I bought this pedometer to give me an incentive to move about more to recover after an operation, but that did not work very well. Since I can not walk very far, I wanted to gradually increase my walking around the house and garden. this pedometer, however, does not count all steps taken since it has a 6 step delay after you stop. I counted manually and the pedometer counted approx. 60 steps out of 175 walked when I had stopped several times. Silva products are good quality but I wish they would make a pedometer without the step count delay. This one is probably perfect for continuous walks and jogging rounds, since it counts accurately when walking continuously after the first 6 steps.