the Mode button repeatedly until the screen displays the “Step” mode on the top line and the time on the bottom line. The device asks users to edit and finalize the settings for time (“12Hr” or “24Hr”), time measurement (seconds, hours, minutes, month, day, year), measurement system (inches “in,” or centimeters “cm”), stride length, weight, and daily step objective. Needless, to say, it is helpful to know the required information in advance because you have only a limited time to input the desired data for the initial set-up.To view totals in the various data fields, press the “Mode” button until the “Total Step” field appears on the top of the screen and the time appears on the bottom. Then pressing “Set” repeatedly will display the total miles, calories consumed, minutes of activity, and total steps. Apparently, these data are calculated from the time of the initial set-up. To view results for each of the previous 30 days, press the “Mode” button until the “Step” appears on top of the screen and “01” appears on the bottom. Then pressing “Reset” repeatedly will take you to a particular day, and pressing “Set” repeatedly will display the miles, calories consumed, duration of activity, and steps for that day.It is not clear what use the pedometer makes of such information as month, day, year, and daily step objective. But. obviously, determination of distance traveled and calories consumed will depend on the selected stride length. To determine stride length, it is best to walk (or run) over a measured course and note the number of steps taken. The term “mile” originated from the distance a Roman soldier could travel with 1,000 paces (i.e., 2,000 steps). So a Roman soldier could establish his stride length by dividing 63,360 (the number of inches in a mile) by 2,000 steps, thus discovering that his stride length was roughly 32 inches. For those of less classical inclinations, it may be simpler to walk a quarter mile, and divide the number of inches in a quarter mile (15,840”) by the number of steps required to cover this distance. If this takes 800 steps, the average step distance is approximately 20 inches. The calculation of calories consumed is derived from weight and the number of steps taken—but, needless to say, a long step up a steep hill will consume more calories than a short downhill step. And the calorie consumption does not take account of the length of steps and various other factors.Textual indication of the data displayed is provided in tiny letters across the top of the screen—these are almost invisible except under optimal illumination. Users can clip the pedometer to a belt or pocket, or suspend it from a neck strap. I prefer instead to thread a shoestring through the pedometer, permitting the pedometer to hang from my belt, which enables me to check time and distance by a simple upward flip of the device, while ensuring that it cannot be dropped.

Accurate & Easy to Use
Having just started a daily walking routine I wanted to keep track of my steps, both to monitor my progress and for “bragging rights” :-). As a graphic designer I was sitting on my butt all day in front of my computer and didn’t get up except to use the restroom… not a good thing. So I have made it a point to get up every 90 minutes or so and walk around our building for 5 to 7 minutes at a time.At the beginning I was using my iPhone 5s built-in Health app, and while it didn’t do a terrible job counting my steps, I suspected it wasn’t as accurate as I’d like. Sure enough, when I carefully counted a thousand steps as I walked, the iPhone would regularly under count by 10 to 15%.I looked a pedometers on Amazon, and selected this unit based on it’s excellent reviews and price. It arrived on time and as described. I had no issues with setting it up at all, you just have to read the instructions to understand what sequence of information you’ll need to input. It came with a carrying clip, lanyard, instruction pamphlet and a small screwdriver for replacement of the already installed battery.I don’t want to have it hanging around my neck on a lanyard, so I clip it around a belt loop and it stays there (flopping around a bit) securely without issues all day. I did try clipping it to the inside of my pants leg pocket, but it came loose and fell of a couple of times, so I’d be concerned about losing it somewhere if I wasn’t paying attention. The belt loop clip work great for me.I’ve now been using the unit for just over a month on a daily basis. To make a fair comparison to the iPhone I did several tests where I would precisely count out a given number of steps (typically 500 to 2,000) and check the results. This unit is very consistent in it’s count, and typically counts 1 percent over actual count (10 steps over for every 1000 walked) which is VERY accurate. During these measured walks the iPhone was in my pants pocket on the same side as the belt loop as the pedometer, and again the phone (inconsistently) undercounted my steps between 10 to 15 percent.Bottom line, an excellent and accurate pedometer at a great price. Would highly recommend this product.Note that I purchased this unit for my own use and was given no incentive or freebies to write this review, nor do I have any affiliation with the manufacturer or seller.

Works good. Easy to set up and use BUT don’t be afraid to look at YouTube for very easy step by step set up. Makes the whole process very clear and easy. You will need to spend time on figuring out your stride and tweak it a bit. Great product.

I got sick of mucking around with fitbits and stuff that needed to sync with an app etc – this is back to basics and works great. I’ve been using it every day for months and have had no problems. Motivates me to get my steps in. Seems to be pretty accurate. I turned the unit around in the clip housing opposite to how it arrived, because I kept bumping the Mode button whenever I tried to squeeze the clip open. But if you just take it out and turn it around, the problem is solved.