Who Needs the Nike+iPod Sports Kit?

So who really needs the Nike+iPod Sports Kit when you got one of these bad boys?

Yeah, that’s right. Why spend $30 on the Sports Kit when you can get this step counter free inside a box of cereal? And check it out, this does colors one better with red, orange, and blue featuring Mickey, Stitch, and some Chicken Little guy. Awesome!

Talk about ease of use. Here’s the directions.

Way simple. No wireless connection between a sensor and receiver needed. No syncing, no web site shenanigans.

So I took my step counter out for a run, and here are my results for three runs following the same course:

• 4192
• 4273
• 4453

Yeah, 4000+ steps per run baby! What stats! How many calories did I burn? I don’t know. How long did I take? I don’t know. How far did I run? To Hamakua and back. What songs did I listen to? Whatever my faltering Shuffle was playing.

So I ask again, who really needs the Nike+iPod Sports Kit?