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I was really happy to find more of a feminine looking pedometer watch in this. The thinner band and pink color is nice. However, I mainly purchased this to count my daily steps, see how many miles I "stepped" and how many calories I burned. The frustrating feature is that it constantly shuts itself off from counting the steps if you are not moving for a certain period of time. You have to always be thinking of checking it and turning it back on. It's not working for me in that respect. I am unable to see a full day's computation of steps. I had another watch pedometer that did that beautifully except it was big and clunky and only came in black. If this brand could change this feature, it would be perfect for my purposes.

I have been using this watch for about 1 month. The distance measurement function is surprisingly accurate. As other reviewers have mentioned, you must take the time to read the instructions and do the stride length measurement. I have only two gripes - the size of the readout is small, particularly the upper numbers (I used to use a Nike running watch that had enormous numbers, so it's a hard transition). For that reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. The second gripe is probably a RTFM issue, but the pedometer randomly turns itself off when you're stationary for a while (at least it seems that way to me). Basically, the thing works as advertised.

This product was way more difficult to use than it needed to be!! I am a runner and needed something with all info on one screen. If I wanted to get my speed, I had to push buttons. If I wanted time, push more buttons, and if I wanted distance, I had to push even more. This was nearly impossible running 8 mph. It might work for a walker, but even so, I found a much easier product for everyone. The Garmin 101 was about $10.00 more, but amazing. It shows everything on one screen, it has gps, and as soon as you turn it on, it's ready to go!! The screen is bigger, but not heavy. I run with it, put it on the stroller for a walk, and even ride a bike with it! It starts in feet until you get to .1 of a mile, then it goes by miles!! I wish I had this review while I was shopping!!

I got this watch to help me decrease my times for 5k, and it defiantly not 95% accurate. I run ~10-11 minute mile; yet, both on the treadmill and outside, this watch was reading ~7.5 to 8 minute mile. Distance was also off by +20%, when running.

Speed and distance ~98% accurate for walking 15 min/mile.

This thing is great! I joined weight watchers a while back. The watch helps me keep track of my steps easily and is super easy to use. I don't have to think about it I just turn on and check how far I have walked at the end of the day. I have taken off 12 pounds so far. Thanks ACCELERATOR .....You are effortless!!!!