Nike+

I have been an Avid fan of the Nike + running revolution for quite some time, however, being that we have just had the great British winter, i have not motivated myself to go for a jog in about 6 months. I decided to go for a jog yesterday, only to find that the sensor for my Nike Plus kit was dead. Of course this was not my immediate assumption, i mean the sensor has a sleep mode, it is only used when the runner activates it. So i was standing on the promenade of Whitstable beach, walking round in circles (Literally) trying the get my nano adapter to recognize the sensor. But not matter how may attempts i made i got nothing, so i decided to return to the safety of indoors. After researching this for a while on the internet i found i am not the only victim of this flat sensor battery epidemic.

Normally I have nothing but good words for Apple, but the fact that they designed something which could render the whole system to utterly useless leaves me to assume that someone somewhere didn’t think this though. More googling told me that the sensor battery has a life span of 1000 miles, now i have actually evidence thanks to my nike+ account to show i have only run about 83miles. So why is the battery flat? well a lot of people have been asking that question. Apple have reported faulty batteries which have not been holding their energy.

What i found more fustrating however is that you cannot just buy the replacement sensor anywhere, not for love nor money, the only alternative is to buy the whole system again including the adapter, what is about £20.00 off ebay at time of writing. To add insult to injury apply had responded to another support blog saying they offer a replacement sensor if you have had the system less than a year. Gutting to me, as i have had my 13 months.

The moral of this story is be aware that although the Nike + system is revolutionary, it comes at a cost. So if you do buy one know that your probably gonna have to buy more in the future!