I bought this brand new on amazon for $32 in November 2009 and was actively using it, until recently, after my wife put my jeans in the washer with this thing inside the pocket. Wow! The price has jumped to $109, or 340%. What gives? At any rate, I found it much more accurate, dependable and durable than the Fitbit Charge, whose wristband was broken in a few months and not replaceable. I got a replacement elsewhere for < $20. Some users complained that the Omron Health Management software no longer compatible with Windows 8 and 10. I respectfully disagree. I am using Windows 10 and have no issues with the software. Would love to give it 5 stars if the price falls back to $32.

I love this. For men who wear jeans, this fits into the watch/coin pocket easily. Compared to another pedometer and both were within 1% of each other, so it seems accurate enough. Works without any conscious thought other than putting it on or in your pocket. Downloading data couldn't be easier.

While I might eventually try one of the bracelet style fitness devices, I like several things about this device.

1. Competitive cost - $100+ less than many of the bracelets.
2. Comfort. If you can slip it into a watch/coin pocket, you won't notice it all day. Sometimes I don't want anything on my wrist.
3. Privacy. Because many of the bracelets sync with your smart phone, there is some risk that your exercise and condition information could be
leaked or accessed by others. Small risk, but possible. While I do track this device on my pc, I believe my data is likely more secure than on a mobile device running an app.

The clip on holder works well enough, but I don't know how long it will last. I don't use mine often. I haven't tried the neck lanyard.

A little scuffed up but still going strong after over three years! I carry my Omron Pocket Pedometer in my front pants pocket as I find the tether to be cumbersome. I've never used the belt clip because I know it will jump off my belt when I am over a mud puddle or walking on the beach. (I killed a cell phone in 5 seconds with salt water many years ago and I'm not going there again.) The only limitation I've found so far is a weight limit setting of 300 lb and a stride length of 4ft, which won't affect the majority of the population. The CR2032 coin cell battery seems to last around a year, which has caused me to lose a couple of days of data over the last three years when I wasn't paying attention to the flashing display.
The Omron Health Management software works on Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. It is simple to add more users, set goals and download data. Data can be viewed in a graph by day, week, month or year and is easily printed too. However, like another review states, each user needs to have their own device because there is no option for sharing a pedometer. I make a copy of the data file every month to guard against file corruption but I've never had a problem (I'm just a paranoid system admin).

im writing this review after one jog sessions worth of use. This things really nice. I think its pretty darn accurate. i tested it by taking 100 steps and then looking at it to see how accurate it was & it was like 5 steps under. I did that twice. it was about the same the second time. The options it has on the device itself are pretty useful. it took me about 30 minutes to fully understand how to use this thing with ease. it came with everything i could need to operate it right away. the only issue i have is if you plan on doing walking & jogging in the same session. since you have to set your "stride" distance...if you set it as your walking stride distance then it will not fully count the distance correctly if you jogged, or ran. I tested it out a couple times jogging/walking around my block & when i walked the whole lap it counted around 1,000 steps. when i jogged the whole lap it gave me 850 steps. Now I know I did take fewer steps because I was taking larger steps but when it comes to distance...It will not fully count the full distance. To sum it all up...It works great but it cant tell the difference between a walking step & a jogging step unless you adjust your "stride distance" everytime you switch from walking to jogging. If you just plan on sticking with 1 type of cardio the whole session...then this thing will work accurate as long as you have the correct stride distance.

I like this unit a lot in spite of several drawbacks.

The things I like are that it is (often) reasonably priced and senses steps way better than the little belt 'step counters' that used to be very common. I also like that it is only moderately intelligent-- it logs data and shows most of it to you on an LCD. I must connect it to the computer to download it and the Omron software shows even more data. So far I have avoided the more expensive units that sense more and download data automatically. The Omron software for this seems somewhat dated, but it is adequate, and I have 2-3 years of data now. It can do several graphs of steps, differentiating between aerobic and non. In the close-up view it breaks the data down to hourly, which could be useful. It helps give me some incentive to keep aerobic exercise that I need for my heart.

The drawbacks are not minor, but I can live with them. I am a man and wear pants with pockets (I'm old fashioned) and I just always keep the unit in my left front pocket, so it is OK for me. I bought one for my wife. She has a much harder time with it since she seldom wears things with pockets. She often wears it in her bra when she walks for exercise if there is nothing easier. So I get a pretty good overall picture of my walking life, where hers is much more limited. The enclosed "belt clip" for the unit is ridiculous, as I have seen other reviewers say. It does not stay on a belt and the whole assembly is way too big and catches on things when it does stay on. (If you use the clip, you need the little 'safety clip' they give you for the carry strap or it would be gone very quickly!) While not a big problem, it can be annoying in its judgement of 'aerobic' steps. You apparently must walk continuously for ~10 min to class those steps as aerobic. After the 10 min, it seems to have some forgiveness if you need to stop to cross a street, etc., and keeps counting without needing a restart. It is humoursly frustrating to come in from an evening of energetic contra dancing with a total count of over 10K steps and 0 'aerobic' because no dance was longer than 10 min! Oh well. It IS a machine. This unit could include a more sophisticated sensor evaluation, but I probably need to move to the newer types if I care about this very much.

I know many people will prefer the newer multi-purpose body monitors, but for me, for now, this is what I want. (I may change sometime.-- who knows?)

Another problem I have with it is my own... If I forget to wear it, it doesn't take data! Amazing.