The Zikto Walk is not just an activity tracker but also a posture coach. These days, with so much of our lives revolving around a smartphone, many of us, myself included, walk around hunched over our devices. This was never more prevalent than when Pokémon Go went live and people began casually walking into traffic and off cliffs whilst glued to their phones. Aside from the obvious dangers of this bad habit, there is also the potential of causing irreversible complications: for example, ‘Text Neck’ (yes you read that right) can put intensive strain on your neck muscles, which can lead to permanent injury.

As well as protecting you from ‘Text Neck’, the Zikto Walk also claims to bring your attention to hunched and slow walking, and instead encourages active walking. As well as monitoring your posture, the Zikto Walk also calculates steps taken, calories burnt, distance travelled and your sleep patterns, all through a sensor on your wrist. It will also provide notifications for texts and calls, as well as showing you the time at a flick of the wrist, though it comes with a handy snooze feature to shut off these notifications for two hours at a time if you want to work out or concentrate without distraction.

The Zikto Walk features a slim design and can be customised with hipster/grungy wristbands as well as simple leather straps. I think the best thing about the Zikto Walk is the slick design: it is discrete and modern, although the graphics are a bit basic and reminiscent of a Tamagotchi. However, apart from that I love the look.

You will get three to five days’ life from one two-hour charge. Both the sleep monitor and step counter are fairly accurate, but the accuracy of measuring posture from the wrist just isn’t good enough. It got irritating being told off for holding my phone when I wasn’t, and I often got away with slouching on purpose just to see if it would notice.

As a basic activity tracker, the Zikto Walk is ok, but it isn’t priced as a basic activity tracker. It promises so much more, but fails to deliver. If you prize style over function, maybe it’s worth the money, but if you are lured in by the posture function I would keep looking elsewhere. RRP $149

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3.5 out of 5

Pros

Slim profile

Modern design

Up to five day battery life

Water resistant

Sleep function

Cons

Basic graphics

Limited functions

Inaccurate posture monitoring