can this watch be used as a step counter? Thanks
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Technically it does but it doesn't gives u a steps reading but a mileage instead
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it will work as a heart monitor, but not as a distance measure device. Since this device was specificly design for runners, on a treadmill it is possible to estimate your distance by footstep average, but a elliptical seems more like a "cycling simulation".
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I have compared the milage by the watch and my iphone pedometer and they are the same. I do not think it overestimates the milage and therefore the steps.JTH September 27, 2013
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I tried everything, from re setting it, to trying both wrists, nothing I did worked. I could not get an accurate step count. As a step counter it's useless.
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I don't think so. I have a Garmin watch that tracks miles when I run. I bought this as a heart rate monitor. It works pretty good but you do have to hold your finger over the face of the watch for approx 5 seconds.
1757999
Not as it is ordered, but I bet a pedometer or the new efit bands would count for you. We use time as our measure of exercise.
1056908
I would say yes. It has 3 buttons, mode (miles or steps), set (which I still don't understand that button), and reset. The problem was not its ease of use. The problem is it doesn't count. You literally have to stomp your steps and if it's anywhere but on your foot/ shoe it doesn't do anything.
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You could. It has a time display. It is somewhat bigger then an average watch,however.
395650
I just tested out my fitbit one to see if it would count leg shaking as steps, and it will not if you have it attached to the hip as instructed. If you have it sitting on your knee, then yes, it will count the shaking as steps, but keep it secure at your waste or in your pocket and you'll be safe.
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Probably not. I just tried alternating meter on hip and in pocket while walking slowly. It didn't register the steps.
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Agree with Sean. You would only be able to use the heart rate monitor functions of this watch. Polar sells a version of this watch with GPS accessory instead of foot pod but I have not heard good things about it. Polar's newer GPS devices are much more useful but not compatible with this watch. Only buy the foot pod if you plan on running only.
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No. It is a simple pedometer with one button, a reset to zero steps. The "instructions" that came with it said it was sensitive to differences in walking and would adjust automatically. It has worked fine for me.
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I extensively tested wearable trackers both on the wrist and below the waist. Worn on the wrist I consistently lost 1000 to 2000 steps daily. So if you fall short of your goal, you may have actually hit it.
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My hisband uses this--it does NOT count steps, but you can use it for walking
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No. It does calculate total steps as well as aerobic steps. So if you walked up the stairs aerobically (more than 60 steps per minute I believe) it would count those steps separately.
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Yes but I do not use it. I have set it up once to try out. All you have to do is hit the top of your watch to clock an interval. I think this makes it a great IT for short runs but longer distances mean more chance of hitting the IT as you run. Hope this helps, Andrew
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You can use it like a standard stopwatch. I don't know if it rolls over on counting up, but there is a one digit day position on the stopwatch function, so it might count up to 9 days, 59 minutes, 59 seconds. I bought it specifically for the countdown feature, which works very well. You can check on their website for more specifics.