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Good pedometer, Just hope everything works and you don't have to return it.
I used this pedometer for two and a half weeks without any problem. For me the selling point was the USB connection. I was able to download to my computer and keep track of my activity level.

Couple days ago I plug my pedometer into my computer to download the data and received "The (sic) data transfer failed, please try again" and from then on it refuses to upload data. I tried rebooting, reinstalling the software, reset the pedometer, and even did a clean install on my notebook and it would not work.

I called Omron today and the lady wants me to send it back to them PLUS five dollar for the return shipping!! It seemed ridiculous that I should pay for shipping both ways for a product that lasted a couple of weeks!

I will not be sending my pedometer back since the shipping both ways will cost around half of it's value. Rest assured with that kind of return policy I will not buy another Omron product again.

Omron HJ-720ITC Pedometer
What a difference against my old pedometer. Love the idea that I can track my steps and effort, daily, weekly & monthly.
Well worth the money, and Amazon was the cheapest, with free shipping, how can you go wrong.

A pre-review to provide a little more info to others
I've been looking at this pedometer for months, reading all the reviews, and agonizing over whether or not to buy it. (A trip to the emergency room last week convinced me that I've GOT to stop putting off walking and get myself in better shape.) That the software tracks both steps and blood pressure is an attractive feature, but I've already got an expensive blood pressure monitor that's not one of the ones that you can download the data from.

Before buying, I first emailed Omron to ask if it's possible to manually enter the blood pressure data, then (because I was having a fit to go on and order it), called them directly to ask. The person I spoke to on the phone said there's no way to manually enter data but that she'd put in a request to add that feature. She was very nice. I went on and ordered two, one for myself and one for my sister, so I could benefit from Omron's instant rebate special that was expiring that day.

THEN...I got a very nice phone call from a guy from Omron, I think his name was John but I'm not sure, who said YES, you CAN manually enter blood pressure data. You can't manually enter pedometer data, but there's a data entry screen for blood pressure and pulse. He took the time to tell me exactly how to get to the screen and said I didn't even have to have the product to download the software and install it. I was thrilled!

Okay, here's what you do: Go to software.omronhealthcare.com. You will see three products that all have the health management software. He said it doesn't matter which one you download because they're all the same, but I discovered that all of them don't have the latest version of the software listed. Check all three and get the one that's the most current because, if you don't, you'll have to uninstall/reinstall the earlier version later.

Once you download the software and unzip it--and THIS IS IMPORTANT--be sure to disable any virus program and deactivate any firewalls BEFORE double-clicking the setup.exe file to install it. As soon as it's finished installing, re-enable the firewalls and virus program immediately.

The program icon should be on your desktop, so you can play around with it while you're waiting for your nifty new pedometer to arrive. In the Weekly Blood Pressure/Pulse graph, to the right, you'll see a yellow View/Enter Data button. It's very small, so keep looking for it if you don't see it right away. It's there. Click on that, enter your data, then save and close. The data you entered will be shaded pink. So I guess, in the future, if you get another blood pressure monitor that you can download the data from, you'll be able to differentiate it from your manually entered data.

I have not attempted yet to export a .CSV file to be sure the manually entered data also exports, but I'll bet it does. Why wouldn't it?

Anyway, I am very pleased and very excited about finally ordering my Omron pedometer. And less than 24 hours after ordering, I got the email that it's shipped. YAY!

great pedometer
This is the first pedometer I've used, but I really like it. It fits easily into my pocket and isn't noticeable, and I'm also able to clip it onto my waistband when I'm working out. I like that it logs total steps and aerobic steps, and I've been using the included software, too, which is nice for tracking progress (p.s. it works with Windows Vista, which surprised me since nothing else works on my computer). It seems pretty accurate with counting steps, too, although you have to walk for a little bit before it starts logging.

OMRON Pedometor
This is great. Keeps me infomred of all that I do. I love the software that is included. It's vivid and honest.