Buying my Nike+ Gear

As I said on my previous entry, I wasted no time spending cash on cool Nike+ technology. Using the Nike online store, I found a wristband monitor that fit my needs.

You wear the Nike+ SportBand ($60) when you run, and then plug it into your computer after and it uploads your time and distance to the Nike+ website. Sweet.

More info here: Nike+ SportBand

The day after ordering, I started thinking about how this device actually worked. I then started to realize that it probably wasn’t GPS, it likely had something to do with the sensor in the Nike+ shoes. I went back to the website, and by reading very closely discovered this was in fact how it worked.

Unfortunately, the SportBand product description clearly states you need to have a Mac or a PC, but fails to clearly mention you need Nike+ shoes. Ouch, I don’t own Nike+ shoes. Now what?

I decided to plunge further into this Nike+ world. I went to Sports Authority, and found a pair of “Air Max Moto+ 6” shoes. They felt much better than the “Air Pegasus” Nike+ shoes, and only cost a few bucks more at $80. I paid the man, and walked out with a new pair of tech savvy kicks.

HOWEVER, I discovered after buying my shoes that you don’t actually need Nike+ shoes. All you need to do is stuff the sensor (which comes with the iPod gizmo or the SportBand) into any running shoe. I have seen it said here and here that you can just stick it in between your laces and tongue, or buy a cheap shoe pouch, and you are good to go.

I am invested

I am now $160 into Nike+, including shipping and taxes. I am starting to get worried, and have already got the comment from the wife, about whether this is all a big waste of money.

Time will tell.