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Fatal Flaw...
I bought this for my 8 yr old son because I have a FitBit and he wanted to "compete" with me, but I didn't want to spend $100 on a full-blown activity tracker. I thought about letting him pick out a pedometer at Walmart, but decided to buy one on Amazon because I thought they'd have more selection and reviews to go by. Well, I chose this one based partially on reviews and partially because they had it in red, and red is his favorite color. He was thrilled as anything when he opened the box and immediately clipped it to his pants and started running around the house to get up his steps. He had gotten over 1000 steps before he sat down. When he stood back up, the pedometer read "0". We set the clock and started it back up and he went running around the house again, but after a few hours, it reset back to 0. The time, the lifetime steps, everything reset. After looking at it, we realized that one of the main buttons on the front of the pedometer is a reset button. It is not a recessed button, it is not a push-and-hold for 30 seconds button, it is just a tap-to-reset and it's the exact same as the other buttons on the front. Apparently when clipped to your pants, if you bend over or sit down, this button can be pressed accidentally and it resets EVERYTHING. This is crazy. I'm not exactly sure what you would want a reset button for AT ALL, let alone one that is so easily accessible. This is defniitely a strange but major flaw. He is so disappointed, and so am I. I guess we'll be picking one out at Walmart after all -- and making sure there isn't a reset button on the front!
November 2013 · Unknown · verified purchase