Last post, I mentioned a new idea for pedometers, tracking how close to your daily 10,000 steps (or whatever your step goal is) you are. There is a Sportline pedometer that does this. I’ve only seen it at one of my local big box retail stores and I can’t seem to find any info about it online.
Sportline calls the system “Goal Track”. What you do is enter your step goal for the day and then it continuously calculates what percentage of your goal you’ve walked. For example, if your goal was 10,000 steps, 2,500 steps would be 25%, 5,000 steps would be 50%, etc.
The funny thing is, I’ve gathered all of this information from the package itself. The Sportline website makes no mention of it and web searches have turned up nothing either. Another thing that’s funny, is that only one of the big retailers carries pedometers with this feature. The other retailer has the same old Sportline pedometers I’ve seen for years.
Still, I think it’s a great idea. Omron should take notice and incorporate this feature into it’s pedometers. This raises the question, would I switch? I can quickly answer that by saying no. I didn’t even buy the Sportline pedometers to test, because they use pendulum switches. I’m more than happy with my Omron HJ720 itc and it’s accelerometer and USB connection.
