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H.C.L. Electronics Step Keeper Springboard module

H.C.L. Electronics Step Keeper Springboard module

List Price: $44.99
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: Cool concept, but the hardware doesn't work. To count steps, the device depends on its internal pendulum (a weighted switch) to bounce for each step you take. However, the pendulum in my unit frequently stuck and thus stopped counting my steps. First used it on a 3.3 mile course, but it calculated that I had walked 1.0 miles. I walked the course again but carried the unit in my hand so I could feel the pendulum clicking; when it stuck (every few hundred feet), I had to shake it - sometimes quite hard - to start it working again. That time, it showed I had walked about 2.5 miles. Since I had to concentrate on the unit rather than my walking, I shelved it. I'm very disappointed with this product.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Track your walking!
Review: Pretty neat - very easy to setup and get going. Be sure to enter accurate data. I found it simple to use and easy to keep track of my walking. The only complaint I would have is the case for your belt is easy to come loose, I find myself constantly checking to make sure its there. I think it could have been made a little more secure.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Great concept, but.....
Review: This is a great idea, but it just doesn't work that well. The pendulum gets stuck in the down position and it just stops counting steps. I work on a university campus and I walk all over during the day, but by the end of the day it had only counted about 10 steps. Also, the clip doesn't work very well. It can fall off very easily and then you could end up losing it. The menus are easy to understand. The different "characters" that you can pick from to encourage you are pretty cheesy, but they're not bad.

Maybe I got a dud, but I've been pretty disappointed in it. I've had mine for 5-6 months and I have yet to get anywhere close to an accurate count on it.


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