OT Runners: How accurate are pedometers?

pedometers vary in accuracy depending on how consistent you are at taking the same size stride.

Now was this an old school pedometer or an accelerometer? The later will I would think be more accurate.

If you really want to know, get yourself a cheap gps watch. They measure distances much more accurately.

Not sure. It is just an app that came on my galaxy s5

It's using GPS, so pretty accurate

Not accurate at all. this is why I love the OT. I conducted several time/distance trials using the exact same app on my samsung galaxy s5. At the same time, I used my standard running GPS. Here's what I learned: the S Health app that comes with the phone is not accurate. I kept my phone in my pocket over about 5 walks wearing 5 different pairs of shorts. The baggier the shorts, the further it said I went, as it measures the swing. It's not bad for a general ballpark idea of distance traveled but certainly nowhere near what a GPS will accomplish.

Useful tip: use MapMyRun. It's free on the Google play store. It's a fantasting GPS for your runs/hikes/walks.

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MapMyRun

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That's what I use. Great little app.