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Tech 4 O Accelerator Women's Fitness Watch
Tech 4 O Accelerator Women's Fitness Watch
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Brand: Tech 4 O
Category: Sports

List Price: $84.99
Buy New: $59.95
You Save: $25.04 (29%)
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars(14 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1960

Color: Black / Silver
Media: Sports
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.5 x 2.4

MPN: 2831350
Model: 2831350
UPC: 083828313507
EAN: 0083828313507
ASIN: B000J02DQU

Release Date: October 15, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Features:
  • Stylish women's fitness wristwatch with built-in accelerometer for gauging distance
  • Produces highly accurate readings of user's speed, distance, and caloric expenditure
  • Adjustable step counter accounts for walking style, stride, terrain, and pack weight
  • Built-in stopwatch and countdown timer; powerful 7-day, 10-week memory
  • Clock with 12/24-hour time, date, and daily alarm; 1-year warranty

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
pWhether you are a hardcore adventure hiker, an avid runner, or simply looking to count your doctor's recommended 10k steps a day, an Accelerator Series watch fits the bill. Advanced accelerometer technology provides highly accurate readings of a users speed, distance, and caloric expenditure via a simple wrist watch sensor, eliminating the need for funny looking foot pods or belt clip sensors. Accelerometer technology is 95+% accurate, and much more dependable than traditional pendulum type (ball bearing) pedometers. GPS based running products are super-expensive, super-complicated, and arent very reliable for indoor training or under heavy tree cover. The Accelerator Series is the perfect combination of accurate readings, simplicity of use, and stylish design.bPedometer/bbr liHighly accurate step counter with adjustable sensitivity allows users to tune the sensors to their individual walking style. Doctors everywhere are now recommending 10k steps a day to maintain a healthier lifestyle. liAll sensors are contained in a simple wrist watch. That means no funny looking mechanical belt clips our funky shoe pods liGet off the beaten path! Free yourself from mileage markers at the track or trail! Pick a new route every day! The Accelerator can automatically distinguish between running and walking, and can calculate your average speed, distance, caloric expenditure, and total exercise time. liThe Accelerator has a delayed step counter feature that differentiates between ancillary movements and actual steps. This feature provides users with the most accurate results by delaying calculation until it has registered 10 steps in a row to eliminate overly sensitive step counting. liThe smart scheduling features allows users to set the pedometer to automatically start/stop counting steps at a predetermined time every day, so youll never forget to turn it on brbPersonal Profile/bbr liThis feature allows users to customize their watch to their spec

Product Description
Whether you're a hardcore adventure hiker, an avid runner, or simply looking to count your doctor's recommended 10k steps a day, an Accelerator Series watch fits the bill. Advanced accelerometer technology provides highly accurate readings of a user's speed, distance, and caloric expenditure via a simple wrist watch sensor, eliminating the need for funny looking foot pods or belt clips. Accelerometer technology is 95+% accurate, and much more dependable than traditional pendulum based pedometers. GPS-based running products are very expensive, complicated, and aren't reliable for indoor training or under heavy tree cover. The Accelerator Series is the perfect combination of accurate readings, simplicity of use, and stylish design.p strongSpeed Distance Pedometer/strongul liHighly accurate step counter with adjustable sensitivity allows users to tune the sensors to their individual walking style. Doctors everywhere are now recommending 10k steps a day to maintain a healthier lifestyle. liAll sensors are contained in a simple wrist watch. That means no funny looking mechanical belt clips our funky shoe pods. liGet off the beaten path! Free yourself from mileage markers at the track or trail! Pick a new route every day! The Accelerator can automatically distinguish between running and walking, and can calculate your average speed, distance, caloric expenditure, and total exercise time. liThe Accelerator has a delayed step counter feature that differentiates between ancillary movements and actual steps. This feature provides users with the most accurate results by delaying calculation until it has registered 10 steps in a row to eliminate false step counting. liThe smart scheduling features allows users to set the pedometer to automatically start/stop counting steps at a predetermined time every day, so you'll never forget to turn it on. /ulp strongPersonal Profile/strongul liThis feature allows users to customize their watch to their specific body type and walking/running style. No matter how fast or slow, tall or short, each user can personally enter their weight, average walking stride, and average running stride in order to ensure accurate results. liHikers can easily account for loaded pack weights. liRunners can dial in the stride length to account for varying terrain and/or speed workouts. liQuickly adjust weight and stride lengths as conditioning improves. /ulp strongChronograph/strongul liThe accelerator series? powerful stopwatch features allow users to record exact results to within 1/100th of a second for up to 50 laps and a total time of 24 hours. liAlthough the watch has several advanced ways of calculating speed and distance, the old-school chronograph still has a place and purpose. /ulp strongCountdown Timer/strongul liA simple countdown timer can come in real handy at times. Set it for 10 minutes as a quick reminder. Use it to monitor your running/walking pace and set speed goals. Alternative Time Zone liGreat for those that travel! Allows users to set and display an alternative time zone along with the current home time display. Never lose track of time no matter where you are. /ulp strongDaily Alarm Mode/strongul liWe are all creatures of habit in our daily routines. The daily alarm is a great way to set a daily reminder or morning wake up alarm. /ulp strongHow the Technology Works/strongbr The underlying technology in the Accelerator Series Watches is an accelerometer sensor. Accelerometers are used to measure acceleration. Originally developed during the Space Race to replace outdated gyroscopes, accelerometers can be found in a diverse range of today?s products such as automobile air bags and tilt meters. In the Accelerator watch, a user's movement (acceleration) produces varying degrees of electric current within the sensor, allowing the watch to detect different levels of acceleration, and therefore measure speed and distance.p Another way to explain how an accelerometer sensor works is to envision a marble in a bowl. When the bowl is moved, or accelerated, the marble inside will roll (accelerate) along the bottom and sides of the bowl. When the bowl is accelerated faster, the marble will move a greater distance up the sides. The accelerometer sensor in the Accelerator Series watch acts like an electronic marble in a bowl. With every step forward, the wearer of the watch (bowl) is accelerating forward. By measuring the acceleration of the "marble", the software inside the watch can then calculate the wearer?s speed and distance.p strongThe Competition/strongbr There are really only a few different ways to calculate the speed and distance of human-powered, on-foot travel. The first was basic math, next came the mechanical pedometer, followed by satellite tracking GPS years later. Mechanical pedometers are cheap and abundant, but also highly unreliable. They operate on a simply pendulum clicker that relies on the walker?s hip movement to count steps. Unfortunately, mechanical pedometers end up counting a lot of non-walking movements and assume that walkers are making consistent and repetitive steps.p GPS technology is impressive, but also expensive, complex, and not always ideal for outdoor activities or indoor training. Satellite signals can be lost in heavily forested areas, indoors, or behind large buildings and receiving signals eats up batteries. When a good signal can be found, often the device does not receive info often enough to account for twisty backcountry trails.p strongThe Future/strongbr The Tech 4 O Accelerator Series fills the void between old mechanical pedometers and the overkill of GPS. A simple, yet versatile, wrist-watch design can provide extremely accurate speed and distance data in all conditions.p


Customer Reviews:   Read 9 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Better than I expected!   October 9, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I'm not very tech-y, so I was a bit nervous ordering this watch/pedometer after reading reviews about how hard it was to set up. I followed a reviewer's advice skipped the written instructions, going straight for the online tutorial. Piece of cake! I love my watch love counting my steps. Some advice for the next set of buyers: If you like to bike, it won't register your "steps" while biking, so attach it to your shoelaces. Worked accurately like a charm!


3 out of 5 stars Decent Watch   October 9, 2008
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Overall this watch has been okay. The whole reason I purchased it was for calculating distance when I ran. This was the least pricey out of the watches I was looking at. It seemed to be accurate for the first month I had it but I have noticed that it has been giving me .2 more miles than I actually ran. I am not sure if this addition will only begin to get greater but only time will tell. The other features like the pedometer, and the calorie counter are very good though.


2 out of 5 stars Great watch, but not water resistant as advertised   August 28, 2008
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I walk and hike and swim, and the pedometer and other functions work really well, but after two sessions in the pool the watch display no longer functions. I'm hoping to be able to exchange it.


5 out of 5 stars Very happy with it!   July 8, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I'm very glad I got this watch. very easy to set up, very accurated, light weight, nice size, i get my steps, mileage, calories burned... perfect!


5 out of 5 stars Big Fan!   January 28, 2008
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I just love my new watch! I love that I can set the timer to start the pedo, as i know that from 5:30 am to 7:20 am, I will be sitting and will not need it to count my arm movement. As with anything there are faults, it will count any arm movement not connected to walking. i forgot on my last watch i bought from Tech and I once "walked" 5,000 steps taking notes in a meeting. Set up can be annoying but once it's set up you never have to do it again.


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