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| Taylor 5596G Body fat-Body Water Scale with Bone and Muscle Mass Features | 
 enlarge | Brand: Taylor
Discount Category: Health And Beauty
Selling Price: $44.99
Buy New: $39.26
Potential Savings: $5.73 (13%)
Customer Ratings:  23 comments
Shipping Weight (pounds): 4
Dimensions (inch): 13.7 x 13.5 x 2.5
Model: 5596G
UPC: 077784001578
EAN: 0077784001578
Release Date: January 17, 2008
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 Weight September 6, 2008
What can you say, but watch the numbers for your age and see how puffy you can be and the changes daily.
 Here's the skinny on Taylor's 5596G September 3, 2008
I never want to rely on body weight alone to assess my health. Scale weight alone will not tell you your body composition. The Taylor 5596G is easy to use, somewhat consistent, and offers lots of information. The primary reason I purchased this scale was to help monitor the effectiveness of my diet. I want to see the body fat decrease without loss of lean body mass. Though my diet isn't perfect neither is this scale. After weighing in 5 times in a row my body weight was the same each time. All other numbers varied but by only 1 - 3%. Short of having a hydrostatic weigh-in done I think that this scale is the next best thing.
Affordability is a 5. Accuracy is a 4. Ease of use is a 4.5.
Pretty good product September 2, 2008
I can't attest to its accuracy in terms of what it can measure since I do not have any other way to compare the results I have read off of it besides weight.
But I can though say that the interface is a lot more easier to read and use than another scale that my room mate has gotten. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get my room mate's scale to measure body fat percentage while this one was considerably straight forward.
When using it, if you do not press any of the buttons on the scale and simply step on it, it measures your weight. I though feel that it is a considerable gripe that it doesn't measure body fat percentage shortly after measuring for weight. Interestingly though, in order to get body fat percentage or the other measures it has available you have to go through set-up all over again but you don't have to re-enter the data. Just press the next button till you hear a beep and its ready to measure.
I don't regret the purchase especially considering the price point in which I had received at the time of purchase.
 Returned for Refund August 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this comment useful.
This scale read 5 pounds heavier than two other scales and my Wii Fit. It also read heavier than my doctor's scale. It was impossible to read anything but the weight because the readout was so small. I returned it to Amazon for a refund. I hoped for an accurate scale. No one likes to see their weight increased by 5 pounds. Maybe my scale was defective, but I didn't want a replacement.
Lots of good points, a few negatives August 26, 2008
Overall, I really like this scale. It's well-built, solid, and highly accurate for weight (tested it against a high end scale and it was only 0.2 pounds off). My major problem is the size of the display -- I can't see the numbers without my glasses. The other irk is that it beeps twice when you use it for reading anything other than just weight. And the beeps are loud!
The fat, bone mass, hydration and muscle mass features seem to work, but as with all scales in this price range, the readings are probably more of an approximation than an accurate read. But, it's valuable data to track to see the relative changes over time -- regardless of what the reading is for fat, if it trends downward over time, you know you're doing good (or vice versa).
Setup is a bit cumbersome, but if you follow the directions it's not too hard. For the price (got it as a Gold Box deal) it is a good value.
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