5 months in and I have to say that I'm still very happy with this purchase. It has allowed me to find out just how much I move, not only getting to and from work but while at work as well. The set up is extremely user friendly. You just throw the monitor in your pocket or purse and the light will flash red below a set step target, and green once that target is reached. You can change the daily step target easily, and the system tracks all the gathered information and graphs it for you. This really lets you get a better view of your walking activity being able to see it over the long run and not just day to day.
One thing I had not expected was the mini games that came with the system. The one that I got my competitive streak going is Walk the world. It's pretty much exactly what it sound like, there's a globe and to walk all of it you need to unlock images with the steps you've accumulated. The images start at low step counts of 10,000-12,000 and by the end they're 38,000-46,000 steps to unlock an image. 1 image equals 1 percent of the globe, and today I finally finished.
I don't quite know what will happen now. If my walking will just unlock more images in earth, or if I'll start to walk to the moon. I'll let you know once I do. In the mean time I know that it took me 5 months to accomplish this. In that time my average steps per day have been 15,000, and my average time frame for walking has been between 10am and 10pm.
I can honestly say now, after having used it daily for 5 months, I would recommend buying this product. So long as you already had the DS, if you don't have one just go with a regular pedometer . Because though the tracking and mini games are fun they just aren't worth the cost of a DS, luckily I love Mario Bros.
Tara
p.s 4 weeks and counting till I return to Canada, and have access to a scale again.
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