Customer Reviews
tech 4o watch 
2008-02-19
Wsatch and pedometer are sightly complicated to use...requires some effort. Overall product is Good.
Pedometer 
2008-01-18
It was easy to accidentally press the stop button while wearing this watch. Overall, disappointing. Directions were hard to follow.
Great Runner's Tool 
2007-11-25
This watch provides pretty accurate measurments once calibrated. I am doing some marathon training, and this product has freed me from planned route running. Now I can make up the route as I go, and prevent boredom. I am not ready for the committment to the price or gadgetry of a GPS getup, so this fits the bill perfectly.
Not so good 2007-11-05
The pedometer was accurate, but the distance takes a lot of tweaking to get accurate. And even so, if you lengthen your srides or shorten them midrun, the watch won't be very precise. However, it does do a very rough job of estimating distance.
Other functions of the watch are fine, if not a little less solid than just an ordinary digital watch. It was a little large on me.
The best way to measure distance is to use an online map, or get to know your pace and measure time. It makes you a much better runner than this watch can.
Very accurate. 
2007-09-21
I'm 6 foot tall, and took this to a track and it's perfectly accurate with distance out of the box.
I'm torn about it resetting the pedo automatically. Sometimes it's good, as the next run I don't have to worry about it. But it times out and resets too quick, a few hours or something. Maybe make it 24 hours?
Don't use it for much else, other than the pedo function, and for jogging/running. I have never used anything else. But I'm glad I bought it and would buy it again. Does the job for me.
He likes it! 2008-07-20
I bought this for my husband to help us train to walk a marathon. He is a beginner and wanted something that was easy to use and provided speed as well as the steps/distance that my pedometer shows. This is perfect and we've found it to be very accurate too. It's best when used while walking, as other movements can throw it off a little. Since that's what we got it for, we are both very pleased with the results. It's nice that he doesn't have to use GPS and we don't have to wait until we're home to figure out the speed we're moving.
Easy to use, good in price - super stop watch! 2008-07-17
I tried quite some pedometer and stop watch combining devices, among others from Puma and Casio. Let me say: none of the more expansive devices came even close to what this little sweetie can do!
Distance measurement is as accurate as a pedometer can be! My accuracy is close to 98%! Well, this only works if you run the same speed every time. But that's part of the calibration phase (that is really important): learn your stride width first and then adjusting it is really easy!
I cannot say that using (or: setting up) the device is difficult or that the manual is inappropriate (as some users here stated)! To my mind: using this device is as easy as can be - we are talking operating a watch with a whole bunch of functions, memory access, etc. The menu structure is well though of and it is easy to operate with 4 buttons!!
I can only recommend this item! For this price (and also for the double price) you will not get a better device that combines a pedometer and stop watch...
Overall good pedometer - Review 2008-05-19
I'm using this watch for a couple of months now and i'm running around 20 miles per week. i can't say that this watch is accurate anymore as stride lengths vary over 10 mile runs, so the margin of error is usually between 0.250 and 0.500 miles over a 10 mile. if u are satisfied with approximate distances than this is great, for more accuracy i don't see a solution other than a GPS.
-------------------------------------
First impression:
I am using this watch for a month now, i've done some mileage(30-40 miles) on it plus a 5 k race... The key is the initial calliberation. you need to know your AVERAGE stride length when running.for me,i have longer strides when i begin running and then shorter strides towards the end of my run. You have to run at least a 5 km (measuring it either by car or GPS) and then divide the 5 km by the number of strides you made to know your average stride length(in inches).it turned out that for me it is 49"(i'm 6'2"), although i start with a 51" strides...(you also need to measure your walking stride length using the same method). It will not be accurate if you just calculated your stride length over a one loop on the 0.25 mile track. After knowing the 49", it is working perfectly.It saves all my runs by day(one week history) and then accumulates the runs and saves them by week, pretty useful.It is my first pedometer by its accuracy cannot be questioned because i have a GPS as well and it is pretty precise.of course you need to keep your hand moving and not lift it still every couple of minutes...
There is a sort of glare under trees but you still can manage to see,also the buttons sometimes get pressed accidentally (just regular hand activity).
till this day,I am very satisfied with it. I also wear it to work as it isn't bulky and looks "acceptable" with its black color and design.
Good, but bad reflection 2008-04-11
The watch is good, but there it has a bad reflection.
It's hard to see the top part of the display. You can't see
the distance display.
Is the other TECH40 watches the same. The round plastic has
a really bad reflection that makes it hard to see.
Things to know about this watch 2008-03-10
I have the runner's watch with the oval ring. One of the things I couldn't find when shopping was the size. The crystal is 1 inch; the case outside size is 1-5/8 inch. This watch is the best pedometer. I love how it automatically distinguishes between running and walking to measure distance, speed.
1. Two things about the domed crystal. There is always a glare which makes it difficult to read. A flat crystal doesn't have the same glare problem. The dome is also prone to scratching, I have already scuffed mine after only 3 weeks.
2. The buttons are too easily accidentally activated. Half the time when I look to see the time, the watch is some other mode and I have to fiddle with buttons to see the time.
3. In exercise mode, time is only recorded to the nearest second, and the chronometer can not be operated at the same time as the pedometer.
4. One needs to be aware that the exercise mode starts automatically when one enters that mode (after a few seconds delay) It is easy to unintentionally add to one's exercise record if one does not remember to stop it while looking at the data.
Overall I give the watch 5 stars as a pedometer, 4 stars on syle, and 3 stars on the watch.
