Accu-Measure Fitness 3000 Personal Body Fat Tester
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Customer Reviews of Accu-Measure Fitness 3000 Personal Body Fat Tester
Customer Review: Pretty consistent but very user dependent
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very nice tool that you can use by yourself to get a good reading of your body fat percentage.
I don't know about accuracy, but it is very useful in monitoring trends over weeks and months to see how lifestyle changes affect your body fat.
I docked a star because the resolution is quite poor. There are only tick marks every 2 mm. Also, the repeatability is very user dependent. You need to make a system to make sure you measure the exact same way every time.
Customer Review: accumeasure 2000 body fat caliper.
Summary: 2 Stars
Not impressed with the item at all. It would have been better if the readout of the measurement locked into place on the scale, so that I could get an accurate reading, and then release it afterwards. The way it currently works is that it releases from the scale when I try to read it after a measurement, due to the change of my hand grip pressure. I would need a second person to read it in place, to get an accurate reading without taking my hand off of the caliper.Customer Review: Cheap Quality and not easy to use on self
Summary: 3 Stars
I was looking forward to this item because I remember using calipers when I was in the Army.
I find the quality lacking, and the click button is really hard to get a feel for. The "press" button hardly gets any kind of click on my unit so mine my be defective.
Very cheaply made and I think giving it three stars was a bit generous. There has to be better calipers out there. But I guess as in most things, you get what you pay for.
Customer Review: Handy tool
Summary: 3 Stars
Does what its supposed to do, but could have included more formulae with the package for skinfold tests on other areas. Beats me as to why they didnt include something which would cost them next to nothing!
This is good for measuring your fat percentage, but not for tracking consistent progress. It can only give you readings like 19.5%, 18%, 16%, etc.. not in between. So if you want to track weekly or even monthly progress this is not the tool
Customer Review: Brilliant to give a benchmark
Summary: 5 Stars
Who cares if its plastic?
If you're trying to lose fat rather than just weight (which could be muscle or water), its essential to use a set of calipers or other fat measuring instrument as well as scales.
I don't know whether its accurate or not (however calipers are supposed to be one of the most accurate fat measurement devices), but it *does* give you a benchmark to measure from - and for the price, it does this brilliantly.