Solely measuring one's weight can be very deceiving. One can fluctuate ~10 lbs simply in water weight.
The Verge's @KatieBoehret has a good overview on the product.
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@rrhoover@katieboehret Yeah all of them are ultimately not very accurate, but I think its the best consumer product out there at the moment
It's also worth mentioning that Withings makes really quality hardware. I've used one of the original scales daily for the last 4 years and it's only dropped WiFi once. That's more than I can say for many other consumer devices.
How accurate is it at measuring composition? Would be interested in seeing a comparison to something like a dexascan.
With an at home scale like this, I think consistency of measure is probably more important than accuracy. More useful to know if you're moving in the right direction than exact numbers.
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@mscccc tl;dr: The Body (formally WS50) seems accurate enough to me. I'm 6'2" (188cm), 88kg (194lbs), 16% body fat composition, on average for the last 3 months.
I used to do DEXA scans myself, which cost me around 27 USD each scan and I would say Withings is close to my usual readings. Took my last one last year and that was a good 20% (87kg), but that was due to me lazing around. I used to hit 13% (84kg) the year prior.
Currently using the older WS50 model, which seems to have been renamed to Body (correct me if I'm wrong). And I've been averaging 16.25% Body Fat for the last 3 months. This would be after getting back into a semi-fixed routine of body weight and basic jogging every week, and taking a weight gainer for a month or so.
Haven't had time to do a DEXA (which I should do to give a proper comparison) but the figures aren't far off. As Ryan pointed out water weight would be contributor to the flux in numbers, which I see being off by around +/- 3% depending on the time of day I step on my scale (usually 12am/8am).
If Tim Ferriss' book 4 Hour Body is anything to go by I do remember that he said readings would be different depending on the method used, but it would probably be wise to stick to one type of measurement as a baseline else recorded the readings would be quite far off.
Currently do the same for my heart rate, so I skip on the scale to doing that for me as I constantly use my Apple Watch for those readings.
Quite curious about the new Body Cardio and how it stacks up.
I am not sure if I ha e this exact one, but the body fat in mine is directional at best.
I once checked myself in the morning and then had a proper hydrostatic rest later that day.
26% withings, 17% tank.
That said, I also have a Skulpt and its numbers are more consistent with my Withings.
End of the day you just want it going down, right :)
Great to see another full body composition scale. I've been in love with Withings since the beginning, but had to change to Runtastic as it was the only scale at a time showing muscle mass. I am very happy to be switching back once more
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Why not ship to Russia?
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Saw the product video, looks good and promising, price looks reasonable. @Naked body scanner is still my favorite product released in fitness genre.
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