Omron Hj-113 Pocket Pedometer, Walking Style, Black

I am using this Pedometer for several years now. Completely satisfied with this product. Measurement of steps is accurate. Very rugged product! On two occasions, I washed my trousers with my pedometer in the pocket!! 😳 The first time it was working when I fished it out of the washing machine! The second time it gave me a fright as the screen went blank after the wash! But after a few days of drying, it came back to life and is working fine since then. I would have given 5 stars but for the fact that it is pricey in India.

I really like this counter. it's accurate, small enough for pocket use and easy to use. I've had this for about five months and the battery is still strong. I didn't rate the mobile ap because I didn't know there is one, and therefore don't use it. It's in my pocket ever day all day and I've never had a problem with it. definitely worth the money.

If you are moving from an old-fashioned cheap pedometer that only counts steps and needs daily resetting, you will feel like you moved into the modern age with this.Initial set-up is easy and similar to a clock - you put in the time, your weight, and your stride length. After that, it will track your total steps and your aerobic steps automatically and keep a 7 day log, changing days automatically at midnight. Push the Mode button to see the four displays: total steps, aerobic steps, kcal burned, miles. The default display is total steps and time; I even use it as a pocket watch. You push the Memo button to see your history from the previous 7 days. You don't need to do anything but slip it in your pocket or clip it on in the morning to have it do its thing. You don't need to reset again unless the time, your weight, or your stride length change.The set button is recessed (use the end of a chopstick or paintbrush) to avoid accidental resetting in your pocket. The only issue I've had is accidentally pressing the Memo button during activities where I bend and twist a lot. When it is displaying previous days, it is not recording the current day. Clipping it to my bra fixed that for me. If you hope to wear it while playing badminton or handball, you'll have to figure out how to avoid this issue.I've been using mine for a week. It's accurate whether on the clip or in my pocket, does not pick up stray steps when I drive, and has been a great motivator not only for total steps, but to make sure I do enough brisk continuous walking (aerobic walking). The requirement for aerobic walking is only 60 steps/minute for at least 10 minutes continuously, but you will be surprised how effective meeting a daily goal is. This is where the product stands out for me.Highly recommended by this 53-year-old woman.Edit on 9/24/12: this pedometer has been with me daily since July. I now walk 5 miles/day total, 40-60 minutes aerobic pace, and have lost weight, gained muscle, and feel like a new woman. The pedometer remains durable and reliable. After a week or so, I started using it exclusively in my pocket rather than in the belt clip. It's comfortable, accurate, and discreet. This little thing was more help to me than any gym membership or aerobics class. I'm now active all day, every day. Highly recommended.

I had pretty much given up on pedometers because I have had several over the years and none of them seemed to have worked very well, or if they did work, they did not work for long. Then I saw an ad for this product and was intrigued by the company's name, as I had just purchased an Omron Blood Pressure monitor after doing much research to discover that Omron had by far the most highly rated BP monitors on the market and were highly recommended by both the AMA and AHA. And I soon determined that this BP monitor was as accurate as a nurse doing it the old fashioned way with a hand pump tournequet and a stethoscope. So I figured they probably also made a good pedometer.I have only had this product for a few days, so I may be premature, but so far this product has been working flawlessly. On my walks at lunchtime at work, I have a milestone that is just about exactly one mile from my starting point and when I checked the distance when I reached that point it was right on. If this product continues to perform this way over time I will be very pleased.There is only one thing that really bothers me about this product. When I first got it of course I had to play around with it for awhile and after I was done, it was after midnight and I had a few hundred steps on it. To get ready for my walk the next morning, I tried to figure out how to set it back to zero and could not figure it out. After going through the manual twice, I realized that you cannot set it back to zero manually unless you press the system restart button on the back, which will wipe out all of your data, including date, time, weight, and stride length as well as all the history. I could not believe that there was no simple reset. I brought it to work this morning and by the time I got to work and made it to my desk, it had over 200 steps on it and showed one tenth of a mile. So when I went for my lunchtime walk, I had to subtract what was already on the device to get an accurate measurement of my walk. Apparently, this device was designed for people who wear their pedometer all day to measure all their steps for the day to see if they get the magic 10,000 steps per day. I do not use pedometers this way. I just want to measure my daily walks and sometimes I will take more than one walk on the same day. So this was kind of disappointing. But at least it automatically resets itself at midnight every day. So for those of you who wear their peds all day to get a count of all their steps, this pedometer is probably perfect for you.

I have found this to be a very accurate pedometer. In order to have it measure distance accurately, I found that you need to divide a known distance by the step count rather than measuring your stride length and having the pedometer calculate distance from steps times measured stride length. The latter method underestimates distances on the unit I have. I measured a route using Google Maps, walked the route, then divided the distance by the counted number of steps. I then entered that as the stride length. I re-walked the route and it computed the distance exactly. I also drove another route, then walked it, and the pedometer distance was spot on. I'm not sure why the stride length by 10 steps method underestimates and it could simply be the specific unit I have. But I recommend using a known distance and the number of steps technique if accurate distances are important to you. The unit is very light, the holder is secure, and it's nice that it resets to zero each day. It is a also great motivator to keep up your walking regimen.Update September 2, 2012I have subsequently used two Android cellphone apps (Endomondo and Sports Tracker) as well as two GPS watches (Nike and Motoactv). While these alternatives have the advantage of mapping routes and providing a variety of data views, I have found this pedometer to be just as accurate as far as distance and time are concerned. The difference is always just a few seconds in time and hundredths of a mile in distance. The time difference is primarily due to the Omron giving time in whole minutes vs minutes and seconds.

This pedometer is VERY bulky, to the point that it is not functional. There is no way to wear it discreetly. Not only is it large and fat, but the clip is poorly designed. The clip is in the middle of the back of the pedometer, which means when you clip it on your pants half of the large pedometer is sticking up above your waistband. At least if the clip was near the top, you could wear it on the inside of your waistband and it would create a bulge but at least be a bit less noticeable. There is no way to discreetly wear this pedometer on pants or skirt waistband unless you'll be wearing a heavy sweater or jacket over it, and no way at all to wear with a dress. The clip also does not hold tightly at all - be careful lowering your pants when you use the bathrooom - it will fall off!That said, the pedometer works very well in a purse of backpack, as long as it is clipped to something or in a secure pocket so it stays in a generally upright position. I was very impressed by how accurately the pedometer counted steps when in an interior pocket on my work tote carried on my shoulder. But unless you will be carrying a bag with you at all times, a pedometer really needs to be clipped to your person, and this one does not cut it because of how big and bulky it is.