Omron Walking Style IV Step Counter (HJ-325EW)

I bought this to replace another omron pedometer I had for many years that still worked. I gave it to my husband because he was going to start walking more and wanted a step counter. (Of course, that didn't last very long, which is why I got the new one). This one works just as well and is very accurate - much more accurate than my watch step counter which counts every movement of your arm. You can rack up some seriously high number of steps in a day by making the bed, folding laundry, or dusting knick knacks. Now that I'm in my seventies, I have been trying my best to walk a minimum of 5000 steps a day (of course more is better). And I have accomplished that for over 9 months. It's surprising how checking your pedometer and realizing you need just another 500 or even 1000 steps to reach your goal can make you jump up and get moving.

An accurate tiny, superlight Pedometer. Easy to use. No real instructions, on-line instructions for multiple similar models not always relevant. For me, main thing was to get the stride right. I'm over 6' tall, and initially kept the standard 32" stride it was set for. Got real and admitted my stride was actually about 27". My morning walk went from 2.1 miles to 1.9 miles, LOL! I deleted my basic health app on my iphone that was reporting my identical daily route with variances of more than a quarter mile for each identical walk. This so is small, un-noticeable in the pocket.

These are great devices for measuring walking activity. Love the aerobic steps feature and the accuracy of this device. Only gripe is OMRON used to include an item that clipped to clothing and held the pedometer. Not so anymore.

Simple, quality. No apps to download. Dependable. Safe is frequency controlled areas. No need to upload your medical history to use. You program it, it works.

Ease of use is very poor. The instructions are very poorly written. There is a switch on the back of the step counter that isn't mentioned anywhere in the instructions. If you contact customer service, they try and move you into a pay for information application. Save you money and buy a different pedometer.

Works well just get the hang of setting it up!

The product that I received was used. It was missing some parts, the battery had already been activated and the pedometer was not wrapped in plastic like you would expect a new product to be packaged. As far as the missing parts they were parts to attach the pedometer to something on your body or to a bag. Because I am using it by putting it in my pocket I will keep it. I have used it for one day and it seems to be working fine. Just wanted to let people know that what they get might have been shipped to someone else before and returned.

This step counter, in my opinion is the best one available. It doesn’t exactly match the step counter on my phone, because once you stop walking, it might take a step or two to start counting again. However it is the only counter that measures both anaerobic (normal walking-starting and stopping) and aerobic (continuous walking) steps. Aerobic steps are the “fitness” ones that help your heart.❤️