Do those gadgets that tell you how far you walk really work?

[Jhill]

At my work I am almost constantly walking around and doing stuff. I am curious how many miles I walk in one day so I am thinking about getting one of those gadgets you wear to tell you how far you've walked.
Has anyone ever tried one and are they accurate?

 

[filmmaker]

I used to have one that I wore during soccer conditioning. It got annoying after a while, but I thought it was accurate.

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: Jhill
At my work I am almost constantly walking around and doing stuff. I am curious how many miles I walk in one day so I am thinking about getting one of those gadgets you wear to tell you how far you've walked.
Has anyone ever tried one and are they accurate?

I worked night shift at a large target, and I wondered the same thing. So much walking... too bad it wouldnt add up me climbing the ladders.

 

[WannaFly]

Pedometer is what your looking for.

Cheaper ones will not work unless your constantly moving at almost the same pace - you measure how many steps/min you take - how far each it, enter it then it just keeps track of it for you by keeping track of time.

I dont know if there are ones that can acutally measure if your moving and how far you've moved, i'm skeptical though.

 

[Bryophyte]

They're pretty accurate after you've calibrated them.

 

[Viper GTS]

If you can find one that's GPS based (or even a cheap GPS receiver) it should be quite accurate.

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