Ideal sensor position for non-Nike shoes?

Did you have to calibrate and putting in the tongue gave you accurate measurements? I was under the impression it's a pressure sensitive sensor. Please let me know.

Has anyone tried putting the sensor in the tongue of the shoe. I am thinking of trying this out. I want to cut a little opening at the top of the tongue and just slip it right in.

I agree with this statement.

In the tongue was my first thought when I got the kit on Thursday. I promptly slit a little hole in the tongue of my Asics GT2110s and dropped in the pod. It fit well, stayed in place during a 6 mile run, but was too inaccurate with the data for my tastes. I ran on a treadmill WITHOUT having first calibrated the unit (I wanted to see out of the box performance first) and when I finished my run my treadmill read 6.2 miles and my Ipod read 5.3 miles....which is certainly an unacceptable difference IMO.

The next day I calibrated the unit over a .25 mile run, again on my treadmill and with the pod still in the tongue of my shoe, and then went on to a 12.2 mile run on my treadmill. At the end of my 12.2 miles my Ipod only read 10.53 miles with a purported average pace that was 25 seconds slower than my warm up mile pace. 😟

At this point I'm not sure if it is a question of the pod placement or something about the way I change my pacing (I up my speed every mile by .2 MPH). I plan to try again today with the unit tied to the lowest point of my shoe laces since all the velcro-pod modders seem to be getting much better accuracy.

I am having the same issue. I tried mine today for the first time, velcroed to the top of the tongue. I first got reading of .69 at the mile mark. I tried to calibrate on a measured mile and an error message said I had not run that distance (it was telling ME that?) I tried to run a measured .25 and got the same message. I will try to calibrate on a track, and if that fails I will just give up and buy a real device.

Did you try the lace area, middle of the shoe? Mine run was pretty accurate positioning it there. Also are you wearing the nano on the same side as the chip? I did.

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The reason why the in tongue method does not work is for the following two reasons:

1. The Nike+ Sensor must be close to flat, anything remotely vertical causes inaccurate readings because of reason #2. The top of the tongue is generally going to have the highest angle in relation to the ground. So just make sure it's flat.

2. The Nike+ Sensor is shock sensitive, not pressure sensitive. Basically, this means that if it's in a semi-loose location (like the tongue) then the shock of your foot strike will be lessened, and your pace and distance will all be affected.

I discovered both of these problems when I first tried my sensor in the side of my shoe just to the right of the laces. My readings were completely inaccurate and the voice had no idea how fast I was going. My best suggestion is velcroed under the laces by the base of the laces.

Macbook 1.83 / 1.25 gb ram / 60 gb HD Mac OS X (10.4.7) Nike+ w/Adidas Trainers

Same here, I like what he said...the sensor, has to be right-side up at all times, flat, and not moving around..therefore, here is my alernative:

I purchased, a pocket-knife holder from rei, and since the inside, is very snug, the sensor, doesnt move around, nor flip over, and only cost me $3 (even though it says $5 online) Plus theres a small pouch underneath for the other sensor, when its not being used:
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Link to product:
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17" Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I tried using a pouch and zip ties atop the laces and got it to work but it was missing steps and the end result was worthless. Got my new shoes today and the result was perfect. Very accurate according to my GPS.

Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I agree. I moved my sensor from the laces and hollowed out a pocket under my arch. The sensor results are now very much improved.

I taped (duck tape) the sensor on the top of my Asics Kayano's tongue under the laces. After calibrating, it works perfectly.

Can the bag be any bigger? Wow!!

Why don't you all jus buy the new Nike + Moire shoes?? I got a pair and they were very cheap £64.99($120) compared to other trainers eg. Nike Shox Turbo £89.99($166) Yes i know us brits have to pay way more for everything than you do in America (Damm government and tax) I also got the Nike+ running top and shorts. I deffinatley reccommend them the trainers are very comfortable and look ok as well. As for the top its a must buy and now my ipod loves me more for treating it so well lol!!!

Why don't you all jus buy the new Nike + Moire
shoes?? I got a pair and they were very cheap
£64.99($120) compared to other trainers eg. Nike Shox
Turbo £89.99($166) Yes i know us brits have to pay
way more for everything than you do in America (Damm
government and tax) I also got the Nike+ running top
and shorts. I deffinatley reccommend them the
trainers are very comfortable and look ok as well.
As for the top its a must buy and now my ipod loves
me more for treating it so well lol!!!

Because Nike doesn't make shoes that fit everybody. The most common reason being those (like me) with wide feet.
I'd love for Nike to make a wide version of thse...but until then I'll have to use my Adidas.
BTW, I just cut out a hole in the bottom of the slip-in insert and it seems to be very accurate. And it doesn't seem to be too noticeable.