Customer Reviews
just ok 
2008-06-07
I broke it as soon as I tried to pop the back open to put the battery in. Then after I got it to work, I put my info in but the numbers flash quick and its hard to tell what they mean without either having the instructions in your hand or bending over to see the tiny writing. Please don't get off and pick the machine up to read it because it does not save the info. the screen will just go blank.
good 
2008-05-04
it does what i want it to do. it was alittle hard to sey up you need 2 people to help you
Nicely gets the job done; not so easy set up 2008-04-08
I just bought this and it arrived last week. It took me awhile to figure out how to get it set up so it would do the percentages because the directions are not very clear. Seems to work great now and with pretty good results. Also looks nice, so its not an eyesore regardless of where you put it.
Loving it so far 
2008-04-01
instructions were easy to understand and go by.
but a heads up though, i first tried to use this on carpet and would get errors from not being able to read me right so use this on any surface but carpet.
i like that it tells me my water weight. ive always thought i was retaining water weight and low and behold im just in within range.
i also like how it tells me my current weight and how many calories i need to consume to maintain it. it also tells me my ideal weight and how many calories i should consume to maintain it. but wait, theres more! (sorry im being corny) the ideal weight that it gives me is actually IDEAL. im 5ft2, 5ft3 on good days. i have big bones and im built thick. By US standards i should naturally be between 100-120 max. HA! at the peak of my physical fitness i was 144. only way i could get my weight that low is if i do drugs or amputate a body part. This machine sends electrical signals through your body (beware pace maker folks) and it determines how much fat you have by how much resistance it goes through (not sure but thats how i understood it, best to look it up). i think it somehow determines your ideal weight by doing that too. im just happy something told me that i ideally i shouldnt look like a toothpick. of course ive been preaching that all my life so its nice to have a second opinion.
this is a must have buy for health nuts, workout folks, or just plain janes. its nice to know what your water weight and body fat is!! oh i almost forgot. when setting up your profile it just doesnt have the "athletic" or "non-athletic" it has in betweensies. so if your like kind of sort of but not really working out you could set it to 2 instead of....i havent worked out in years, i just lift my soda can or myself out the chair which would be setting 1. so thats cool too!
Accurate Weight, Inaccurate Body Fat 2008-03-24
This scale is very accurate with weights. It consistently gives the same results as the much more expensive scale at my gym. The problem is the Body Fat tester. It is very inaccurate. I went into this knowing that these things are never right, but can still be used as an indicator of whether your gaining or losing body fat.... Not so with this scale. First, it says I have 26% body fat (or higher sometimes). I'm 6'4", 185 and a basketball player in good shape. 26% is for obese people. It didn't matter whether I put it in Athlete mode or not. This would have been acceptable if I disregarded the actual number and used it as a gauge (If I have 25% a week later I'm doing good), but it couldn't be used like that either. I consistently jump from 20% to 30%, day to day. My routine is identical every day, wake up, drink a full glass of water, use the bathroom, wait 30 min, use the scale, didn't matter. Your body fat shouldn't change 7% in one day even after taking out the variables. So, it's basically a very expensive weight scale.
So far so good 2008-07-22
It's a trick to set up the scale. when I switched the lb/inch to kg/cm, the scale never got to work. Finally I realized I turned the switch too right, so it reached the 'off' status. I don't like the memory design. Each time you need to choose your number where you put your information before, then press 'set'. If you ignore this, your inoformation may overwrite other people's data.
Generally speaking, it works well.
Nice product, works as advertised. 2008-07-21
This is a great, accurate scale (resolution supposedly down to 0.1 lb). Getting off and on it several times in a short time shows that it is at least consistent, as it always gives exactly the same measurement.
The bioelectric fat measuring, on the other hand, leaves me with doubts. While also consistent, it tends to overestimate body fat as compared to caliper/measurement based tests, so take the results with a grain of salt (or just skeptically if you're on a low sodium diet!).
great scale for the price 2008-07-05
This is great scale for the price. It measures weight pretty accurately. It's hard to know how accurate the other measurements are if you haven't had them tested professionaly. It takes a few minutes to set it up with your info but then it works fine.
Very Nice scale at a great cost 2008-07-01
This scale tells your weight, body fat, body water, bone mineral, muscle mass - and is less than half as much as a competitor! I am just SO impressed with this scale.
I must say this is a very good product and I would recommend purchase if you need a reliable & accurate scale!
Good Bargain..... 2008-06-13
The scale does everything it says it will. The calculations are
somewhat general, based on how you set-up your personal info, but it
does serve as a good guide for weightloss.
