Pedometers recommendations please

another_casualty

Howdy!
I'm gonna start more walking , and would like to get in the 21st century and have something that will track my movements .
I have an iPhone ( wow) . I don't want something overly complicated ,but would like something that's fun to use and won't be discarded after a week

Please advise

Thanks

RichardD1970

Fitbit?

Southend1

iPhone health app tracks your steps. I have a Fitbit charge 2 which is excellent; would recommend if you want more than the iPhone basic without buying an expensive iwatch

another_casualty

Thanks folks.
Will investigate .

parking_question_chap

Might be something I will never fully understand, but why are so many people (usually women) these days so interested in finding out how many steps they have taken?

House_Martin

If you do not want to waste money , and your data allowance with online trackers for use on your phone,, buy a used Garmin Navigator. Tough and waterproof, its not always dry and these Garmins are built to stand tough handling.
Mine was only £30 .It works better than any smart phone ap using satellites and will obviously work well in low signal areas where the mobile signal is weak. I think it is probably more accurate too.Mine worked fine in the middle of the Pennine moors this year where my phone signal disappeared.
One on Ebay now at only £9 with 8 hours to go , I will buy myself as a back up Navigator for those remote Scottish hills.
Free maps are available to download for it because the basic one a new comes with is awful. Plenty used ones on Ebay.
Pedometers are inaccurate IMO because they count a movement as a 3 foot step when it could be half that on many occasions.

bugslet

parking_question_chap wrote: »

Might be something I will never fully understand, but why are so many people (usually women) these days so interested in finding out how many steps they have taken?

I don't think it's a new thing, I've had a pedometer in my jeans pocket since October 2017. (Jeans and pedometer changed several times over the decade). Don't care much for fitbits, I'm not one for being linked up.

I started wearing one as part of an interactive walking group and the year I did with them, it was based on how many steps you took, so that's how I started with mine. This year I'm doing the 2017 miles in 2017 challenge, so it's more about mileage than steps, but on the other hand I know that as an average I need to get 13100 steps in every day.