Tanita BC533 Glass Innerscan Body Composition Monitor
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Customer Reviews of Tanita BC533 Glass Innerscan Body Composition Monitor
Customer Review: Tanitha BC533 Limitations
Summary: 4 Stars
The scale seemsd accurate for body weight and relatively consistent with expectations for body fat %. Their algorithms for the other, dependent variables leave a lot to be desired. Their estimate of my skeletal mass, lean muscle mass, and required maintenance calories can vary by more than 10% overnight! Visceral fat rating shows much more stability. It's pretty hard to assess even the average accuracy of any of the outputs except for weight, for lack of comparison standards.
The stability of the displayed weight measurement is nice, especially compared to the touchiness of analogue scales.
Not exactly intuitive to set up and use, but not too hard to learn.
Atractive, convenient structural design - I love the thin-ness - but it is tippy, so care must be exercised.
Customer Review: A tell-all scale
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an awesome scale that is easy to program and use. Our last scale (which was also a Tanita) quit working. We went to several local stores and tried several scales, but they were either difficult to program or some readings appeared to be way off. I finally searched online for a Tanita scale & noticed this was was a top pick in US News & World Reports, so I decided to give it a try. We loved our other Tanita scale & love this one even more. The only thing missing is the ability to store readings, but I can always save them myself in an Excel file. The ability to see an accurate weight, hydration level, body fat percentage, muscle mass, bone density, calories to maintain current weight, and metabolic age lets me know exactly where I am & helps give more motivation to stick with my exercise plan.Customer Review: nice scale... but lets get real
Summary: 5 Stars
if you're buying this scale expecting to see real changes in your body fat, you're going to be disappiointed. your body composition changes very very slowly, so expect slow results. it may be interesting information for you to know, and motivational to increase your health, but monitoring your body fat more then once a month is essentially a waste. if you want a scale that has these features, then i don't think you'll find a better one then this model. fully featured, user friendly, with a lot of info. if you get it, you will notice drastic changes in the results between athletic mode and regular mode. only die hard hardcore athletes that workout a minimum of 10+ hours a week with a resting heart rate of less then 60 should be using this setting. overall I am happy with the scale.Customer Review: Excellent with some reservations
Summary: 4 Stars
The scale is attractive and appears to be accurate. My only reservation is that I'm a little suspicious about its ability to measure all the different variables. If you experiment several times per day you'll discover that you get results that sometimes don't make sense, compared to previous readings. You must understand that body fat is measured as a PERCENTAGE of your weight. This means that if you maintain the same amount of fat, but are 2 pounds lighter due to dehydration (say, after a work out), your body fat PERCENTAGE will actually go up. Of course you don't really have more actual fat. It's important to use the scale at the same time each day to determine your progress.
I'm very happy with the scale. I just wish I understood better how it works.
Customer Review: Very good scale
Summary: 4 Stars
This scale probably does more than we need it to do. It gives us our weight and body fat percentage. The other readings are of curiosity but no real value to us. I don't really care what my muscle mass is, etc. For that reason, it's probably more expensive than we would have been willing to spend. But our doctor felt it was one of the most accurate out there on body fat and that was one our interests. If you really have to know how much your viscera weighs, this is probably of interest to you. If you need multiple people and want an accurate measure of body fat, this scale is probably for you. If all you want to do is find out how much you weigh, a $15 dial scale will do the trick and you can spend the other $100 on your choice of weight reduction plans.