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Nike Plus review

  • Price Paid:$29.00
  • User rating:
    (3.7)
  • Would buy again from this company: Yes
  • Used product for: 1 years 1 months
  • # of logged workouts:

"Worth $30 - even worth it to me to buy a used Nano to be able to use it. Love the Challenges, love the single button verbal update on time/distance/pace. Basic, inexpensive solution until they work out the kinks in the Garmin 405s of the world that would make it worth investing in one of those."running4beer

(4)

Ease of installation

Easy to calibrate on a track. Easy to set up with shoe pouch instead of investing in Nike+ shoes.

(4)

Ease of use

Hit the button and go. Charting just involves plugging the iPod Nano into iTunes. Easy pie.

(3)

Quality of Construction

Mine's been running fine for over a year, even with my sensor in a non-waterproof pouch on top of my shoe during rainy runs and running in cold or snowy Boston winter. However, my boyfriend's sensor conked out after just a couple months of use - unclear why.

(4)

Value

Not high tech stuff, but gives a decent bang for a nothing investment.

(3)

Customer Service

The sometimes buggy online charting, changes to challenges, and online forums are answered online by nice Nike+ folks, but the Community is huuuuge and they can only answer so much so quickly.

(4)

Performance

All around good product if your expectations of it are reasonable. It's no high tech GPS watch, but it's fun, has some options you won't find elsewhere, and it does the trick for tracking your training runs.

Strengths

Cheap, easy to use. Challenges are great. Simple charting that just requires plugging in to iTunes.

Weakness

Not super accurate (but great for $30!) but close if you calibrate a couple times a year or if you change shoes. Online matching with a training program is a little buggy.

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  • 0 workouts logged
  • 55.81 miles / 6.95 hours logged