First I thought of a commercially available "pedometer" from discounters and made me accordingly clever. As the device is one of the steps? A wrist ???? (Häääh? Why not as a headband?) Everyone has different stride? How these matters are covered? What do the users and what are their experiences?
In short: There's a lot of nonsense in the market and quickly I was away from discounters device.
The customer reviews on the internet and also here at Amazon led me to me to order the device from Medisana. Ordered today, delivered, in this regard all great. But how is that part of the handling and keeps what it promises?
Important: After receipt of the equipment to read the description and look at this in Amazon on this device the useful film with the installation instructions. Because the tracker can include more than just the steps .... more on that later.
Setting up an account with Medisana is simple: mail address and password, uncheck the privacy statement, confirming the return mail and already has man / woman an account.
Next step, before it goes to the tracker - the basic settings in the Medisana account. Because that's really important when one's health is really important and you do not want bemogeln itself. As I mentioned briefly above, each has a different human stride. In Medisana 75 cm are stored as standard. Come back, likes to think of some, but denkste, that's not true and every time they are different.
Take the test and place a 2 meter ruler on the floor and walk it off at a normal walking. How many steps did it take you? Aha. Then divide still fast the 2 meters by the number and lo and behold, his own stride deviates generally from the set standard.
The Medisana Vifit Activity and Sleep Tracker measures such as the number of steps and also calculated from the distance covered and calories burned. Therefore, it is important not to cheat here. Rather specify one or two centimeters less stride in the settings, which then is more like reality. Finally, it should help.
All these settings are made in the Medisana account and save the information from. Namely it uses later to the Tracker and this data brings quasi from (synchronization).
Now we download the software from Medisana to connect the Tracker with our computer (PC or Mac) can. Familiarize yourself short clever if you have a 32- or 64-bit Windows operating system (usually 64-bit). Because in addition to the software you need also a corresponding device driver that is not present in the above-mentioned computer software.
Tip: Use Google Chrome as a browser and make it even to the standard (settings in Google Chrome). For Firefox occur (such as first for me) problems.
Tip: Install the Medisana software on the computer and then the driver. But unzip the driver only from the zip folder (for installation Exe run).
Now restart computer for all changes to take effect.
And now as usual and described the tracker to the supplied USB rail and to the PC. Open call the Medisana software, the account in the Google browser, allow connection between Medisana account and Tracker (the PC is only the medium) and already synchronized the tracker with the account. The Tracker gets the basic settings (age, height, weight, stride length) and are conversely the stored data on the daily movements on the account.
I do wear the Tracker with the clip of my pocket (in my jeans, there is the coin pockets, because it fits perfectly). I think alternatively, you can (n) carry it in your pocket. In women with skirts, I'm not quite so sure how it goes as best. You might be in a pocket or on a garter ???? 'M happy to open to advice.
That part is easy and unobtrusive. With good security in your pocket, there is no risk of losing. But before washing rausnehmen not forget.
Who also want to know information about his sleep patterns, uses the device of the night and carries it quite enjoyable with the help of the traditional beige band on your wrist. Tip: Setting the sleep mode on tracker by the little buttons on Tracker is pressed long. If the crib icon appears, confirm again briefly. Conversely, of course, then in the morning when you get up.
I use the Tracker every day and he has helped me quite quickly, lose weight and thus reduce my blood pressure and also the Gkucosewerte. Of course I had to induce me (every day 10,000 steps). But it's pretty easy and with the tracker it is more difficult to bemogeln themselves.
In addition to the Tracker I still use the Medisana app on my Android Smartphon, I enter on the weight and blood pressure twice a day.
From all this information I get as a well-rounded picture of my daily exercise and health behavior, I can also provide my doctor available e-mail, as a file or printed.
I think this is in terms of a holistic medical history important to take the right measures.
Another tip: Make use of the tracker and other health equipment to ritual. Morning Tracker switch to day mode, blood pressure measurements and weight weigh, enter this data via app, clippsen the Tracker on your pocket and go. Remove the evening the tracker and synchronize via the computer with the account. Before going to bed to sleep mode switch, wrist, blood pressure measuring, weighing and submit via the app .... so retaining all information.
All in all 5 out of 5 points.