The calorie counter does not seem to work. I based it on elliptical equipment and treadmill. Is there an adiustment that needs to be made?
1820092
All three features depend on how much/ hard you swing your arm. If you hold onto the rail of either equipment, it will not register. The calorie feature is based on either the amount of steps and/ or miles recorded. No arm movement, no recording of info.
1820093
You need to input your DOB, sex, weight and don't remember if height as well. Other than that it's never going to be exact with your gym equipment, specially the elliptical machine. For some reason it doesn't register steps with it.
2281151
Yes, and if something sounds too good to be true, then its probably false. The only calorie monitors that truly indicate an accurate measure of work are called ergometers. Those instruments are found only on fitness machines (usually stationary bikes) costing at least $2000. The reason why meaninglessly inaccurate "calorie monitors" abound is because customers still demand them. If a brand offers a "calorie monitor" on a $40 fitness machine then its competitors are forced to offer one too. They always give highly overestimated readouts, which makes the machine look (deceivingly) super effective for fitness. I never pay attention to "calories". I always set the consoles of my fitness equipment to instead display either time or cycle rate.
1455899
I don't think so, like the other person said calorie counts vary. I used my elliptical and checked it with my garmin vivofit on my wrist, the elliptical said I used 58 1/2 calories while my vivofit said it was only 41. So I guess you choose which one you want to believe.
2076375
I bought the lifespan elliptical and was broken. I called and Amazon is sending the replacement right now. They said they would take back the broken one when they deliver the new one. I have not recieved the new one yet and the broken one is standing in my living room. From what they said the delivery will be next week. I will let you know if everything goes smoothly and I don't get charge for it.
1412768
Its in the paper that came with the watch. Basically through your workout , take your pulse. I usually do every 5 minutes. When you are done, press stop on "exercise" feature. Then press the button on the right for 2 seconds until little bars show up on watch. 5 bars. Lowest to tallest represents how hard you worked out. I do insanity and t25 so I keep clicking the right button BC is difficult. Then watch calculates your calories burned. Does this make sense? Hope it helps!!
1211735
This ped does measure distance & calorie count, but it also does a bunch of other stuff that I don't need. It also is set up to show the time of day... but that has become wrong, probably due to being shut down for awhile... and now I can't figure out how to reset it to the correct time.
1959780
It only works if you have your heart strap on, but you would push the bottom button on the right side of the watch. Continue to push the button until you see calories counted. It may take about 3 pushes of the button to get to it.
1348323
Same as below, adjust the sensitivity in the set up process. It is not perfect, running on the treadmill with my watch hand holding my hair off my neck and it missed counting steps. Pretty accurate though!
658372
I just spoke with omron on the phone and it does not. Too bad. Does anybody know of a unit where you can replace the batteries and it tracks calories? (it would also be cool if it showed min, max, and average heart rate for workout, but lets not get greedy). Dave JacksonLogical Weight Loss Podcast
157725
Yes. Mine doesn't calculate the calories correctly or the mileage. There is something wrong with the panels with this model. I was extremely disappointed; however, I made a decision to keep it since it still gives a good work out.
1947934
While I haven't bought a refurbished unit lately, the meters I've bought all had calorie counters and were the kind that tracked your pulse via analog straps (Pulsar, Timex,). The calorie count would of course be an approximation as no input is provided for age, weight, etc.
2268189
I just bought this elliptical from another place on Saturday, hubby put together and all was well until this morning.... Got on machine, was going around 5.2 and this knocking started. Called husband in and he got on (weighs around 250) was fine, I (weight around 118) got on and the knocking began again. This is only happening when the speed is up over 5.2 or so for me. I called Sole and they were NO help. Has anyone experienced this? By the way, Dick's Sporting Goods has been AMAZING through the process of trying to decide whether to return or try to repair or whatever to remedy the issue. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I just bought this elliptical from another place on Saturday, hubby put together and all was well until this morning.... Got on machine, was going around 5.2 and this knocking started. Called husband in and he got on (weighs around 250) was fine, I (weight around 118) got on and the knocking began again. This is only happening when the speed is up over 5.2 or so for me. I called Sole and they were NO help. Has anyone experienced this? By the way, Dick's Sporting Goods has been AMAZING through the process of trying to decide whether to return or try to repair or whatever to remedy the issue.... » Read More I just bought this elliptical from another place on Saturday, hubby put together and all was well until this morning.... Got on machine, was going around 5.2 and this knocking started. Called husband in and he got on (weighs around 250) was fine, I (weight around 118) got on and the knocking began again. This is only happening when the speed is up over 5.2 or so for me. I called Sole and they were NO help. Has anyone experienced this? By the way, Dick's Sporting Goods has been AMAZING through the process of trying to decide whether to return or try to repair or whatever to remedy the issue. Any suggestions would be appreciated. « Show Less
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I'm sorry, I do not have this piece of equipment any longer. I returned it about 1 month after I purchased it due to difficult to use and couldn't get ANYONE to talk to on the phone, but that was about 2 years ago, maybe it's different now. I purchased an EPIC elliptical from Dick's and love it.
1417997
I have had no such problem and can't imagine what it could be. We have been 200% happy with ours. I assume it is the touch screen console that is turning off. Small consolation but that would be the only part that would have to be returned, not the entire elliptical. Have you tried plugging it into another outlet? Maybe it is the power source and not the unit.
1776149
I too am having a custom counter built. Still a work in progress so I can't answer your question.
1451657
I have had issues with the calorie counter not resetting, but everything else does. There is a clock that you can set to your timezone when you set the fitbit up on your computer
1946118
No it doesn't display calories, but is syncs with most gym equipment that does. As a personal trainer, calories burned are usually an indication of what your heart rate has been over a period of time. That is the best indication, not what you see on a machine. Look up your desired heart rate for your age/weight on the internet... don't trust a gadget.