Taylor 5571 Breast Cancer Awareness Body Fat Scale

by Taylor

Product Features

• Scale measures weight, and body fat and body water percentage
• Uses BIA (bioelectrical impedance analysis) to measure body fat and body water percentage
• BIA measurements help track good weight loss (fat), as opposed to "bad" weight loss (muscle mass)
• Built with four memories to store a whole family's data
• With the purchase of this scale, Taylor donates one dollar to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Taylor 5571P PrecisionTech Body Fat Analyzer Scale measures body fat and body water with 0.5-percent accuracy. Designed with pink and white accents that show support for fighting breast cancer, this scale is built with four memories to store the whole family's personal data. The scale uses BIA (Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis) to measure body fat and body water percentage. By using relatively simple technology, this scale measures electrical resistance (body cell mass is a good conductor, while fat tissue is a bad conductor) and capacitive resistance (created at the cell membranes of the cell mass). Then, the collected data is used to calculate the BIA.

So what does all this have to do with weight loss? Based on the data collected by this scale, deficiencies such as catabolism (the unwanted breakdown of lean muscle mass) can be documented, which is important to track during weight loss. When you reduce bodyweight, fat tissue should be reduced, not muscle mass. Thus, tracking your BIA is especially important when you diet because it shows "real" weight loss progress, so you're not just dropping pounds, but also burning away unwanted fat.

This scale does more than help you fight your weight loss, it also helps fight breast cancer. Breast cancer touches almost everyone -- family, friends, or co-workers -- and Taylor wants to help fund the fight. With the purchase of this scale, Taylor will donate one dollar to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Increased body fat has been linked in studies to an increased risk of breast cancer. Using the 5571P will help you monitor your overall body health, and, by focusing on body fat, body water, and weight levels, you can keep close tabs on your health and make changes to minimize your risks of breast cancer.

In addition to body fat and body water analysis, this scale also features a scale-only mode for basic weight measurements. It is accurate to 330 pounds, features an instant on, auto zero, auto off, and low battery indicator. All functions are powered by a single nine-volt battery (not included).

Product Description

Monitor your Risks -- Help Fund the Fight--Breast cancer touches almost everyone -- either with family, friends or co-workers.  Help to fund the fight to find cures and treatments for this disease.  With the purchase of this scale, Taylor Precision Products will donate $1 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. How can you monitor your breast cancer risks at home? Increased body fat has been linked in studies to an increased risk of breast cancer.  Using this Taylor Body Fat Scale will help you to monitor your overall body health.  By focusing on body fat, body water and weight levels, you can monitor your body health plus your risks of breast cancer over time.  Taylor only uses bio-electrical impedance analysis, the most accurate home method of calculating body fat so you can be confident in the results time after time.  Features of this product include: "Understanding the Risk" pamphlet *Measurement of body fat and body water to the 0.5% * Athlete or normal mode:  Athlete mode is important for those exercising more the 12 hours per week *Simple scale-only mode * 330 lb x 0.5 lb weight capacity * Unique body fat and body water range graph * 4 user memories * Requires one 9 volt battery (not included) * 5 year warranty

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000F7T8SS
• UPC: 082197104457
• Item model number: 5571P
• Batteries: 1 9V batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,684 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent !, April 20, 2006

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JPurtha (San Diego CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taylor 5571 Breast Cancer Awareness Body Fat Scale (Health and Beauty)

This is a great scale and an excellent value ! After calling Taylor directly with product questions - I was extremely impressed by the knowledge of the person I spoke to about this product and how it measures Body Fat %. Be sure you are fully hydrated when you take a Body Fat Reading to get your most accurate Body Fat measurement. How do you know when you are properly hydrated? The scale will tell you with the Body Water %. The best time to take the Body Fat reading is later in the day - before your last meal.

The weight measurements have been consistent. I think this product is just plain excellent!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good set of scales, February 1, 2007

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Rance D. Hess "RDH" (Canton, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Taylor 5571 Breast Cancer Awareness Body Fat Scale (Health and Beauty)

I did quite a bit of research and these scales live up to the reviews I read (almost all of which were positive). They are very repeatable. I will add one negative note however. They are trying to control too many functions with too few buttons. Holding a button for the wrong length of time can cause you to enter the incorrect mode. I am not an unintelligent person, but it took me 4 to 5 tries with the instructions to finally set up the memory features correctly. They have been great since I finally got it done though.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good scale, but fishy electronics?, March 8, 2007

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J. Wang - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Taylor 5571 Breast Cancer Awareness Body Fat Scale (Health and Beauty)

So far, this scale is fairly good. It gave weights that are pretty close to what other electronic scales gave (and the .5lb increment on this scale is precise enough, for those of you wanting a .2lb increment). My Body Fat measurements were fairly consistent, with it not varying by more than 1% from day to day.

BUT!!! The main suspicion I have with this scale is that it seems to have a "lazy" weight measurement change. What do I mean by that? Let's say, for example, you weight yourself and the scale says 154lbs. If you step off, take off a jacket u know weights about 1.5lbs, and step on the scale again, the scale will show that you still weight 154lbs. BUT! And here is when it gets interesting, I suspected that the scale might have a 'short-term' memory built into its eletronics and will simply go back to the most recently measured weight if the difference in weight is small enough. SO, I weighted myself, at say, 154, then made the scale go to some other weight, say 130, and then take off my jacket and weight myself again, and guess what? I now get 152.5lbs.

So, in summary, a pretty precise and good scale, but for some reason, its designers decided to build in a 'cheat' like that just to give the illusion that it is even more precise.