( 166 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 8 2009
Just now getting around to writing reviews about things Ive purchased on here over the last few years. We have been very happy with this scale. We use the extra features every now and then but mainly just use it for its main intention... to give you your weight. Not only does the scale seem to be very accurate, the design is visually appealing as well. Have not had to change the batteries yet. Very happy with purchase and would be happy to buy it again.
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Posted: Aug 6 2009
I bought this product for the body fat percentage calculation. I understand that the method this device uses for calculating body fat percentage is not perfect, but the lack of accuracy is mind blowing. I am a 6' male, currently weighing 210 pounds. I work out at the gym every day. For the past month I have been watching my diet and went from 227 to 210 (goal is 195). Yet from the moment I stepped on this scale to today it shows my body fat percentage as 43%. It fluctuates daily, ranging from 42.1%-43.8%, but it never varies far from that calculation. I can program my VCR, change the oil in my car, and do research for a living so following the instructions to set up my profile was extremely simple (gender, height, etc). Obesity for males is defined as greater than 25%, and while I'm not at my weight goal yet I am *certainly* not obese. Furthermore while I have watched my weight drop and muscle mass increase over the past month and a half this scale continues to say that my body fat percentage has not changed. I know this is not true. Waste of money, all it's good for is telling me my weight.
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Posted: Aug 4 2009
The scale works very well, I have been tracking my diet progress and the scale has been invaluable within the limits of bio electric impedance technology. With any BIA scale one must think of the values as relative. If the scale shows a % body fat of 30% you should not assume you have exactly 30% body fat. If, however, you use the scale consistently over 2 weeks and the trend is from 30% to 28% with most days showing a small drop in body fat %, you can be pretty sure that you are losing fat. The reverse would also be true. The numbers can be used to determine if you have stopped losing fat as long as you look at the trend over several days. The day to day numbers will very up and down, it is the trend over several days that is important. The % skeletal muscle and Visceral Fat numbers should also be treated in the same way. As to using the scale. I found that the numbers fluctuated over the day but if I followed a few rules, the numbers were fairly consistent. I drink a few cups of water before I go to bed and then weight myself first thing in the morning after emptying my bladder. I found that the numbers were consistent over any 3-4 day period. I also found that the when I modified my workouts to add weightlifting the % skeletal muscle trended up over a week or two. As long as you don't get hung up on the specific numbers, maintain good hydration the scale will be good for monitoring the trending of your body composition, regardless of age and conditioning. The most important thing is constancy in use.
