Its not completely worthless for looking at your current cadence when it has signal but its disappointing considering the price.

When signal is lost, it keeps track of your run and cadence.

After running with it and seeing my battery life last more as well as taking it on a couple differ runs that I regularly run I am confident that this item is as accurate as the GPS signal in some areas.

I think it also makes the watch more accurate when outdoors with a poor signal.

Takes about 5 minutes of running outside with a good signal.

I suspect the watch uses up processor time continually looking for a non-existent HRM strap and in the process "loses" cadence signals.

On cloudy days on on shady trails the GPS can fail to pick up a clear signal but the footpod makes up.

If you answer yes it will ignore your satellite signal and just use the footpod for tracking.

should i lose a signal in running through underpass or a densely populated downtown environment...while also keeping track of my run cadence

If you turn GPS off (treadmill) or lose the signal then it will attempt to calculate your pace based on your cadence and historical stride length

Don't forget to multiply by 2 though, if it says "80 spm", this means 80 steps per minute on one foot, so my cadence at 80 spm would actually be 160.The other nice thing about this, if you lost satellite signal while going through a tunnel, the foot pod measurements will be used for speed.

Works exactly as it is supposed to do

Fit perfectly in the special compartment of my MiCoach-compatible Adidas Marathon 10M running shoes, as well as on the shoelaces of my Adidas Kanadia all-terrain trainers.

Works as you expected!!

My Cadence as well as to do one-stop-shop when running on treadmills

Cons-Its a