GoWear fit Display Device
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Customer Reviews of GoWear fit Display Device
Customer Review: Body Bug companion
Summary: 4 Stars
Love the quick preveiw of what I have done for the day. However, in order to use it you have to have the body bug.Customer Review: Nice, but is it worth the money?
Summary: 3 Stars
So, I don't know about you guys, but I have a good 150lbs to lose. Now, I like the armband, and it's cool to see how many you've burned for the day whenever you want and whatnot, but after having this for a couple weeks I'm just asking myself... why bother?
The strap itself is uncomfortable and poorly designed, the clip-on is bulky and not at all convenient. Furthermore, after using the armband for a week or two, I know roughly how many calories I'm going to be burning in a day just based on how relatively active I am. I don't really need the display, especially since it's so easy to sync it once a day anyways (normally when I take it off to shower after a workout or before work in the morning to shower - keeps it charged and me up to date).
Now, the caveat here is that if you've got much less weight to lose, you might find this more helpful. When that extra 100 calories makes a big impact on your weight loss regimen, it might be worth knowing that you're 50 calories off your mark for the day... Otherwise, once you get used to estimating your daily activity and if small fluctuations like that don't matter, then there's not much point. I would've rather saved the $70 and gotten it later IF I decide I want it.
My one note that would make this display infinitely more helpful, would be if they would let you enter calorie intake data by the watch somehow. I don't particularly care the composition of what I eat (just eating healthy is sufficient), so I really just use the software to track my total calories. If I could enter that into the watch and keep a running tally for the day to compare to my calories burned, that would be infinitely more helpful... Just a thought.
Customer Review: Great but I have lost it 6 times
Summary: 3 Stars
I LOVE this product - for me, the display makes using the armband the most fun. Very motivating to see in real time the fruits of your labor. The ONLY complaint I have is a big one. The dial has fallen out about 6-7 times in spite of my efforts to get it to lock in. Finally, yesterday I lost it permanently because I didn't feel it fall out. Seems that they should either make it a watch or a pedometer style -not both - trying to do both jeopardizes the quality. Am now faced with the dilemma of whether or not to spend another $80 to replace this if the same thing is going to happen
UPDATE 5/28/09 - Contacted the GoGear Customer Service department and they immediately agreed to replace the display device. Just received it in the mail - only took 5 days to get it replaced. Excellent customer service!
Customer Review: Unfortunately Can't Recommend It
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased both the GoWear Fit armband and this device and have been using them since the first week of October. While I highly recommend the arm band unfortunately I cannot recommend this device because it does not accurately measure the number of calories burned, being off anywhere from 5-15% each day. I am trying to lose weight and want to burn a specific amount of calories each day so I was intending to be able to use the display device to check to know if I have burned enough. However, with the discrepancy I have to upload the armband into the computer each day in order to know if I'm burning enough calories, making the display device unnecessary.Customer Review: not as accurate as I'd have liked
Summary: 3 Stars
I returned this item because I didn't think it was all that accurate. I could be walking all over the place and never see the count change for the steps. The monitor WAS nice to have with the band, because then I didn't have to plug in to the computer to view some info. I wish the watch portion would have had the date, or a stop watch, or some other function besides just the time. But at least it did have the time so I could wear it all the time as my watch.