Customer Reviews

Tanita UM080 Scale with Body Fat and Body Water Monitor

5 star:		(24)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This is an excellent product. All the measurements appear to be accurate when compared to other scales. It is easy to program and has nice feature of being able to program for multiple users. You can also just take your weight without the other measurements if that is all you want. The electronic display is easy to read. All in all an excellent product for the price.

The accuracy of this scale is wonderful! I like the increments of .2 pounds. The body fat/water is a helpful tool, but it is easy to simply weigh without using that feature.

Just received this scale for my birthday - it is perfect! Easy to operate, comes with batteries - and it IS accurate! I compared it to my Weight Watcher's weigh-in number, and it was right on the money. Lightweight, nice size, perfect all around. We're very happy with all the features, and highly recommend this digital scale to anyone looking for one!

This scale is accurate and consistent. It has helped my weight loss because if I overeat, it shows the next morning, and if I stick to my plan, that shows up right away too. It encourages me to do my exersize and eat right. I've lost 50 lbs. now so I'm something of an expert, (unfortunately). I'm not at goal weight yet, but this scale is a true help. The body fat and water aspect of it shows wild divergences of readings throughout the day and I find it only a general guide, though over the months the body fat reading is trending down. It's not as useful as the scale function.

I bought my first one last November and since then have ordered 3 more. I love the simplicity yet accuracy it provides day after day, and I haven't had to replace the battery yet. I have bought one for a present, one for my diet group at work and just ordered another for my TOPS club. This scale sells itself as the women at work were impressed and have ordered their own. If you're looking for a reliable yet simple scale, this is the one to own. I'd give it 10 stars if I could!

I have had it for a year so far and I still love it. It's very low power (I have not changed the battery for more than a year!!) and very durable.

This product meets expectations fully. It provides a cost effective way to monitor weight, body fat and hydration levels. Unlike the analog scales that we have had in the past, this scale provides consistent measurements for everyone in our house, even when moved from room to room - and it actually matched our doctor's scale! The weight-watchers in our house like seeing weight given to 10ths of a pound. While there were more expensive scales that offered more bells and whistles this model provides excellent functionality at a very good price.

This is my first digital scale, but appears to do everything I need. Once you program in your age and height (for up to 2 people), you can then weight yourself and determine weight, body fat and water %. It appears to work well and measures consistantly.

You can just measure anyones weight instantly by pressing the foot button on the front of the unit, or select a guest mode from the menu which allows you to measure the body fat etc for someone who is not one of the 2 people programmed in.

It only shows instantaneous readings - i.e. has no history of what you weighed yesterday etc, but since you naturally change weight each day/hour anyway I'm not sure that would show you much anyway. What does it matter that you're 1% heavier than yesterday! To track your weight, just use pen and paper over a longer time.

It works well for the price. I would by again.

This scale is extremely inaccurate--it fluctuates wildly. I always stand in the same place on the scale. I can weigh myself three consecutive times in the exact same place on the scale and get three different readings.

I bought this scale because other users gave it a great review. If you are looking for accuracy, buy something else.

A few months after buying this the fat monitor just stopped working, but I'm fine with that since I was always a bit dubious of its accuracy anyway after reading about the technology. Not to mention, it's easier to just kick the button on the bottom and stand instead of fiddling around with buttons early in the morning. For that it works great and I appreciate the small increments even though I know weight can fluctuate wildly--it's still nice to see gradual progress.

A nice bonus feature is that it's great for weighing cats and babies since the button at the bottom acts as a 'tare' button where you stand on it, hit the button, and it goes to zero so you can then pick up the baby, cat or any other squirming object that needs to be weighed and there is no subtraction math or squinting for the exact weight (since one pound is a big big difference when you weigh <15!).