In 2002 I was doing a lot of walking for excercise. To track my progress I bought the Freestyle Tracer. Once I calibrated my step length it worked fine. At one point I used a GPS to plot my 3 mile route statistics (ie. distance, time). I re-calibrated my step length to the GPS measurements and again, it worked perfectly day after day. My route step count was always less than a .5% error. What also amazed me was time after time besides using the Freestyle I'd use my wrist-watch stopwatch too. The Freestyle was always 100% accurate (down to the second!) as to time moving whether I walked 30 minutes or an hour.
Fast forward 9 years. I'm walking again. Found my Freestyle (original battery was still working enough to see numbers VERY dimly), put in new battery, shook it and banged lightly it against the counter a few times, reset everything and, Wah-lah! Its working perfectly again. The time moving counter is still 100% accurate.
In all these years the belt hook has served me well, and still does.
Bottomline: I just ordered another one for my girlfriend. Hopefully Freestyle's newest model will be as good and long-lasting as mine has been. Get more detail about Freestyle Tracer Pedometer (Blue).
