Tech 4 O Accelerator Mens Running Watch
Tech 4 O Accelerator Men's Running Watch

Binding : Sports
ProductGroup : Sports
Manufacturer : Tech 4 O
Brand : Tech 4 O
Label : Tech 4 O
Publisher : Tech 4 O
Model : 2831320
Studio : Tech 4 O
Color : Black / Chrome
ReleaseDate : 2006-10-15
Lowest New Price: USD $59.99
- Stylish men's running wristwatch with built-in accelerometer for gauging speed
- Produces highly accurate readings of user's speed, distance, and caloric expenditure
- Adjustable step counter accounts for running style, stride, terrain, and pack weight
- Built-in stopwatch and countdown timer; powerful 7-day, 10-week memory
- Clock with 12/24-hour time, date, and daily alarm; 1-year warranty
Accurate measurement of speed distance and caloriesPedometer step counting functionStopwatch / Countdown TimerPowerful 7 day / 10 week memoryTime/Date/Daily Alarm/Dual Time Zone Settings
Product Description
Whether you're a hardcore adventure hiker, an avid runner, or simply looking to count your doctor's recommended 10k steps a day, an Accelerator Series watch fits the bill. Advanced accelerometer technology provides highly accurate readings of a user's speed, distance, and caloric expenditure via a simple wrist watch sensor, eliminating the need for funny looking foot pods or belt clips. Accelerometer technology is 95+% accurate, and much more dependable than traditional pendulum based pedometers. GPS-based running products are very expensive, complicated, and aren't reliable for indoor training or under heavy tree cover. The Accelerator Series is the perfect combination of accurate readings, simplicity of use, and stylish design.
Speed & Distance Pedometer
- Highly accurate step counter with adjustable sensitivity allows users to tune the sensors to their individual walking style. Doctors everywhere are now recommending 10k steps a day to maintain a healthier lifestyle.
- All sensors are contained in a simple wrist watch. That means no funny looking mechanical belt clips our funky shoe pods.
- Get off the beaten path! Free yourself from mileage markers at the track or trail! Pick a new route every day! The Accelerator can automatically distinguish between running and walking, and can calculate your average speed, distance, caloric expenditure, and total exercise time.
- The Accelerator has a delayed step counter feature that differentiates between ancillary movements and actual steps. This feature provides users with the most accurate results by delaying calculation until it has registered 10 steps in a row to eliminate false step counting.
- The smart scheduling features allows users to set the pedometer to automatically start/stop counting steps at a predetermined time every day, so you'll never forget to turn it on.
Personal Profile
- This feature allows users to customize their watch to their specific body type and walking/running style. No matter how fast or slow, tall or short, each user can personally enter their weight, average walking stride, and average running stride in order to ensure accurate results.
- Hikers can easily account for loaded pack weights.
- Runners can dial in the stride length to account for varying terrain and/or speed workouts.
- Quickly adjust weight and stride lengths as conditioning improves.
Chronograph
- The accelerator series’ powerful stopwatch features allow users to record exact results to within 1/100th of a second for up to 50 laps and a total time of 24 hours.
- Although the watch has several advanced ways of calculating speed and distance, the old-school chronograph still has a place and purpose.
Countdown Timer
- A simple countdown timer can come in real handy at times. Set it for 10 minutes as a quick reminder. Use it to monitor your running/walking pace and set speed goals. Alternative Time Zone
- Great for those that travel! Allows users to set and display an alternative time zone along with the current home time display. Never lose track of time no matter where you are.
Daily Alarm Mode
- We are all creatures of habit in our daily routines. The daily alarm is a great way to set a daily reminder or morning wake up alarm.
How the Technology Works
The underlying technology in the Accelerator Series Watches is an accelerometer sensor. Accelerometers are used to measure acceleration. Originally developed during the Space Race to replace outdated gyroscopes, accelerometers can be found in a diverse range of today’s products such as automobile air bags and tilt meters. In the Accelerator watch, a user's movement (acceleration) produces varying degrees of electric current within the sensor, allowing the watch to detect different levels of acceleration, and therefore measure speed and distance.
Another way to explain how an accelerometer sensor works is to envision a marble in a bowl. When the bowl is moved, or accelerated, the marble inside will roll (accelerate) along the bottom and sides of the bowl. When the bowl is accelerated faster, the marble will move a greater distance up the sides. The accelerometer sensor in the Accelerator Series watch acts like an electronic marble in a bowl. With every step forward, the wearer of the watch (bowl) is accelerating forward. By measuring the acceleration of the "marble", the software inside the watch can then calculate the wearer’s speed and distance.
The Competition
There are really only a few different ways to calculate the speed and distance of human-powered, on-foot travel. The first was basic math, next came the mechanical pedometer, followed by satellite tracking GPS years later. Mechanical pedometers are cheap and abundant, but also highly unreliable. They operate on a simply pendulum clicker that relies on the walker’s hip movement to count steps. Unfortunately, mechanical pedometers end up counting a lot of non-walking movements and assume that walkers are making consistent and repetitive steps.
GPS technology is impressive, but also expensive, complex, and not always ideal for outdoor activities or indoor training. Satellite signals can be lost in heavily forested areas, indoors, or behind large buildings and receiving signals eats up batteries. When a good signal can be found, often the device does not receive info often enough to account for twisty backcountry trails.
The Future
The Tech 4 O Accelerator Series fills the void between old mechanical pedometers and the overkill of GPS. A simple, yet versatile, wrist-watch design can provide extremely accurate speed and distance data in all conditions.
Great! (2009-01-06)
My husband is an avid runner and loves the watch! He had to adjust the stride length a few times to get the most accurate results, but otherwise it's an awesome watch.
I wish this were metal (2008-12-17)
Plastic watches feel cheap. Its not their fault, they just do. This watch is like an ugly car with a race car engine. I love the features. I appreciate the automatic reset for counting distance and I am impressed with the accuracy. Its amazing that this watch can tell the difference between walking and running and that it is accurate even if I have my hands in my pocket instead of swinging around. I haven't used the speed function, because I'm not that fast and by the time I think of that function, I'm just standing and my speed is zero. The same is true with the calories counter, although I just think that's worthless as a feature anyway.The included manual seems cramped and poorly written, but the online guide is great. Again, I wish there was a version of this watch in metal.
Poor quality; cannot use pedometer to track daily # of steps (2008-11-26)
My intended use for this watch was to keep track of the number of steps I take each day with the goal of taking 10,000 steps a day. I was hoping that this watch would alleviate me of the need to carry a separate pedometer. Unfortunately, it has not. The one fatal flaw is that you have to put the watch into a special "pedometer" mode in order for it to count steps. This would not be so bad except for the fact that the watch automatically exits pedometer mode when you stop taking steps for a while. The end result is that you have to monitor your watch all day and make sure it is in pedometer mode. This makes it pretty much useless for my intended use.
My other complaint is that it is NOT water resistant to 50M as advertised. I splashed some water on it from the sink while shaving and a few days later I noticed condensation in the inside of the plastic bezel!
The user interface is a bit tricky, but once you figure it out how to navigate the menu system, it is fairly intuitive.
Tricky to set up (2008-11-20)
Figuring out how to get around all the modes is a bit tricky but once you do it enough it comes naturally. use the manual for this like i did. as for the accuracy the jury is still out and i need to work with it alot more. this is my first pedometer watch and while i like the functions, i DON'T like how it is counting steps while i am sitting in a chair for short spurts at work with just a little movement of my arm, THAT is annoying. It does this regardless of the pedometer sensitivity. My accu-split eagle works better in that aspect. The display is very clear but its shiny face causes glare issues.
Awesome watch + Pro Tip! (2008-09-30)
This is a great watch for the price. The functions are convenient, and the menus are fine once you understand them. It is not going to be as accurate as a GPS watch, but it will work indoors and under heavy trees where GPS signals are weak. Calibration is a must!
The main reason for my review is a little easter egg I have come across:
Steps to use Chronograph or Countdown Timer with exercise mode running:
Enter exercise mode (Lap/Reset from home screen)
Start exercide mode, make sure running man animation is going
Walk around for 10 seconds, check to make sure your steps are being counted
Go back to home screen (Lap/Reset) and confirm the running animation is still active
You will now be able to move freely between all modes, with the pedometer still activated. If you can even enter and leave exercise mode while standing still.
If you simply activate exercise mode and return to the home screen, you can see the running animation shuts off, meaning the watch has stopped counting your steps. If anyone knows an easier way to achieve this, please leave a comment.
Tags: Accelerator, Mens, Running, Tech, Watch







