Tanita BF-555-LG Family Model Scale with Extra Large LCD Display

by Tanita

Product Features

• Healthy-range display and caloric-intake mode
• Adult or child mode
• 4-person memory
• Weight-only mode
• Weight increment of 0.2 pounds

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Get a more accurate health gauge for the whole family with this 2-in-1 scale from Tanita. In addition to measuring pounds in 0.2-pound increments, the scale determines body-fat percentage with an at-home version of bioelectrical impedance analysis, the same method doctors use. Here's how it works: when you activate the body-fat monitor, the scale transmits safe, low-level electrical signals through your body and measures how quickly they travel. Body-fat percentage is displayed in one-percent increments, with age, gender, and height taken into account. This model also indicates general healthiness, suggests daily caloric intake, and remembers profiles for up to four users. The extra-large display is easy to read and program, with both weight and body-fat percentage displayed simultaneously. Helpful features include a 300-pound capacity, auto shut-off, pound/kilogram options, a beep to indicate programming advances, and a battery-power indicator. This model is not calibrated for highly active or athletic body types. --Emily Bedard

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 15.9 x 3 inches ; 7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 pounds
• ASIN: B000065DK6
• UPC: 742496855503
• Item model number: BF-555-LG
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,401 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

231 of 235 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for watching weight, August 14, 2002

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This review is from: Tanita BF-555-LG Family Model Scale with Extra Large LCD Display (Health and Beauty)

This scale is PERFECT! The large two line digital display is big enough to see even without my glasses. The programming is super simple, 5 minutes or less. By only programming once for each user and having space for a guest to try it out, getting your weight and body fat takes as much time as it normally takes just to weigh on other scales. The 2 lines stay lit long enough to take notes in a journal. The color on this model is actually an eggshell white, not gray as pictured...gray is for the "athletic" version available elsewhere. Before purchasing this scale, I did a lot of research through various sources and this one won out hands-down. I had never heard of Tanita prior, but they have an extensive line of precision weight equipment for home use, medical professions and manufacturing. I also read customer reviews from other websites and this scale comes with high recommendations. Tanita has a good website where you can clearly compare features from one model to the next to make sure you get a model that is going to suit your needs. I highly recommend this scale without hesitation.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, February 6, 2004

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Patricia Tryon (Longmont, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tanita BF-555-LG Family Model Scale with Extra Large LCD Display (Health and Beauty)

What a great scale. My husband and I forgo the "Hal"-like aspects of this machine, figuring that our weights we would just as soon keep to ourselves. But the documentation that came with the scale persuades us that programming would be a cinch. We've used the scale -- him weekly and me daily -- for about six months now. It stows easily under a shelf in our bathroom and the battery seems to be holding up just fine. The VERY LARGE NUMBERS are a boon for our middle-aged eyes. Like the previous reviewer, I looked at a number of scales, including more expensive "doctor's office" type equipment. The more I looked, the more convinced I became of the high quality and good reliability of of Tanita equipment. We're very pleased.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars heart health, March 9, 2004

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Judith H. Fersch (Concord, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tanita BF-555-LG Family Model Scale with Extra Large LCD Display (Health and Beauty)

I used to test my old scale by getting on and off it a number of times .. it was always off by pounds each time ... I was always doing the three out of five times test to get the "accurate" number (in my favor of course!)

This scale is wonderful. It is either totally accurate...OR... totally consistent! (either way works). I'm using it for weight control. But if you have heart problems and need to know what's going on in your body this is definitely way beyond your regular scale, the directions are extremely clear and VERY easy... If I can do it, you can, and feel safe.