Customer Reviews

Omron Body Composition Monitor with Scale

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I was excited to get this scale. It's my first scale that does more than tell you how much you weigh. I don't really have a way to tell how accurate the weight reading is. But I do know that it's consistent. I've tried all sorts of different tests: Weighing myself multiple times, recalibrating the scale each time, weighing myself with shoes, then without shoes, then weighing the shoes to see if me + shoes = me wearing shoes, etc. etc. The numbers always seem to come out the way they should.

The same goes for the other readings - I have no way of knowing how accurate they are. But across a few days, resting metabolism varies by no more than 10-15 calories, skeletal muscle and body fat stay within 1%, visceral fat is always the same number, and BMI only varies slightly with day-to-day weight changes.

It's been a little under three weeks so far with the scale, so I haven't really had it long enough to see a significant trend forming based on my recent exercise regimen. But being able to see all of those values really keeps your behavior in check. Every time you see one of the values change for the better, it helps to renew your resolve. I've got a lot of room to improve, and I think this scale is really going to help me maintain my focus.

In my opinion, it's worth double what I paid for it. I only wish (manufacturers, take note!) that there was more you could do with the memory function. It keeps 90 days worth of data for each user profile, but you can only view today, yesterday, last week, last month, and 90 days ago. I'd like to see a little USB port in there where you could put a memory stick and it would download a CSV or other delimited text file containing your history. It would be a simple matter to import the file into a spreadsheet application to view charts and graphs of your progress.

This is a pretty good product for keeping track of your weight loss (or gain). It is not super accurate though, but still gives you an idea of whats going on. I had my body composition done professionally. I checked it against the scale and found that if I entered myself as a male, it was very accurate (I'm female). I believe this is because it doesn't account for athletic body types.

This is the scale to get if your eyes aren't what they used to be and you want a very VERY good product. The top-end models even have a "body age" indicator, can you believe that? You might not want to see THAT index. It works for up to four and the handheld grip is easy to read. According to the booklet, it also makes ther reading more accurate and tells you a few things that you might not get from the "foot-only" body readers. Sorry, I have to say that as of this writing you can get this directly from the company much cheaper... in fact, you can buy the top of the line model cheaper than where this low-end (but still excellent quality and usability) model is priced. My rating is based purely on the PRICE and I'll correct this if/when the model/price is updated.

Product was inexpensive and seems to consistently offer the same results but not sure of accuracy. It measures 4-6 percentage points different from my Tanita device. Both were mid priced units but Omron is full body; that is, electrical current enters through hands as well as feet measuring - more efficiently - the upper body. But a 6% difference? One can't expect precise accuracy with any of these devices, but only a measure of the trend. But cleary when you have a 6% difference, one of these devices is not even close. I would definently do more in-depth research before buying another device.

Excellent,,,a quality unit which does as advertised. I recommend it and would not hesitate to buy again.

This product is indispensable for holding Weight Loss Challenges and Nutrition Classes. Easy to use, it gives relevant information to help the overweight person.

I decided to buy this as an upgrade to HBF-306C which, in my opinion, is a piece of trash. I have to say that this scale is pretty consistent, but is a little off. I know for a fact that I am 17%BF, but this scale insists that I am in the 22% range. The only reason I did not give it less stars is because, even thou I'm sure of my BF composition, there is a little chance I am wrong.