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| Tech 4 O Women's Accelerator Runner Watch (Amazon Exclusive) | 
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| Brand: Tech 4 O
Category: Sports
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $49.99
You Save: $10.00 (17%)
Buy New/Used from $49.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 277
Color: Blue
Media: Sports
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.7 x 3.8 x 3
Model: 2831332
UPC: 083828313323
EAN: 0083828313323
ASIN: B000WCPGZA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Stylish women's running 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 |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com 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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 great inexpensive alternative January 6, 2009
I've had this watch for a year now and love it. I initially wanted one of those fancy forerunner watches, but cost was prohibitive. So, I settled for this. Turns out, this is fine for what I needed. If all you want is some idea of how far you've run, this watch does the trick. Initially it was hard to set up, but once I had it set, it has been fairly accurate. I occasionally run on a trail that has the mile markers posted--just to see if the watch is still on target. It is usually within a 10th of a mile or less. That is good enough for what I am using it for---a rough idea of my miles for recreational running.br /br /If you need something to track heart rate and/or be more accurate then this is not the watch for you. I'd fork over the dough and get one of the forerunner models.
 Interesting Gadget November 29, 2008
I bought this watch to track distance, speed, and calories expended during my runs. I suppose it works alright if you can properly input your personal information (average stride length, etc.) I've had to play with it a lot to get it close to acurate. The one complaint I have is that it is slightly generous on telling you how many calories you've burned. It adds about 10 per mile. One plus is that it stores 8 days worth of workout information. I'm not sure if it can store multiple entries per day though.br /br /I prefer sleek, light-weight watches. I was afraid this one would be too bulky and manly, but it's not too bad. br /br /br /Regardless, it's still a really fun product.
good watch July 11, 2008
I am very happy with this watch. It is surprisingly accurate, and I didn't have any trouble programming it, though the directions do seem a bit confusing at first.
 good buy if not looking for heart rate June 9, 2008
has pedometer, has timer, lap time, dual time, alarm clock settingsbr /like it however wish it had a heart rate monitor as well
Fairly accurate and functional . . . if you can figure out how to program it March 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I can echo the sentiments of the other reviewers that this watch is complicated to program and has intricate instructions. Luckily for me, my husband is a gadgets genius and was able to basically program it for me. While not everyone may have access to a geek that can figure this stuff out, I can say that measuring the stride didn't prove to be very accurate in my case. br /br /What worked well when we were programming it was running on a set course and adjusting as necessary. Specifically, we got out on a trail that has 1/2 mile markers and would just adjust my stride down if it was overshooting much past .5 miles or adjust it up if it was showing shorter mileage than the distance we knew we had gone. We did this over the course of a 5-mile course, checking it first at the .5 mile mark, then after a full mile and then after 2.5 miles. It was fairly accurate after we had tweaked it over the first 2.5 miles. However, I have noticed it can be upwards of +/- .3 mile off at times. While this is annoying, it's important to note that it isn't an exact science while it is computing the distance based on your stride's length etc.br /br /The other thing I would say is that the Speed part seems to vary widely from moment to moment when you check it. When I'm doing a fairly consistent pace, it will go from 6.6mph to 7.2 mph etc. This could account for why the distance can be off a bit I suppose.br /br /Overall, the watch is functional and gives me a rough estimate of how far I've gone, how long I've run, how many calories I've burned etc. While I wish it was more accurate and that I could have programmed it on my own, it's good enough for me.
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