Omron Tri-Axis Alvita Optimized Pedometer - Features 4 Activity Modes - Black, HJ-321

I ordered this Omron for my daughter and the Ozeri 4x3motion Digital Pocket 3D Pedometer for myself. Both are tri-axial, meaning that even if they're laying flat in your purse they still read, vs. needing to always be upright. I thought I'd like the Ozeri better because of a split screen display. However, after having them both for a week the Ozeri is going back and I'm getting this Omron as well. The Ozeri had terrible instructions compared to the Omron, it was more likely to pick up false motion, only comes with a lanyard cord (the Omron has a little clip so you can clip it to pants) and the biggest problem of all, the setting button is too easy to accidentally push and it goes into the initial setting mode and you lose all your settings and data!Comparison:Setting the unit -This Omron is very easy to set up with clear instructions and even illustrations to show you how to determine your stride setting. The Ozri is significantly less detailed, the words are squished into overly long paragraphs combining concepts making it hard to find what you need and seem to be written by non-native English speakers. I had to read the instructions 4 times to try and find how they wanted me to determine and set my stride - it was squished into a paragraph about non-related topics.Features -This Omron seems able to differentiate between regular walking and Aerobic exercize and just automatically registers each into their individual counts. The Ozeri doesn't do this at all, you'll just get your regular walk count.The Ozeri promotes a split screen, so you can see your daily and weekly totals both together. How to do this wasn't very clear so mine stayed on the daily tally with date and time displayed on the front.Automatic reset at midnight - both do this, so each day starts anew for you. An important issue is make sure you have your am & pm set correctly as the first day our Omron accidentally was set wrong and all my daughter's data erased at noon. This was user error, not the Omron's fault though...Size:Both are essentially the same size, just differently shaped with the Omron having the curved end and the Ozeri more squared off.Lanyard vs. clip holder:The Omron has a clip holder that you can clip to your pants and remove the unit while leaving the clip in place. Over the past week I've been jealous of this feature on my daughter's Omron as she's easily wore it around clipped on and I had to shove mine into my pocket as the Ozeri comes with a long lanyard but I hate heavy things hanging on my neck. So for me the lanyard is useless - other's may feel differently on this issue though. However, today the Omron did fall out of my daughter's clip holder. She thinks it may not have been fully clipped in as usually it's in there pretty tightly. She runs and dances around with no issues, so I think it was likely user error.Accuracy:As mentioned earlier, the Ozeri seemed to collect more false steps than the Omron. It wasn't significant and likely doesn't make much difference when looking at the daily final readings though. The Omron drops the first 4 steps if any new movement if it doesn't continue beyond that in it's method to avoid false readings. The Ozeri doesn't measure steps per se, but rather the first few seconds. Not sure what difference that makes.Major Problem with the Ozeri: (and why I'm returning it for another Omron like this one):It's too easy to accidentally reset, losing all of your settings and data!I had read on another Ozeri unit that the reviewers son kept resetting it and losing data because the set button protrudes and was being activated, putting you into the enter your settings mode. I didn't realize this was a problem across most of the Ozeri units until it began happening to me as well, as I carry it in my pocket. Today I was gardening, which entails a lot of bending. I must assume that when bending somehow the fabric bunched up and activated the reset causing me to lose all my data as well as my previous settings. There is NO way to back out of the settings and once in it you're out of luck getting back to what was set previously and your previous measures. With the Omron you have to hold the settings button down for a few seconds. Not so with Ozeri, so it enters this mode too easily and with no way to back out. Once you're in you have no option but to re-enter all of your information and all previous readings are gone. Grrrrr - very frustrating!SUMMARY: Buy the Omron, it has better instructions, a better holder, and won't easily reset causing you to lose all your settings and data.

Recommended by Dr. Roizen as one of the pedometers for doing 10,000 steps a day, no excuses. Very simple to use. Battery lasts and lasts. Gives you all the helpful information you need without all the complexity of a modern health app. I use it all the time since I bought it and have yet to put in one of the eight new batteries I bought. I count steps every now and then and it is accurate for me.Yes, I have the step measuring app on my iPhone, but I don't have my iPhone on my person too many times, and in many of the activities I do, the iPhone is a bit too bulky or the risk of breakage too great, so I have it nearby. This pedometer is small enough to fit in any of my pockets and is oh so innocuous and can easily be ignored until you want to check up on how you are doing. It is light, but heavy enough, smooth enough and compact enough not to get lost or feel unwieldy in a pocket. Packs up real nice next to credit cards or folded bills.What I didn't want is a gadget to rule my life. My body doesn't care what I record. What I understand is that the more steps people did, up to 10,000 a day over a wide range of people, some moving slow, some fast, some all at once, some spread throughout the day, the healthier they were over time. After 10,000 steps it didn't seem to matter much for most of us, but up to 10,000 there were serious, healthy improvements.What this device does is take the guesswork out of knowing what is actually being done. This is the baseline that we all must do to stay healthy, and we need to do it every day. Dr. Roizen gives substitutions for cycling, running, swimming and other exercises, but if you are caring for kids, time might be an issue, and this might help to get in what we need to do every day, and help others know if we are not that it is hurting us.What I find is that some days I can easily do 10,000 steps, but other days I fail unless I stop making excuses for myself and put my mind to arranging my life to get this in, every day, no excuses. For example, I can walk back and forth in a space just big enough to pace say 10 feet back and forth while I am waiting for something else to happen (a lot of my life it turns out) and, it turns out, I can do thousands of steps that way, changing largely wasted and unscripted time into improving my health and lifespan. All for the small price of this small gadget.When Dr. Northrup talked about improving our health on stage, I noticed she was pacing back and forth across the stage. I wondered what she was doing. My guess now is that she had a pedometer such as this one and was modeling using pacing while presenting to get her steps in.For me, the most problematic time is driving. I often end up driving a lot, and it is stressful and extremely dangerous and requires full attention, no distractions, and leaves me mentally exhausted when I have time in between driving, and have nothing motivating me to get my exercise in. What I have found is that this little gadget is a big help to my motivation, particularly because even a few minutes need not be wasted, and often that turns into a lot of time that is not wasted, and I end up getting my steps in.Thanks for the recommendation Dr. Roisen, and thanks Dr. Northrup for modelling how even on your type of schedule we can get our steps in.

I did not trust my treadmill monitor so I wanted a pedometer that was accurate. Turns out my treadmill monitor was actually pretty close, happy about that. Planning this new love to travel with me on the Appalachian Trail Hike-Thru 2014.I'm not positive the calorie count is correct however different calculations reap varied results. I believe it is reasonably accurate for my current needs of monitoring.My Mom uses the old style Pedometer which she wears daily (from sunrise to sunset). Guess what? She's getting one of this babies for her birthday. I know it will be far more accurate than her present one.I highly recommend Omron HJ-321 Tri Axis Pedometer it is light weight, sturdy clip, easy to use, ease of setup, and very reasonable price point.DIGITAL SIGNATUREI like to close my reviews with a THANK YOU because I do appreciate you investing your precious time in reading my material. We live in a complex complicated world where time is at a premium. I do pray you found this review like my others informative and helpful in aiding your next purchasing decision. Your comments are always welcome and I make every attempt to reply to comments as time permits. Again THANK YOU for the opportunity to aid you in spending your hard earned money wisely.I am not employed or receive any compensation by the manufacture or any organization promoting this product or additional hardware. I purchased or received as a gift my product like anyone else and just sharing my myriad thoughts and experience with you.I hereby extend to you a plethora of blessing of good health and welling being. Bless you all.2013 Copyrighted by Dr. Gary Drury