Omron HBF-400 Body Fat Monitor and Scale | List Price: $59.99
Discount Price: $34.99
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Brand: Omron
Binding: Health and Beauty
Release Date: 2006-07-15
Features: - Provides accurate measurement of weight, body fat percentage, and body mass index (BMI)
- Supports up to four personal profiles, so each member of your family can track their own measurements
- BMI classified at three levels: underweight, normal, overweight, and obese
- Provides measurements for people of nearly all heights (3'4" to 6' 6-3/4") and nearly all ages (10 to 79 years)
- Measures 12.2 x 11.8 x 2.1 inches (L x W x H)
Ditto: Not for athletically fit people [Posted on 2008-12-24]
I have owned this scale and used it each and every morning under the same circumstances for more than a year now. I have held off writing a review because I wanted to be sure of my opinion based on personal experience. Here it is: The weight scale is consistent with itself. That's all anyone needs is consistency, whether it be plus or minus a .10 or more from another scale. Stick with one scale day to day and you can't go wrong. But the other readings: The Body Fat, the Visceral Fat, the Skeletal Muscle, are crazy wrong for someone who works out six times a week and is athletic, like me. I started out a little over a year ago forty-eight pounds heavier than I am right now. Since I kept a journal each day of all the measurements from the Omron scale, I can say that it is wrong, crazy wrong. During the year I have been in training, working with a trainer and slowly changing my diet, I have gone from obese to slim, trim and have muscles that give me that "ripped" look. But the Omron scale will have none of it. The above mentioned readings have changed only slightly from my starting point, by no more than 2 or 3 percent at best, while my total body weight has dropped roughly 21 percent. I can't believe the body measurements of this scale are anywhere near accurate. I've gone down four pants waist sizes. Where I had a beer gut, I now can look straight down and see my belt buckle without having to suck in. You can see my ribs! I've packed on solid muscle everywhere it is supposed to be: upper and lower body. So this scale is a joke for all but one thing: Giving you your body weight. I'm disappointed I spent the money on it.
Sounds good but don't waste your money [Posted on 2008-12-27]
I purchased this scale because I have a water retention problem and I thought this scale would help me control it. However while I could get weighed on this scale I was unable to obtain any of the other information. The instructions were unclear but even trying to use it several different ways it didn't work.
Great scale - excellent value! [Posted on 2008-12-28]
After a lot of comparison shopping online and in stores, I decided to purchase this model - I am so happy that I did. It is solid, consistent, and very easy to set up. This digital scale provides accurate measurements on a very easy to read screen, and the numbers repeat so you have time to write them down if you're keeping track. This scale has the same features and is just as 'attractive' and solid as the much more expensive you won't regret this purchase!
as others have said [Posted on 2008-12-28]
The precision and accuracy of the weight measurement is quite good. This fat % calculation is not accurate, but may be precise. I'd guess if one had a professional assessment of body fat one could track changes with this scale, ignoring the absolute quantity.
Good scale [Posted on 2009-01-02]
I really like this scale. I do not use the body fat functions. I use it for measuring my weight only. It is a nice, light, dependable, electronic scale. The numbers are easy to read without glasses. The only feature I would like to see is a lighted display.
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