Customer Reviews

Tanita 2001T-FW Ultimate Body Fat Monitor and Scale, Translucent Frosty White

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This is a great scale that is ready to use right out of the box. Just turn it on, using the toe button located on the bottom right side, and step on. Within seconds you have your weight displayed very accurately within a half pound.

The trump card feature of this scale is its ability to measure you body fat percentage (using bioelectrical impedance analysis). Just enter some basic info about yourself (adult/child, male/female, and height) and 5-4-3-2-1 (yes, the scale really counts down) you have your body fat percentage. The manual has a chart listing acceptable body fat levels so you can keep track of where your at.
The scale cant measure body fat for everyone. Very small children and very fit (athletes) individuals will give false body fat readings (however, weight is always measured accurately).

The only major flaw with the scale is that you have to manually input your age, gender and height every time you want to measure body fat. A memory feature should have been added to save your information, as it can become very annoying to re-enter your information again and again. A memory feature is available on Tanitas higher end model scales
The digital display is fairly easy to read (some scales have larger readouts).

Overall it is a nice, compact scale that is fast and accurate.

We have used the Tanita body fat scale for many years to help us watch our weight and keep track of our body fat. While I loved its usefulness and low price, in the long run we moved on to a new scale.

First, the good things about this scale. It's relatively cheap when you compare it against other body fat scales. It's also easy to use just for weight. You simply kick a button with your toe to turn it on, step on it, and it shows you your weight to within .5 pounds.

Doing the body weight is more annoying though. You have to press a button to get it going, choose adult or child, then choose male or female, and then sit there and scroll through the numbers to find your height. If you miss it, start all over again.

Then you stand on the scale in bare feet. In essence the scale sends a mild electrical signal through your body - you can't feel it at all. By knowing your height and watching how fast the signal takes to get through your system, the scale can determine how much of you is made up of fat. That number is displayed for you after around 5 seconds.

I really liked the scale but found that sequence to get to the body fat REALLY annoying after a while. We moved up to a Taylor system that had a memory so you input your values once and then just "recalled" them later with one button. We also discovered when we did this that our Tanita was about a pound off, and that its body fat measurement was a full 3.5%. So while the Tanita had been good at general ranges, apparently it wasn't extremely accurate.

I'd recommend this Tanita as a great way to get into body fat scales if you don't have one yet. But if you are actually going to start paying attention to it, I'd really recommend going with a unit that has a memory in it. They aren't that much more money and they are VERY worth it.

I have been using it for almost a year now. Over all I like it a lot. Here is what I think is good or bad in it:

Pros:

1. Measuring Weight (that's what its supposed to do and should be good at... right!). If you are planning to loose weight you can watch your weight go down over days in 1/2 lb steps.

2. Doesn't loose its calibration (some other weight scales require calibration).

3. You can measure body fat (not very accurate though)

4. Its gentle on batteries so they last for a long time.

Cons:

1. Body fat measurement is very inaccurate even if you fall with in the specified weight and height limits. They can be completely off if you use this scale after taking a shower.

2. You can't store the weight or body fat trends (yeep keep a log book handy if you want to record your weight).

3. Body fat measurement could be some what difficult to set up. Controls could have been easier than how they are.

Overall a very good product.

You have to get on your knees and enter in a plethora of information every time you want to check your body fat--it is incapable of storing even 1k worth of data.

This scale is very accurate. It's nice to be able to know what you weigh and what your're body fat is. Although, it's not as accurate with body fat % for people that have very low body fat. All-in-all, it's a great scale that I would recommend. It's very easy to use. The only draw back is that you pretty much have to put in all your information every time you want to find out your body fat %.

I got this scale because I read that it would store previous measurements to track your weight history. After reading the manual, it apparently does not do that.

Additionally, according to the manual the scale's body fat measurement does not work properly if you are considered "athletic" or "fit", which makes that feature useless for me.

digital Monitor and Scale with this price is realy nice deal and working nice too.

This scale has been with me for almost four years now! I step on almost every day just to keep an eye on my weight. I do not use the body fat feature, as I found it to be very inaccurate as compared to hydrostatic weighing (obviously). I haven't even had to replace batteries or anything in the years we've had it! Totally worth the investment.

I use this scale all the time. It is the best scale I have ever bought. I have no complaints about it. I have even tested it many times, weighing myself, waiting a bit, and then weighing myself again to see if it returns the same weight each time. It does! I have never had it give me two different weights or two different body fat percentages.

The one downfall like everyone has said is there is no memory feature. But after a while, you memorize what you have to put in, and I can do it with my big toe in about 10 seconds.

For the price that you pay for this scale (and the quality of the scale), you can easily forget about the memory feature. I absolutely love this scale and I would recommend it to everyone out there.

This scale is awesome, especially for the price. I love how it shows if you have gained or lost even a half a pound. It has legs so it can sit on carpet. It looks cool and high tech. I think the body fat isn't exact, but it gives you something to go by so you know if it's going up or down. I wish it kept my info for the body fat measurement, but it only takes a second anyways. It's simple and that's exactly what I wanted.