Omron HJ-112 Digital Pocket Pedometer
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Customer Reviews of Omron HJ-112 Digital Pocket Pedometer
Customer Review: Wish everyone had one of these...
Summary: 5 Stars
For the last couple of years, I've been trying to lose some weight and stay fit and have walked on a treadmill off and on as a fitness goal. The problem that I have is all the little distractions that keep you from walking - a couple days here, a week there. Sometimes I do a lot of physical activity and then there are days where I probably don't get much excercise at all. The stress from work often tells me that I'm tired, but how much excercise have I gotten? I decided that a pedometer would be a great tool to help me chart my daily activity and keep me 'on goal'.
I did a lot of research and chose the Omron pedometer because of the nice features and excellent reviews. Also, the price is pretty darn good compared to others with similar features. I like that it not only counts steps per day, but resets itself each day. It has a seven day memory where I can go back and check if I forgot how many steps I did within the last week. It also has a calorie mode, a mile mode, and shows how many steps were done in an aerobic mode. I like this feature because it tracks anytime that you walk for ten minutes or longer without a rest. I can set a daily step goal as well as a goal for a number of aerobic steps I want to shoot for each day.
The unit is attractive (silver/grey), easy to operate, and tucks neatly in a pants pocket completely out of the way. I've been surprised by the variation of excercise that I get from one day to the next and with this unit, I can jump on the treadmill whenever I'm getting a little behind on my goal. It would be worth the price just to monitor yourself for a week just to see how much excercise you really are getting with your current lifestyle. This product will not disappoint.
Customer Review: A most excellent pedometer
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a meter reader for a power company. That's relevant because before I even started the job they told me I would be walking 5-15 miles every day. As it turns out, that's about right, which I now know thanks to this most excellent pedometer (although the 5 miles days are few and far between, hah).
I've had 2 other pedometers, both of which worked ok, but this one I am actually amazed by. I walk on sidewalks sometimes, but a lot of the time I am walking across rock yards and around all kinds of obstacles people have in their yards. Every now and then I stop walking, look at how many steps are displayed on the easy-to-read display, and count off some steps to see how it is doing. It's pretty amazing to me, but I have counted off up to 75 steps, walking over rocks, around shrubs, down the sidewalk, and up the driveway, and it doesn't seem to matter - the count is accurate.
I wear a polo-type shirt and clip the pedometer between the first and third buttons, with the display facing my skin because I have too much stuff on my belt already. I have not tried walking with it in my pocket, but one day I noticed it was counting too many steps. It turns out it was banging against my name tag - once I moved them apart, it became accurate again. So I would assume that if you carry it in your pocket, make sure thats the only thing in there.
My only complaint would be the calorie counter, which I disbelieve. It tells me that after 15 miles (about 30K steps) of walking up and down hills through yards, I have burned about 1K calories. Somehow I think it's more, but that's ok, I won't count against it. It counts my steps accurately, is easy to read and use, and thats all I wanted it out of it.
Customer Review: Best pedometer I've used, but not quite perfect yet
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this Omron pedometer in March 2006, and have used it almost every day since then ... except about 2 weeks ago, I lost it (I'm sure it's in the house somewhere but I'm going crazy trying to find it!). I've added another to my shopping cart, and if I can't locate within another few days, I'm going to buy it. So, that's the ultimate product test, isn't it ... would you buy it again?? Anyway, this pedometer is the best I've ever used, and believe me I've tried just about every brand you can buy at stores and online. Other reviewers have listed all its attributes, so I won't repeat. However it's not quite PERFECT yet, in my opinion, because of the clipping mechanism. First, as someone else mentioned, the plastic spring clip on the back of the unit itself that you put over your waistband is longer than usual, which you might think is a good feature, but I found that often when I bent over, it popped off my waistband. Now the backup little plastic safety clip on the "ribbon" lanyard comes into play, and it swings from your waistband (which because of the Omron's light weight, you might not even notice for awhile). But after about 7 months of use, the little plastic clip on the lanyard lost its ability to grip the waistband, and soon thereafter broke. Still not a disaster because I just found another ribbon lanyard with a metal alligator clip from an old pedometer and used that instead. And besides, it still works in the pocket or purse. But to be a perfect product, I'd love to see Omron redesign the clip and safety clip on this product, and maybe make it a bit smaller in length. Overall, I highly recommend you give this product a try and will not be disappointed! Now I'm off to search for mine again...Customer Review: This thing is great, but...
Summary: 4 Stars
Like many of the other reviewers, I too decided to buy this pedometer only because I was tired of clipping the other ones to my belt, etc. So, for me, the main attraction was that you could put it in your pocket and it would count steps. Here's what I discovered about my unit:
1) It is somewhat big. It's about 3" in length and about 2" in width (oval shaped as in the picture), and it is fairly thin. But still not too big to fit in a pocket or anything like that.
2) You can use a holder to attach the item to your belt. However, given the size of this, I feel funny when I do that.
3) Accuracy - This thing is very accurate when I attach it to my belt using the holder. However, when I put it in my pant pocket, it is consistently wrong. It always credits me with about 108 steps when I take 100 steps (so, it's off by about 8%). The good thing is that it is very consistent. So I always subtract 8% of the reading to figure out my 'real' steps.
4) Features - I actually didn't even realize it had so many nice features until I started using the item. History back to the last 7 days is quite expected. But it displays the time while you simultaneously read your steps/miles/cal, etc. And it can count 'aerobic' steps (steps you take for more than 10 minutes continuous or at a certain fast pace). It may motivate you to take more 'aerobic' steps since these would be more beneficial than your everyday steps.
Overall: While I was disappointed with the lack of accuracy when this item is placed in the pant pocket, the fact that it is consistent in its error, and the added features made me want to keep it. I think it deserves a 4 star rating and I recommend the item.
Customer Review: Realistic measurements for fitness tracking
Summary: 5 Stars
My Radio Shack pedometer is over 10 years old and sometimes acts up now, especially when cold, or very humid. I have replaced batteries, etc. It was cheap, but it did the job. However, it reacts to every jiggle and counts steps that aren't truly steps and even adds steps when riding in a car or truck down a bumpy road.
The Omron HJ-112 seemed a suitable, if more pricey, replacement. It is that, but so much "smarter". The internal clock is needed for memory functions and auto clearing. It is handy if I deliberately or accidentally leave my watch behind, too. This pedometer doesn't react to incidental steps which is a little discouraging when I compare with the old RS model (I still tend to wear both, the old one for encouragement and the new one for realistic reliable accuracy). I like the aerobic step counting function. It is a stern drill sergeant, but it is what I need for good health. I can't yet speak for how it functions carried in the pocket. I still prefer to nerdishly clip it to my "Batman utility belt" all day. 10 years ago, people (my students primarily) would ask what it was clipped to my belt. Now, no one gives it a thought. So far no one seems to have built this function into an iPhone or its ilk, but it will probably happen soon enough.
Don't rely completely on it to measure distance, calories, etc. Even after calibrating there are many variables that cannot be tightly controlled like stride length, for instance. It does not always agree with known measured distances I walk or with my treadmill's calibrated counter/calculator. That being said, it still gives one a fairly good benchmark of how much effort is being actively expended each day which is, after all, the point.