Withings Body Scan Connected Health Station: Review 

Hello Josh. I can only report what I observe and experience. My Body Scan talks directly to my app and whilst the UX/UI has changed to some extent recently, it works without difficulty. All of the readings I took with the Body Scan this morning are on my app. Having said all that, I will try to pin your comment as it could be that other users are experiencing the frustrations that you are. I am using an iPhone 12 Pro Max running the latest iOS, 16.2. The app may function differently on different devices.

@@OldManRunner yeah, fair enough. Just my experience and after reading a few forums, looks like I'm not alone. Pity, it was a good scale/app, now, not so much.

Hopefully they will improve it as designers constantly tweak the UI/UX. I also use the web application which can be easier to read

Just received mine, so far, no problems

@@manoelguidialvares6903 Good luck!

Yep...would probably wear 4 if I could!

A weighty review….!

@@OldManRunner by a lithe runner! Looking forward to more of these reviews.

@@MsSile The next one might not be so palatable…hopefully it will be on their U-Scan… which looks really interesting

Sounds like you are covering all the bases just like me. I was standing on it this morning wondering if the vascular age it is giving me will change when i get to 60...time will tell...Happy New Year!

@@OldManRunner Its certainly another nice bit of kit from withings. I was / am still tempted to buy 😁 I use their BPM Core to track BP, heart valve health and ECG Will be very interested to hear how you get on with the subscription Their new "streaming" service could tempt me too ( urinalysis ) once it's on android ☹️

Ha! Yes I signed up for an early alert for the streaming service...might have to put some warnings when I make the video...might get a pump for Quinn...

Great idea. Will try to find one here in Dublin, if not when I go on my travels to new York in November...

I realised after I finished the video that I didn't explain each of the metrics...so I might try and make a short video on each of them...

HAPPY NEW YEAR Bartek!! 🙋🏻‍♀Did Santa bring you what you wanted?

@bev9708 yes : - ) some quiet relaxing time on the Mornington Peninsula - even managed to get a few trail runs in. What about you?

Yes! Santa brought me some On-Running gear… which I will review in a few weeks… hope you got all you wished for. Happy New Year!

@@OldManRunner Ohhh NICE!!!! I got some Jabra wireless earbuds for running, but actually they don't stay in even for walking!! At least this time of year I like to run with a warm headband or my Buff around my ears anyway so that keeps them in for now while it's cold!

@@bev9708 It is hard to get a pair to fit…and it’s hard to try them in store. I think I have another pair arriving to test in a few weeks. Hope they fit.. it isn’t very cold here… only wore the beanie a couple of times in the last few weeks. It’s 10 Celsius here at the moment…

@@OldManRunner YES it’s been quite warm , up to 13-14 degrees here!! 🤷🏻‍♀️

I have been using the scale consistently and the results have been consistent. I haven't been getting bizarre shifts in the data. What does happen is that not all of the sensors make readings all of the time. Sometimes the Pulse Wave Velocity does not read. I think that the software is a little buggy and you should read the comments below to see other people's experiences. Having said all of that I am happy with the scales and the muscle mass v fat mass figures do track and change as I eat more or exercise more. Hope this helps.

I am still enjoying mine, and happy to have it, but the software is a bit buggy. You can see some other peoples frustrations in the comments below...

Hello Chris. The Body Scan can take them but they are not enabled yet in Ireland. Due to go live later this year I think. Not sure about in the UK. Will try and find out for sure

OldManRunner Chris. My ECG is now active on the Body Scan. It says that it is medically certified for the European market. I presume that includes the UK, but post Brexit I can't be sure

@@OldManRunner That's really kind of you to tell me this. Yes, indeed, the ECG function has now been activated in the UK too, so I look forward to using this as well. Keep up your good work !

@@chrisgems9020 Cheers Chris!

Ralph, I think I did it this way: support.withings.com/hc/en-us/articles/6251527895313-Health-Mate-iOS-App-How-to-connect-Garmin-Connect-to-Health-Mate- I use Apple Health and also MyFitnessPal Not exactly sure how I did it ...hope this helps...let me know if it doesn't work and I will do some more testing...

@@OldManRunner Thanks alot Barry, i'm going to try that this evening and let you know.

@@OldManRunner the body scan does not share info to Garmin connect right?

I set it up so that my Withings writes to Apple Health. I have it set so that the Withings can read and write all data with Apple Health. My Garmin Connect is not connected to my Withings. My Garmin Connect is connected to my Apple Health, however I don't allow it to write to Apple Health. Ideally the data, that I would select, such as weight would come through Withings, to Apple Health and then to Garmin Connect, but I have not been able to do this. Because I wear the Garmin and Apple Watch I try not to sync all the data as both count steps and heart rate etc. To make things more complicated I also use My Fitness Pal. My understanding is that you can route Withings data through this to Garmin Connect. I am not 100% sure that this works as my weight does not update in the Garmin Connect App Not sure what I have done is the ideal setup, but it seems to work for what I need. I am tempted to strip it all back and start again with all the permissions... Hope this helps...

The Body Scan captures more data than the Body+, such as ECG and Segmental Body Composition. They both measure weight and I did not notice any difference in my results when I moved over from the Body+ to the Body Scan. Hope this helps.

@@OldManRunner So no difference in results between two devices in bone mass, fat mass and muscle mass?

I just tested myself on both. My weight is measuring about the same 83.05/82.9. I am not sure the Body Scan measures the other metrics and outputs them in the same way. I will do some investigating to be sure of what exactly is happening

I did some more tests. The Body Scan and Body+ do not measure all of the same things and not in the same way. The data they present is in different formats in the app and on the web. What they both measure and display on the scale readout, weight and BMI have been consistent and each machine gives consistent results independent of each other (at least in my testing). The Body Scan gives Fat, Muscle and Visceral Fat expressed as a percentage. These add to 100% or (99.8% on my test). The Body+ gives a Fat% and a Water% on the display (which add to 64.7% on my test) and gives Bone Mass in kg and Muscle Mass in kg on screen. On the web it gives Fat Mass and Lean Mass as %'s and they add to 100%. It gives Water mass independently as a %. It gives Bone Mass and Muscle Mass as % and they add to almost 100. The data from the Body Scan is easiest to interpret in the app, particularly in the Segmental Body Analysis area. The data I get here is similar between the two machines, Body Scan and Body+ There is a lot of comparing apples to oranges in the system, whilst also looking at them through different lenses.. Withings have some way to go to consistently display the information between the display of the scale, the phone app and the dashboard on the web. The measurements for me do have occasional bugs and glitches but largely the data is consistent. I am most interested in the relative data rather than the absolute data. I want to know when the data changes, trending upwards or downwards and whether it is going in or out of positive healthy range. I hope this has helps...

Have just been reading up the theory behind this. The reliability of impedance measurements for runners/cyclists isn't going to be reliable as it's measuring body fat mostly on the legs. In my case (and in the video) this would give a 7-11% body fat reading. I suspect my whole body fat reading is 15-20%. So for me I'm getting a 7kg reading for fat mass, I think the real figure is more around 10-15kg. I'm going to try measuring with callipers and see what that gives. If it's around 15-20% mark, I'm getting body scan :)

Cheers Chris. Sadly I get to see the reflections every day...and they are telling me to lose more weight...

@OldManRunner the scales at my gym told me to also lose weight last week after 6 weeks out through injury (calf strain) and only Christmas foody treats to keep me going. So my reflections are nothing to write home about either 😀

@@Chris_Baily Best wishes with managing the injury.

@OldManRunner thanks, this weekend I have permission to transition from brisk walks to run-walks. Ooh, the excitement 😀 Though I know I've got to manage the load, and not push too hard too soon, otherwise I won't be able to finish my big marathon in April.

Not as far as I know. It does give your Vascular Age.

Withings say that they are working with the FDA to have the device clinically validated. Maybe it is more complicated than they thought...

I don't think so. Apple Health can share data with Withings Health Mate, but I don't think it works the other way around with ECG. There is an item about it here: support.withings.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/12311357471505-ECG-data-sync-to-Apple-Health

Looking on the bright side … it means you’ve only ten years of these videos to watch!

@@OldManRunner Omg....🤣🤣🤣 Silver lining

Just a note the Body+ only records your body fat% of your legs and the body scan records torso and legs. So they will always be different.

no one makes same product... you need the handles and almost no other scales have that

It will do. For me I tend to look at the overall trend. I do two measurements per day, one in the morning and the other is normally post exercise. Exercise and even just sitting at my desk all day trigger different readings. A bath, for me triggers a poor reading as electrical resistance of my body is less.

Functionality and connectivity is far better at Withings.