| | Omron Body Fat Monitor and Scale |  | Brand: Omron
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 Very Inconsistent July 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this comment useful.
This scale is very inconsistent. I would not purchase it unless you are looking for an "average" of your weight over time. I wanted something accurate within .2lbs and that is why I purchased this model. I'm not happy with it at all.
 Great price and high quality July 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this comment useful.
The scale is very accurate. If you measure your body fat at the same time each day, you should get good accuracy. It has a nice sturdy feel and the price on Amazon can't be beat. You can't find this quality and price combination anywhere else.
 So far so good... July 8, 2008
Everything is working fine as it should. Worth the money for sure. I like that it holds your info from the last time you weighed in using the "User" function. And I'm glad you don't have to log your updates every time you use the scale.
 Maybe I'm just old fashioned. July 5, 2008
1 out of 4 found this comment useful.
OK.
Truth be told, it's been a long time since I've owned or used a scale. Primarily because I know my weight hardly changes from day to day; it's hard for me to gain weight because I have a sky high metabolism. But I'm in the process of working out and needed a way to gauge progress. I wanted a digital scale for certain, nothing too fancy, but functional. I noticed this one calculated and assessed things such as BMI, body fat, etc. along with the basic weight, and figured I would give it a shot.
There are two ways to use the scale. Quick weigh, and custom weigh. The quick weigh is just that; you press a little button that's in the front with your foot, it calibrates for a second or two, then get on and weigh yourself. The custom weigh is where you get BMI and body fat calculations. First you have to program your stats into the machine. Then if you want the full details when you weigh, you have to press the button that corresponds to your individual setting. I believe it allows up to three custom profiles.
I had some problems with the device. Not technical problems; it works fine, but I have issue with the way certain things work.
- Numero uno, the foot diodes. This throws me every time. There are three seperate diodes per foot, so when you place your foot on the scale, it's confusing where you need to be. This results in the machine spitting out a slightly different weight depending on which diode is getting the most pressure - which is not an accurate way to measure true weight. I can never tell if I'm supposed to have all of my weight on my heels - which would not be equivalent to me standing on a flat surface - or on the balls of my feet, which would assume I'm leaning forward. The middle diode is essentially useless since a healthy foot has a healthy arch. It's just confusing, and I would rather have had one large diode that distributed the weight evenly.
- The body fat calculator, while it gives me quite the rise when it calculates, cannot be 100% trusted. First of all, it's calculating BMI as an equation: stated height (in flat inches) times calculated weight, divided by arbitrary weight limit, or something similar to that, to spit out a number which is then scaled between anorexic, "normal", overweight or obese. The reason this doesn't work is that you can't calculate body fat that way. Just because I'm 6'2 and 150 lbs doesn't automatically mean that I have no body fat. I might be 150 lbs of body fat. I might be 150 lbs of muscle. Point is the scale has no way of knowing the difference, so an equation is not the way to calculate it.
- The scale takes quite a while to settle on the true weight, going up and down rapidly before finally stopping. And again, you'll get different results every time you do it within a 10 minute period, which is not possible. The difference is marginal - maybe 2 lbs up or down - but it's the principle of the thing.
As a result I can't recommend this as a solid investment. There is just too much technology here. I would recommend going with a basic digital scale, one that doesn't do anything but calculate true weight.
Inaccurate for athletes July 5, 2008
4 out of 6 found this comment useful.
I was under the impression I'd be getting a viable means of measuring body fat with this device. I'll be 50 years old at summer's end and have always worked out. When I got my first measurements, I was shocked. The unit indicated I had 25% body fat. Caliper measurements, as well as those calculators wherein you enter height, weight, and a few tape measurements, always indicated results ranging from 12 - 18% body fat. Vanity aside, it is obvious I work out as I have discernable muscularity, including 6-pack abs. Standing 6 feet, weighing 175, and looking like I do, I really wondered if Omron could be accurate. I contacted their support center and was informed that the unit is accurate for 2 out of 3 people and that it wasn't designed for athletes. I'm not sure I understand why that would be so, but that is what they told me. So, if you're already in decent shape, this may not be the product for you.
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