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Since I didn't even know what a garmin was until last year and since I am not ready to cough up the dough for a Garmin, I have the Nike+. I got it maybe a year and a half ago and I use it with the orignal Nano. I don't like Nike shoes so I just got a little case to hold the "pod". I found that most the time it is reasonably accurate if you callibrate it correctly. It is handy because it is your music, watch, and disctance/pace calculator in one. I of course would love a garmin, but for the time being this works for me. The shoe selection: any shoe, have a little case that attaches to my laces that holds the pod The accuracy (it's basically a pedometer, right?): accelerometer...reasonably accurate The connection between the little pod and the receiver: no problems with connection The information and interface you get from it all (in and out of iTunes I suppose): ok, but I stopped using it when I found RA Cost/Value: I would say it is a fair price for what you get
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Reluctant Scrooge
I've been using mine a lot less lately for one reason. I have ventured away from music and into audiobooks and podcasts. My podcasts are 38 minutes each and the audiobooks tend to be around 1 hour for each "section"
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The Nike+ website is terrible.
I found it to be not as accurate as I would like.
Since everyone else has covered the shoe stuff, I'll talk about the data collection and websites. The Nike+ website is terrible. Apparently, it hasn't seen any new features for quite a while, so I'm not sure how much longer Nike plans to support it. You can see charts of your runs, but they're not very helpful -- they don't label the axes, so you can't see your pace, and they smooth out pace changes a lot. The goals are fun -- I went running this morning so I could hit 30 miles in January. The challenges are kind of stupid -- it's "which do you like better, cats or dogs?" kind of stuff. Or it's a personal challenge to see who runs the most miles in N amount of time, and assholes training for ultras come in and ruin the fun.