Oregon Scientific Gaiam Calorie Coach Pedometer - PE980

The Gaiam Calorie Coach pedometer has an advanced design that allows it to be worn on your waistband, on a lanyard around your neck, or to be carried in a pocket or purse. It tracks steps, miles and calories and has a 7-day memory. You can turn it on and off if you only want to track walking workouts. The mechanism is accurate and silent.

The PE980 pedometer has an advanced, silent, thin design. It counts steps and estimates distance and calories burned, plus total time spent in exercise. It has a clock and alarm.

The pedometer has a seven-day memory to help keep track of your steps, and automatically resets at midnight. But it also has a turn on/turn off function if you only want to track your dedicated walking workouts rather than total daily steps.

The PE980 can be worn in several ways. It comes with a detachable waistband clip for those who want to wear it on their waistband. I suggest adding a security leash as I had it pop off my waistband. You can also carry it in your pocket or wear it on a lanyard (provided) around your neck. It is very slim and lightweight. It is also completely silent.

The button functions are easy to use to scroll between the step count/time screen, calorie screen and distance screen. Although the buttons aren't covered, you need to press two buttons at a time in order to turn off the pedometer, so you aren't in danger of accidentally resetting it.

The pedometer uses a replaceable CR2032 battery.

Although the Oregon Scientific web site says the pedometer has a target goal feature, I couldn't find it referenced in the product instructions and I couldn't figure out how you might do that. Similarly, I couldn't find instructions for how to use the count-up timer and I couldn't figure out any way to do that.

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