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Evidence status
Product facts reviewed
Uses the product identity, specifications and limitations shown on this page; no research or hands-on testing is claimed.
Hands-on testing
Not claimed
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Product destination
None on this page
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Reviewed 20 Sept 2026
Next review: 20 Dec 2026.
Consider it if
People who want a simple visible step count without carrying a phone or creating a wearable-service account.
Skip it if
People already content with a phone counter, watch, walking log or no tracking, and anyone who finds numerical targets increase anxiety or compulsive checking.
Check before buying
NST has not tested step counts, distance, calorie estimates, brisk-step classification, position sensitivity, display readability or durability.
Why it is included
The NST assessment
The exact currently supported UK model has a first-party product page and manual. It offers a privacy-minimal alternative to a connected wearable; inclusion is not an endorsement and does not make step or calorie estimates clinically accurate.
Assessment basis
This assessment uses the product identity, specifications and limitations reviewed for this exact record. It does not claim hands-on testing unless that testing is stated explicitly on this page.
Who this is for, and who can skip it
May find it useful
People who want a simple visible step count without carrying a phone or creating a wearable-service account.
May not need it
People already content with a phone counter, watch, walking log or no tracking, and anyone who finds numerical targets increase anxiety or compulsive checking.
Advantages and trade-offs
Advantages
- The documented feature set is fully offline: no account, companion app, Bluetooth, GPS or cloud sync is listed.
- The manufacturer lists daily steps, distance, activity calories, aerobic steps, action mode and seven-day local memory in a 23 g device.
Limitations
- NST has not tested step counts, distance, calorie estimates, brisk-step classification, position sensitivity, display readability or durability.
- Distance and calorie displays depend on user-entered height, weight and stride and are not clinical measurements.
- The device is not waterproof and should not be immersed.
- The stated six-month CR2032 battery life is a manufacturer estimate based on 14 hours/day; the supplied trial battery may last less.
- The offline design reduces data exposure but provides no cross-device backup and stores only seven days of history.
- Exact package, manual, guarantee terms and availability must be rechecked before publication.
- No price, star rating, review count, affiliate link or product image is recorded.
Alternatives before buying
A phone pedometer, basic watch, paper walking log, time-based walking target or no tracking may meet the same goal. Ten thousand steps is not a universal requirement.
Update log
What was checked, and when.
Product facts checked
19 Sept 2026
Identity, scope and public product facts should be rechecked before new commercial campaigns.
Editorial review recorded
20 Sept 2026
Reviewed by Gabriel Silva. Next review 20 Dec 2026.
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Product details last checked 19 September 2026.
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