Thank you so much for your top quality review. I was going to purchase it, but thought wait I better watch some reviews. Thankfully I came across your review. I think, just a simple body scale is the best, then having all these bells and whistle technology body scales. Nothing worst you get inaccurate readings, when you are already on a restricted diet and full on training program. Thank you for your advice, very much appreciated.
I understand your concerns and reasons for not recommending this product. They are valid but not as problematic as you suggest so long as people are aware it’s happening. No £50 device will be as accurate as a £16,000 device. Even then it’s likely the more expensive device uses algorithms and assumptions. To my knowledge the only way to get accurate body fat readings is from callipers. BMI requires accurate height and weight measurements so a floor standing scale with no head height sensor will always be off to some degree. So long as anyone that buys this uses only this scale to track their progress then it will do its job of allowing you to track and monitor readings over time. 👍 Hope this helps rationalise the review for anyone thinking of purchasing and alleviate buyers remorse if you already purchased. Great video OP thanks for taking the time to post. 👍
Yeah, the buggy app is a valid concern, but the criticism on the accuracy of bf% and weight stem from lack of understanding of how these methods work and issues with scales in general. All methods are based on algorithms. Some use more data and can be more accurate for sure. But you can still use a cheaper tool like this to track progress and the trend as you gain/lose bf and muscle should be reliable. You should never track progress using different methods anyway, even if these are relatively accurate methods like Body pods and dexa scans. Regarding the discrepancy between the weight measured on the device vs David Lloyds, I've seen calibration issues even with professional high-end devices, as in the weight recorded is different. Add slight differences in food, hydration, clothing etc between measurements, they can add up to significant differences in weight. All the other quantities measured are related to these two, so obviously there will be deviations.
Great video - I wish I had watched this review before I purchased this scale. I had my body fat tested professionally and it was 8%, this scale said 21%. What is the purpose of even selling something so wildly inaccurate? I’ll be sending this back and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone that plans to use it for anything other than weight.
@Jadafif6 there just isn’t any reliable ones without spending stupid amounts of money. There is one at my gym that is called bodytrax and it’s amazing but cost £10k to buy. My advise is spend a good amount of money or find a fitness centre or gym that has a decent one.
I am so disappointed with this product as my bodyfat is showing at 25% as well. I know I am less than that. by at least 5%. I workout 6 days a week. I also eat a lot of protein and it is showing a similar result to your example. It's going back.
The scale states that's it's not for professional use. Having said that, why don't you just establish 12%/24% as a calibration point, then run another calibration point a few weeks later? If the BF% trend follows the same direction on both measurements, then that's really all you could as for in this price range. For example, if your next measurements are 11%/22%, I'd say the scale is working pretty great.
I have a lot of their chargers. Some I have used for years and they work great. Their cables work great. But this product is irresponsible and can make people feel bad emotionally due to the readings.
It seems like the ones that are accurate will cost me around £500 so I guess I might as well just buy this inaccurate one… unless you have another recommendation that’s not going to be over £500 ?
What’s the point of an inaccurate one? If your gym doesn’t have one pharmacies sometimes do and charge £1 to use. Better off doing that than something that’s not accurate. You might as well make up a number you guess looking in the mirror.
Not sure why anybody would be upset that a device at this low of a cost doesn't produce anywhere near the accuracy of medical devices that cost thousands of dollars... As long as it gives consistent readings, the average person can see trends from their diet and fitness routines...
That's the worst purchase i ever made. Gives me a 23.7% body fat whereas according to samsung watch I'm at 15% body fat. All measures are inaccurate except for weight. I will be using it as a regular scale. What a dissapointment.
The scale is by no means accurate. But the Samsung watch has been proven to be amongst the lowest accuracy BMI scalers to date. So I don’t really understand why use that as a reference point
