I used to have a cheap digital scale with a brand name of Thinner. I think I got it at Target. It only measured to half pounds, but that was okay. It was kind of flimsey though. It seemed accurate though.
But I wanted to get a scale that would give me body fat percentage. I was reading reviews, and it seemed that Tanita made very good quality scales. I started looking at different models. I would have liked to have gotten one of the Ironman scales, but they were pretty expensive. I have never used on of the body fat analyzing scales before, so I didn’t even know what to expect. But one day, I was down at Linen & Things, and they had a Tanita Ultimate II scale that measured body fat. And was a pretty good price. So I bought it. The first thing I noticed was that it was much sturdier than the Thinner brand scale. It was set up to take two people, and remember them. Since only me and my wife would be using it, remembering only two people was fine. I programmed our information into the scale. It is pretty cool, and when I step on the scale, it knows it’s me. And when my wife steps on the scale, it recognizes her. The scale measures to 1/10th of a pound. It also seems pretty consistant. If you weigh yourself, then weigh yourself again, you get the same weight.
I question the bodyfat measurement though. It uses a system where it sends a small amount of electricty though your body to measure the resistance. Don’t worry, you don’t feel it. Apparently muscle has different resistance than fat. When I weighed about 190 pounds, and had a bunch of fat around the mid section, it gave me body fat perecentages of 16-18%. But now that I am weighing about 173 pounds, and can feel much less fat around the middle, it now says 15-16%. I think I lost more fat than that! So I kind of question the percentage. My wife got on it, and though she wont tell me her weight or body fat percentage, she said it is significantly higher than mine. So who knows. It is is a good quality scale, and it is interesting to see the numbers. I just wish that body fat percentage would drop!!!!

Posted by Rob in Reviews on February 14th, 2007 |