Then prepare to be amazed, as I'm using that very product RIGHT NOW.
(in fact...I've clocked in at a distanc of 1196.7 km and a height of 6194 meter).
Ahem...while that isn't a lie, it's not exactly the best product ever. And my response would be that I don't get why people would be buying it NOW and giving it good ratings NOW. There was an action last year that you could download the wii fit u demo for a month. If you synced a wii u fit meter with it, it would permanently unlock the game. Since I already had the board, buying a meter for 25 euro's was a pretty good deal. Even though the game itself
isn't very good.
I already complained about a simple lack of chronometer on that thing, but since then, I noticed the step counter is completely off the wall as well. I live next to a park with a jogging area with milestones every kilometer. So I tested it: synced all my data, went for a 16 km jog* (and a couple 100 meters extra of getting to the starting point), then synced again. The thing insisted that I ran only about 12 km. By itself, this is pretty normal, as the thing counts your STEPS. But there simply is no way to calibrate the damn thing. I remember having another pedometer at some point that was so cheap that it was being given away at a sports event. But that thing allowed you to set your average step length and included a chronometer.
In other words: I hate to say it** but those reviewers giving it 4 or 5 stars are dolts. They probably never done sports seriously before, so rather grade it for what it has to offer rather than what it SHOULD offer (though in defense, I gotta say that virtually climbing the mount everest is kind of a motivation to drag that thing everywhere
).
*I was practicing for the Antwerp ten miles at that time
**not really: I actually love to pity them