PINGKO Pedometer for Walking - RED

Bought this for my mom and she absolutely loves ❤️ this pedometer. The ease of use and big fonts and great! She loves that she can forget about it being clipped on her. Tracks well and is accurate.

Although the steps were simple, programming was extremely difficult. I think the the push of the buttons was just not registering. It too about 20 minutes to set up the time: the hour set quickly but the minutes kept reverting to another setting; It took as Long to change Km to miles. I gave up with the rest. Still, I thought I could use this for steps. I compared it's numbers to an activity and time spent that I had previously confirmed. I tried this over 2 days and the steps only register about 40 to 50% of the ones actually taken. I did this with the device on my waistband as advised. I also tried this while simply walking down the block. It worked for perhaps 10 minutes but then did not register all steps.

This product is a bargain, but would be a bargain even at a higher price. The instructions are very clear, and make it easy to program the pedometer to your specifications. The display is large and very visible, even in daylight. The set, mode and reset buttons are large enough so that using them is not a problem. The pedometer counts steps, distance traveled, and calories expended. The pedometer's default mode is to display the time. It does not, however, calculate the time used in the exercise session. I do that by simply bringing my smart phone on my walk and using its timer. I have only used this pedometer for walking. The instructions suggest clipping it to your waistband while exercising, but when I did that it did not register the steps. The solution is to clip it to your pocket, where it is closer to the hip motion and records quite easily I had earlier purchased a Boxmy Fitness Tracker from Amazon. The instructions were so incomprehensible that I immediately returned it without ever using it. For my walking regimen, this Pingko is an ideal product. I highly recommend it.

This pedometer did a good job of accuracy on steps, but only if clipped on waistband near hip. It has some nice features including time and distance walked. However there is a design flaw with the clip. The plastic is too weak for the spring that works the clip. The first one I owned broke just short of a year, and my second one didn't last even that amount of time. Once the clip breaks it's worthless, as it won't register steps even if its in a hip pocket. Sad, because I really liked it otherwise.

To start, I was looking for a pedometer that did not require a smartphone app, that was not a watch, and didn't break the bank, particularly if it fell off my jeans and I didn't see it to retrieve it. The features of pedometer, calorie counter, distance walked (miles or km), and time clock are all very helpful and seem to do well. I compared it against a fitness wrist watch, (Fitbit of some sort I had borrowed) and it seems to be more accurate than the Fitbit. The Fitbit depends on arm motions to count steps, which means that the Fitbit may not count when your arms are stable pushing a cart/stroller, but the Fitbit may also count in error when you are standing relatively in one position (such as bagging groceries and primarily rotating at the waist, or working at an office table collating papers). I came to rely on the accuracy of my pedometer moreso than the Fitbit watch and the pedometer seemed to count my steps well. I came to appreciate the time clock feature as I normally don't wear a watch at work (I find myself working in a lot of water, sometimes with chemicals/cleaners/dirt). I was also able to earn steps for short walks that the Fitbit didn't always measure, like returning items close by to proper shelves. I did have a couple of issues with the pedometer resetting unexpectedly when I leaned against counters (moving to scan or bag groceries, for instance). I was sad that I lost the steps but I made some adjustments to how I wore it (waistband position) and checked on it more frequently to keep closer track of steps walked (in case it reset) and that seemed to help. About 3 weeks into using it I tried to tilt it up on my waistband to read it, as I had done many times before, and ended up snapping the clip and losing a couple of spring-type pieces that helped it clip (probably - I was in a dark environment at the time and relied on streetlights to find what parts I could). That was disappointing but ultimately my fault / mishap. I thought perhaps I would get an "upgrade" to a pedometer with cover, as I have seen them before. However, all the pedometers with covers I've found so far either didn't have the features of the Pingko (steps taken, calories burned, distance covered, time clock, which I had begun to appreciate); and/or weren't in my budget, and/or didn't have a lot of favorable reviews. So, I ended up buying a second Pingko pedometer, and we'll see how long the second one lasts before it has a permanent mishap. P.S. The Pingko had fallen off my waistband a few times prior, usually onto a hard concrete floor (from a height of about 33 inches) -- and made it just fine (still working). It was simply the way I tilted it that night, I think, that broke the clip. In conclusion - I am impressed with the features, the price point, the seeming accuracy, and -- gosh darn it absolutely -- the fact that I do not need a mobile app or a smartphone to use this. Whoo hoo! So I am buying another for now and then we'll reevaluate when needed.

Really happy I got this pedometer! I already have the red one and I really love it but I think I might like this one even more. It doesn't perform any better than the other, they're both just as good but I like that this one is black because it doesn't stand out as much as the bright red one does which is nice when I'm in a more professional setting. Anyway, just like the last one it came on time, nicely packaged, and looked exactly like the pictures online. I've been tracking EVERYTHING lately in an attempt to lose weight and get healthier but I realized a few weeks ago that it just wasn't possible to track my activity accurately without a pedometer so I got the red one and absolutely fell in love. It's small and lightweight which I like a lot because I don't notice it when I'm wearing it. Depending on what I'm wearing that day, I'll just clip it onto my shirt or pants and forget about it until the end of the night when it's time to log my numbers. If I have something important to do i'll usually stuff it into my back pocket or clip it onto my bra so nobody sees it but now that I have this black one it will be much easier to hide when I need or want to. They're very easy to use, too. I like that I don't need an additional app because I hate using up all that space on my phone and it's so much simpler this way. I'm really liking both of them and I would definitely recommend them to anyone interested in tracking their steps, distance, or calories burned!

I really want to like this little pedometer. It's just what I wanted: easy to use and set up with a large digital screen that I can see without having my glasses on. However, now that I've used it for over a month, I can say for certain that it doesn't capture all my steps. I mainly walk, and only if I'm walking fast do I feel that it is accurate. It's the middle of summer in Texas right now, and sometimes I just want to go take a 20 minute walk but REALLY slowly, y'know? Because it's hot as heck right now. If I go out for a slow stroll for 20 minutes, I'll come back and the pedometer will only track like 200 steps when in reality I went somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 mile. I guess the little mechanism inside that clicks whenever you take a step only works with steps that have more impact. I've tried wearing it on different points around my waistband but to no avail. I just can't get it to track me accurately. So, I've stopped bothering to wear it, unfortunately. I really wanted to like it. That said, if you're using it for jogging, I think it would be terrific. It's light and unobtrusive and would likely be very functional for you.

Totally rewriting my review and cutting my 2 stars to 1. Zero if I could. I recently lost the pedometer I bought to replace this one when this one failed a minimalist test just around the house. I had tucked this in a box to go to Goodwill. But put this one on again, fixed to a strap that fits snugly around my ankle, and this time I went shopping. Parked in the farthest corner of the parking lot at each of 3 stores. In the 2 bigger stores I walked a haphazard course that including doubling back on myself: extra steps. After the 3rd store, I walked across the street to CVS to see if they had pedometers, must have checked every aisle - lots more steps - and left empty-handed. Checked this pedometer when I got home: all that walking for 85 whole steps on the pedometer!! I know from experience that that trip usually takes more like 2,200+ steps. Reset to zero, went for my walk. About 1.75 miles, usually about 5,000-6,000 steps for me depending on how much I slow down for traffic or dogs, feel tired, take big steps over puddles, etc, but for the most part it's an uninterrupted walk, 1 intersection and no stop lights. With this pedometer? 1,270 steps. So, it clearly doesn't work at all for me. I'm a bit mystified about why it ever registers a step at all, when it does, frankly.