Withings Wifi Body Scale

by Withings

Product Features

• Easy weight and fat mass monitoring on a private website secured by a password
• Personnalized multi-user monitoring thanks to an automatic user recognition (up to 8 users)
• Body analysis (fat mass, lean mass and bmi)
• Free iphone application to monitor your weight and fat mass
• Graduation 0.2 lbs (0.1 kg) - 4 sensors, maximum weight 396 lbs (180 kg)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Monitor your body weight like never before with the Withings WiFi Body Scale, a digital wireless body fat monitor. This bathroom scale uses a WiFi connection to store weight, BMI, and body fat data online or on your iPhone. With the Withings WiFi Body Scale, you can track your progress and motivate yourself to maintain a healthy weight.

The WiFi Body Scale At a Glance Records weight, fat mass, lean muscle mass, and BMI Monitors your data on a private, password-secured website Free iPhone application increases data access Accurate graduation of 0.2 pounds; maximum weight of 396 pounds Multi-user monitoring allows up to eight users

The Withings WiFi Body Scale makes it easy for you to log on from any Web browser and access your data. View larger.

The scale automatically recognizes up to eight different users, so your entire family can use it. View larger.

Access Your Health Data Online or with Your iPhone
The Withings WiFi Body Scale is packed with technology, yet it's simple to use. You can monitor the long term evolution of your weight directly on a secured web dashboard. From any web browser, you can log on and see a rich, relevant view of all your weight data collected by the scale, with no time limitation and in total confidentiality. Withings has also developed an iPhone application, WiScale, available for free at the iTunes App Store. This app puts your very own fitness coach right in your pocket, which means you can consult it whenever and wherever you like.

Stylish, Accurate Healthcare Tool
Powered by four 1.5-volt AAA alkaline batteries (included), this high-tech scale's black-and-steel design makes it an attractive addition to any décor. And this scale is just as accurate as it is good looking--it features four sensors and measures in graduations of 0.2 pounds, accepting a maximum weight of 396 pounds. The Withings scale can measure precisely your muscle mass and fat mass so you can see the real impact of your efforts. The accuracy of its measurements makes it the ideal tool to monitor your health and fitness.

Scale Offers Creative Ways to Keep Fit
Take advantage of the Withings scale's many options to help you stay healthy. Set your goals and get a weekly progress report by email. Share your progress with friends on your blog, Facebook account, or Twitter account (only if you want to). You can even generate and print graphs showing your growth, weight, height, and BMI for your medical records. If you work with coaches or nutritionists, they can monitor your progress directly on their computers as well.

The scale automatically recognizes up to eight different users, so your entire family can use it. Go beyond just the basics to evaluate your family's diet with Withings' nutrition partners and consult your results or create your own sports program with any of the many Withings partners.

What's in the Box
Withings WiFi scale, four 1.5-volt AAA alkaline batteries, four carpet feet, tape measure, and installation guide.

Specifications
Online Connection	Private website secured by password	Monitoring weight fluctuations and fat mass graph	Comparison to reference values dictated by doctors	Ability to set objectives
Body Analysis	ITO Invisible electrodes	Fat mass	Lean mass	Body mass index (BMI)
Connectivity	WiFi 802.11 b/g	Very low power consumption	WEP/WPA/WPA2-personal security
Data Collection	Instant weigh-in by getting on the scale	Automatically turns on and off
Data Sharing	Data can be set to private or shared with the other users of the scale	Ability to upload information to a select number of third party websites
Display	Big graphical screen (2.4" x 1.6")	White, high-contrast lighting

What the Press is Saying About the Withing Scale

NYTimes.com "By amassing a continual flow of data, you'll be able to monitor your progress in maintaining, or achieving, a healthy life style." USA Today "The Wi-Fi body scale from Withings can keep dieters connected" CBS, The Doctors "Pediatrician Dr. Jim Sears recommends the Withings WiFi Body Scale, which Tweets your weight when you step on it!" MSN Tech & Gadgets "Its dark metallic case and digital display make it look more like a distant cousin to the new Apple iPad than an object that should sit prominently on the floor beside the toilet." Engadget "More often the object of dread than fascination, the humblebathroom scale has been given a makeover by Withings . . ."

Product Description

The first WiFi scale connected to the internet to automatically register weight, fat and BMI calculation. With its extra-flat black-and-steel design, which makes it the ideal bathroom decoration, the Withings WiFi Body Scale is jam-packed with technology yet remaining simple to use. The Withings WiFi body scale analyzes your body composition and automatically stores your weight data online thanks to a wireless Wifi connection. You can monitor the long term evolution of your weight, your BMI (Body Mass Index) and your fat mass directly on a secured web dashboard. From any web browser, you can log on and see a rich, relevant view of all your weight data collected by the scale, with no time limitation and in total confidentiality. Withings has also developed the first IPhone application, WiScale, available free on the iTunes App Store. This way, you can keep your very own fitness coach right in your pocket that you can consult whenever and wherever you like. Seen as a real revolution in the Internet of Things, the Withings connected scale can also be directly related to various and numerous innovative services such as Twitter, RunKeeeper or Google Health. Its stylish design comes in addition to high performance electronics, using a technology so far only used by health professionals. The accuracy of its measurements makes it the ideal tool to monitor your health and fitness.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.9 inches ; 7.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B002JE2PSA
• UPC: 000546700006
• Item model number: WBS01
• Batteries: 4 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (123 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #691 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

69 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A scale that keeps getting better and better, October 21, 2009

By	Straight Talker "Robert A" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Withings Wifi Body Scale (Health and Beauty)

The Withings Wi-Fi scale is a fascinating step forward in the use of Wi-Fi to share information for the consumer's benefit.

I purchased my scale from the Withings web site but it was shipped from their U.S. Amazon store. It appears to be one of the first scales to ship within the US as I received it in early October 2009.

After the scale is configured for your Wi-Fi network, and the account on the server is set up, the process of weighing goes like this: Step on the scale. The scale will fluctuate for a moment while adjusting to your weight. After a few moments, the scale should accept a weight, and then display a bar moving across the display from left to right as the data is uploaded to the server. When the bar display is complete, the scale then displays your Body Fat % and then displays your BMI. If the scale has a problem thinking that the person on the scale is not centered, there will appear an arrow in one of the corners where it believes there is too much weight and it would like you to adjust your weight away from that corner.

The scale is a pretty straightforward device and will not require any in-depth learning but some users might desire a user's manual as there is none beyond the slip of paper that instructs you how to insert the batteries. A pdf document that a user could download would be a great addition for those that would like to better understand what the capabilities are for the device and how they can make best use of the product. After all, this scale is not a cheap scale and most users who purchase it will be technically minded with curious wonderings beyond what is obvious. Withings does have an online forum for ongoing discussion and if you have a question, visiting the forums helps as there are always other users who are experiencing the same issues or have found an answer for something you may come up against.

The scale has the ability to recognize more than one user. There is an algorithm that the server uses to determine which user is on the scale as it expects each user to have a significantly different weight and/or body fat % composition than other users. If it can not detect which user is on the scale from 2 different users, the scale will show an arrow so that by adjusting the users balance on the scale, the user can indicate which user they are. If there are 3 or more users using the scale, this process will not work and the users must each 'claim' or 'refuse' the weight on the web site for their tracking. Unfortunately, having a single user claim that weight will not remove it from the other user's records and each other user must also remove the 'unknown user' weight.

Because I have an iPhone, I was intrigued by how I (or others that I allow) could watch my weight change and body fat changes over time. It is impressive how quickly the iPhone receives the weighing data and Withings has been smart to use a badge on the WiScale application to notify the user that new data has been received. I have not noticed any Alerts yet on the iPhone but they are aware of that capability given that the preference exists within the iPhone settings.

For the techies that like to take things to the next level, there is a capability to download a CSV delimited file containing your weighing history. The file is perfectly formatted to slide right into your Excel program.

There are a couple of things that I expect to see happen as Withings moves to version 2 of their software. Currently, there is no ability to upload data to the server so as to benefit from having historical data that you have accumulated prior to your Withings scale purchase. Manually entering historical data is limited in that the server does not accept data with the precision similar to what the scale records. Withings says that this will be fixed in a future update.

A feature that is missing is the ability to indicate that the user is an athlete and that the Body Fat should be analyzed with that significant difference in mind. Many users who choose a scale such as this might well be expecting this recognition by the software.

The Basal Metabolic Rate would also be a nice feature that may be included at a later time but is not currently calculated or shown.

Withings Scale Pros:
Attractive
Capable of ongoing improvements in features through firmware updates
iPhone application for ease of sharing your success
Capable of multiple users being tracked
Can be set for metric (kg) or imperial (lbs)
Very responsive to customer feedback

Withings Scale Cons:
Accuracy is limited to your typical home use scale.
Not the cheapest product that does this kind of analysis but one of the more innovative.

Executive bottom line: The scale has some fun potential but it should be recognized that technology does not necessarily bring about increased accuracy. I've rated this scale with 5 stars because it is what it appears to be, the design is beautiful and the scale uses technology in innovative ways. The scale has potential for becoming an an awesome product as Withings has the capability to enhance its current capabilities easily. Let's hope they continue to give us even more as time go on.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars So close and yet so far, February 15, 2010

By	Joshua Ganderson (San Francisco) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Withings Wifi Body Scale (Health and Beauty)

Pros:
1. It really is the first scale I've seen that wasn't hideous.
2. The auto-wifi uploading and google health integration is awesome. I think it has some real geek appeal and has the potential to make weight loss feel more like a game.
3. Setup wasn't too bad though I felt the process was a bit clunky.
4. After a couple of false starts, the online interface was better than I expected.

Cons:
1. It's battery powered. That would have been fine in any other scale but in a wifi enabled device? I burned through the included batteries in a week, using the scale once a day. Who in their right mind put wifi in something that doesn't even have the option of plugging into the wall.
2. The carpet pads in no way work on the carpet. Your first reading in a given location may be somewhat accurate depending on the thickness of your carpet and carpet padding. However, if you leave the scale in the same spot over night, it'll settle in enough that the carpet presses back on the center of the plate while weighing in. I got readings that were off more than 45 pounds!
3. (maybe) I'm not convinced on the accuracy of the scale yet. I get some pretty significant fluctuation despite weighing in at similar times and conditions each day.
4. Lack of instructions or information about how the scale functions. I know you can pull down a pdf but I really didn't see where the fat calculations were detailed. Does it have to do with electrical resistance of my body or something? It'd be nice to know so that I can make educated guesses as to what conditions might throw this value off.

Overall, I'm happy with it. I'm coping with the battery issue by getting a bunch of rechargeable batteries. I'm moving the scale to a hard surface each use. If you don't mind those two things and the price, I'd recommend it. However, a traditional scale is going to be way more accurate if that's the most important thing for you.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome little gadget - who woud have thought wifi in a scale, October 9, 2009

By	Austin Guy 2005 - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Withings Wifi Body Scale (Health and Beauty)

When I first read about this product on Engadget I was like "why would you want wifi on your scale???".. but I have to say, the next day after I was entering my weight/body fat into my ipod touch and I thought to myself wouldn't it be cool if I had a scale that would log all this for me every time I weighed! Did some research and that's exactly what it does! So I got one! Seriously it tracks your weight and BMI (lbs of fat) for you on a cool chart (many options on the chart) -- so you can see if you making progress or bad habits are starting to effect your weight/body fat. You can label certain days with any notes you want. I enter in my waist measurements once a week (so I can make sure it's decreasing along with my fat percent - because sometimes you may not loose weight but you're replacing it with muscle so your waist is shrinking and your body fat is decreasing, which you can tell from this scale)... The scale even connected through my wifi which is encrypted with WPA-PSK security!

Looks: It's a purdy little thing! It's almost so nice you don't want to stand on it and get your foot prints all over it :) The display is large and it displays your weight (seems vary consistent unlike my previous scale).. then pops up a progress bar (measuring your body fat) and tells your BMI / lbs of fat (and I'm guessing at that time it uploads it to the internet cause within a minute it's online for me to view).

One cool thing I like is that the website allows you to set goals for weight/fat and so you can see how close to your goal you are. Oh and it will actually show you the battery level of your scale when you're on the site, cool little tidbit of info. I'll update more after I've had the scale for a few months, but as of now I'm thrilled! Today I was telling my coworkers about it, who are always after the latest gadgets and staying in shape, and showed them the graphs through firefox and there were like that's awesome (which is where I got the title from). Two of my friends were especially excited because they're having a weight loss contest (who can loose the most weight but you have to keep it off for a month) - so this is an easy (CAN'T CHEAT) way to really tell who's winning the bet!