Product Description

Get a second sensor for your Nike + iPod Sport Kit as a replacement or to use in another pair of Nike+ shoes. Or connect it wirelessly to your iPod touch (2nd generation) or iPhone 3G S - no receiver required.

Product Details

• Brand: Apple
• Model: MA368LL/C
• Dimensions: .70" h x 2.60" w x 5.30" l, .7 pounds

Features

• In the box Wireless sensor for Nike+ shoes
• Printed documentation
• Please note - This package includes only the Nike + iPod wireless sensorcomplete Nike + iPod Sport Kit
• Requirements -

Customer Reviews

Just wish it would last longer
I had been keeping track of my walking mileage/calories burned/speed with a pretty good pedometer my husband got me for my birthday. He also got me a couple of other "toys" which was an Ipod and Nike + sensor for some of my shoes. What a great idea!! Once you plug it into your Ipod, link it with your sensor, and select once of 4 workouts, you then pick your music (but it must be a playlist), and a "powersong." Couldn't be easier. If you pick one of Nike's workouts (distance/time/calories burned) then either a female or male voice talks to you to remind you of how far/long/calories you have achieved. The "basic" workout is just that, you link up to the sensor, pick the playlist you want, and off you go (no little voices in your head)!
However, there are a couple of downsides....contrary to what Apple says, there is no "low sensor battery indicator" as they say should be there. I found that out to my dismay after completing one of my longest and fastest walks (per mile). The first unit and sensor lasted 7 days, not 1000 hours, as claimed by Apple/Nike. I figured it was a defect, and the store I bought it from took it back without any questions (so I must not have been the first one).
The second one did last almost 1000 hours (and I am careful to 'put it to sleep' after use). But still, it would be much better if I could just buy a little battery, like hearing aides, or something, and not a whole new unit. Or even if Nike/Apple could figure out a way to have you recharge the unit somehow. I am on the second unit, and second sensor. Again, as before, the sensor died without warning me. Luckily, I was just beginning the sequence to start up my workout so no harm done since I had bought some replacements on Ebay; but it would be nice if the "voice" which talks to you said, "warning, sensor battery is getting low" or some such thing. Because the warning that is supposed to show up DOES NOT.
I walk 6 days a week about 8 - 10 miles per day, so I have figured one sensor will last a little less than one month. Once I move indoors to my fitness center, I won't use it to keep track of my workouts.
Keeping all I said in mind, if one sensor could last at least two months at the mileage I walk, I would give it 4 stars. Also if there was a verbal warning, that would earn it 5 stars!
Hence the three stars, even though I love it while using it! By the way, there are several products out there that hold the sensor, so you don't need Nike shoes. I use the Bean Pod ($6.99), and have two sets (for all my shoes, including my Nike's). Highly recommend those too.

Keeps you running once you link
This sensor is just a replacement for what came with your Nike+ kit originally or, if you have a Touch or iPhone your Nike+ receiver is built-in so this is all you need. That said, if you're buying this to replace another sensor, be sure you link the new sensor to your ipod/receiver, like so: [...]
Once you do this it will work like a charm. I love this toy!

Nike+ used with iPhone 3GS
This seemed like a really great idea: I could wear this sensor and keep track of how far I walked during the day, graph the data and use it to help satisfy my employer's health program (Health Trak). But, unfortunately, the reality fell short of my expectations.

First, the Nike+ sensor has a battery and it is sealed (not replaceable as far as I can tell). So, the instructions recommend that you not wear it all the time, just when you're "working out". That not what I expected. That means that I miss a lot of the walking I do because I'm not really "working out". But, okay, I've adjusted to that.

My next criticism is that there's a delay between when you tell your iPhone that you want to record a workout and the time that it actually picks up the signal from the sensor. You have to be walking for the signal to get picked up. Then, as a separate operation you need to touch the "start workout" button on the screen. Well, that's not too bad, except that sometimes the phone fails to recognize the sensor and ends up missing the entire workout. Apparently, the phone needs to be unlocked during that critical phase when the sensor is detected. And, if you pause your workout, you need to remember to not just start it again from the "locked screen" (which it will allow you to do) because it has probably lost contact with the sensor and it will need to detect it again. And if you stop walking for a little while (like waiting for a red light) there's a chance that you'll need to establish the connection again.

Okay, so then there's the "proprietary" nature of the whole thing. The only site you can really upload your data to is the NIKE+ site and I haven't found a way to transfer that data to my employer's site. But, I guess that's a NIKE and Apple marketing ploy. Looks like it ought to be "my" data; I should have control of it. Yes, there are some neat things on the NIKE+ site, including setting goals etc. But, this is an "ITunes" and "USB only" kind of synchronization; unless there's something I've missed.

Overall, I'm not displeased. It is pretty neat; just a bit disappointing in certain respects.