Looking for an accurate pedometer

I want to start measuring how far I'm walking and would like to
buy a pedometer. Someone said they were giving cheap ones away with
the salads at McDonalds. But I'd like the brand name of some good
quality pedometers that people are actually using and getting accurate
measures out of. Thanks.
Lee Rodgers
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On 7/10/2004 6:17:37 PM, Lee Rodgers wrote:

I want to start measuring how far I'm walking and would like to
buy a pedometer. Someone said they were giving cheap ones away with
the salads at McDonalds. But I'd like the brand name of some good
quality pedometers that people are actually using and getting accurate
measures out of. Thanks.
Lee Rodgers

I got the one at McDonald's. Seems to work, but I never tested to see
how accurate it is.
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On 7/10/2004 6:17:37 PM, Lee Rodgers wrote:

I want to start measuring how far I'm walking and would like to
buy a pedometer. Someone said they were giving cheap ones away with
the salads at McDonalds. But I'd like the brand name of some good
quality pedometers that people are actually using and getting accurate
measures out of. Thanks.
Lee Rodgers

I got the one at McDonald's. Seems to work, but I never tested to see
how accurate it is.
--
If a cow laughed real hard, would milk come out her nose?

Now playing: "Black Sabbath - All Moving Parts (Stand Still)"

Lee,
I was using the stepometer from McDonald's and it was not accurate at all.
I ended up looking at reviews and I bought one of the ones that were top
rated for accuracy.
I got it on line he
http://www.stepintohealth.com/
I have counted out 100 steps many times to check the accuracy and it counts
perfectly every time.
I got the one that just counts steps but they do have ones that count
mileage
and calories.
Susie


I want to start measuring how far I'm walking and would like to
buy a pedometer. Someone said they were giving cheap ones away with
the salads at McDonalds. But I'd like the brand name of some good
quality pedometers that people are actually using and getting accurate
measures out of. Thanks.
Lee Rodgers

Lee Rodgers wrote:
I want to start measuring how far I'm walking and would like to
buy a pedometer. Someone said they were giving cheap ones away with
the salads at McDonalds. But I'd like the brand name of some good
quality pedometers that people are actually using and getting accurate
measures out of. Thanks.

I got a couple of cheap Healthometer pedometers for free in
Slimfast handout packets that were in all the shopping bags at a
local healthfood store a few weeks ago. I haven't tried one out,
but if you want one of these, Lee, I'd be happy to mail it to you.
Like Debbie, I couldn't find any reasonably accurate ones at the
sporting goods store (see below), when I set them to count paces.

Debbie Cusick wrote:
Good luck, and if you find one let me know. :-) I tried pedometers a few
years ago. I had 4-5 that I bought from Sears, a camping store, a sporting
good store, another 5-6 that I bought from LL Bean. Some were fancy and
expensive, some were less so. Every single one had to be returned because
not *one single one* was accurate.

I tried several brands of pedometer at the local sporting goods
mega-store several years ago, during my weight loss period. At the
time, my belly was in a particularly jiggly period, and hanging them
from my waistband and counting 50 paces, they all measured 70 to
90 paces, I assume from the fat taking extra bounces. If I clipped
them a little higher, in a spot that wasn't jiggly, they all measured
between 30 and 40 paces when I counted 50, so I didn't buy any of them.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

"Lee Rodgers" wrote in message
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I want to start measuring how far I'm walking and would like to
buy a pedometer. Someone said they were giving cheap ones away with
the salads at McDonalds. But I'd like the brand name of some good
quality pedometers that people are actually using and getting accurate
measures out of. Thanks.

I've tried numerous pedometers we've gotten as freebies at various places
and none of them has worked properly. I purchased one at Sports Authority
for about $10-15 and it was dead-on accurate. It didn't measure steps,
just mileage, and it gave the same mileage results as my treadmill.

--
Best wishes,
Louise

Type 2 since 2000
Controlling by exercise and diet

The McDonalds meter should be OK just to count steps. It is a pretty cheap
unit though. It doesn't do distance as there is no way to set your stride.
The instructions also say you better stay on a flat and level surface - the
unit will miss-count if you walk on uneven surfaces, stairs, hill, etc. :-)

A while back, there was a PBS show called "Americas Walking". That's where
I first head about the 10000 steps program.
After studying lots of pedometers, I settled on one from Oregon Scientific.
This one has a built in Pulse Meter and a clock. Other models had other
features like an AM/FM radio, etc.

The GPS solution is interesting. It may tell you how many miles you went,
but not the number of steps. Just depends on what you want to count.

What I really like is a count-down timer. I set it for some time that is
half the time I want to spend walking, and start walking away from home (or
whatever starting point). When the alarm goes off, I know when to turn
around and head back.

HTH

Steve

"Lee Rodgers" wrote in message
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I want to start measuring how far I'm walking and would like to
buy a pedometer. Someone said they were giving cheap ones away with
the salads at McDonalds. But I'd like the brand name of some good
quality pedometers that people are actually using and getting accurate
measures out of. Thanks.
Lee Rodgers
Lowcarb Retreat http://www.lowcarb.org
CHAT http://www.lowcarb.org/parachat.html
Low-Carb Connoisseur http://www.low-carb.com

:
: What I really like is a count-down timer. I set it for some time
that is
: half the time I want to spend walking, and start walking away from
home (or
: whatever starting point). When the alarm goes off, I know when to
turn
: around and head back.
:
: HTH
:
: Steve
:


that is what i suggest new walkers to do!
walk for 15 minutes and then turn around and walk home.

i have measured all my distances in the car, and walk two miles at
4mph.

:
: What I really like is a count-down timer. I set it for some time
that is
: half the time I want to spend walking, and start walking away from
home (or
: whatever starting point). When the alarm goes off, I know when to
turn
: around and head back.
:
: HTH
:
: Steve
:


that is what i suggest new walkers to do!
walk for 15 minutes and then turn around and walk home.

i have measured all my distances in the car, and walk two miles at
4mph.

Teeb wrote:

really don't see how any of them could be accurate given that a
*step* is very individualized, unlike car odometers...

Well the theory is that they have to be "set". You are supposed to walk over
a measured distance and count the number of steps you take. You then devide
the number of steps you took into the distance you covered, and what you get
is supposed to be *your* average stride. You then program the pedometer for
the number of inches that your average step is, and it is then supposed to
measure your strides using this value. Of course if you deliberately take
especially long or short steps you will throw it off but, like jamie, even
taking as close to a standard stride as I could manage I got readings all
over the map.

--
Debbie