WITHINGS Smart Scales for Body Weight, FSA or HSA Eligible, Body Analysis, Fat Content, Muscle Mass, Bone Density, Visceral Fat, Bathroom Scale, BMI Scales Digital Weight and Body Fat, Bluetooth, WiFi

Believe the other five star reviews.All I have to add is that it is pointless to have this scale if all one cares about is why clothes aren't fitting like they used to. Do not get this if you are the type who gets a new gym membership on January 2 and a month later you forgot where the gym is.What the scale is good for, or at least how I rationalized the purchase, is it that it complements a geek's approach to health and fitness. That is, we all know that improving one's health is fairly simple: eat better, get more sleep, drop the carbs, add ninety minutes or more of vigorous activity a week and stay out of the taverns. You don't need this scale or even any scale if all that is of interest is generally better health and clothes fit.Now for those who enjoy body hacking or What Ifs? This scale is awesome. Lets say that you adopt a regime of regular fasting and daily walks. This will burn fat and likely trash your muscles and that result will be reflected in the body composition readings. Dropping carbs? H2O numbers change. Overworking your exercise, your heart patterns will change (though for Reasons, you only get afib notifications but the ECG/EKG graphs are telling if you know how to read them and good at discerning artifacts)Want to know how that fad exercise/diet is working out for you? Now you have personal anecdata to support or refute whatever claims were made. Just took up running, swimming or boxing? See how these new activities integrate with your body shaping. Are the numbers valid? Who knows and how would a consumer know unless they had access to medical grade and certified analogs. I don't think it matters unless your numbers somehow work themselves into conversations, but trends, which this scale and app can provide will give fairly decent feedback to whatever diet/exercise plan you are following.The downside, and it is fairly understandable why, is that this scale does not play well with the Garmin Universe. Garmin has the best tracking watch - the Fenix line, this is indisputable. What Garmin doesn't have is the best peripherals. I was seriously considering upgrading from an ancient Withings smart scale to the Garmin offering because of the integration, but I wanted more toyz and having more dollars than sense opted for this prosumer scale. Thankfully MyFitnessPal is the intermediary between these two health and fitness gadget Goliaths.Because of the robust data collection that Withings is doing, and the plethora of data scientists itching to leverage AI or something to generate marketable data, I can't help but think that broader acceptance of this device would lead to things that Garmin has been doing with their data partners and that is to invent scoring mechanism based on some combination of metrics collected from this scale and integrations from other peripherals (BP and Oxy sensors) along with dietary habits from collaborations with various diet tracking apps.I look forward to what Withings comes up with in the future and I can only encourage them to work with their market competitors and intermediaries so that they can make some Withings brand Health numbers so that metrics based body hackers can game. We are odd ducks, but quite frankly its us who buy these wildly unnecessary devices.

My overall rating is 5 Star based on: (5) Easy to use (5) Set up with app (5) Unit appearance and display (5) Accuracy in reading/consistency (4) Price point and still pending on cardio vascular age reading since it does require 5 days of measurement to give you a reading and I'm posting this review after 3 days of use. I am in the fitness industry and the value to me is in the body fat reading and overall consistency in readings. I had a competitor scale (Weight Gurus) which served me well over the years and was fairly good in it's consistency of readings. As a first impression, it's very well packed and after removing it from the box I noticed that it is a bit heavier than my previous scale so the product appears pretty sturdy and well built. The charging cable included to charge the scale is 6 feet long and USB so I was able to charge it on the floor next to my other USB items. AFTER charging the scale overnight it gave me a full battery life reading in the digital display in the morning. I can't review battery life until I actually have to recharge the scale but from what I read it can be up to year depending on use and I will use it once per day. I downloaded the app to my iPhone 12 and briefly skimmed over the paper instructions on pairing the items. I placed the scale on the counter next to me. Turned the scale on (hold the little button on the side for 3 seconds) and immediately the app kicked in and started the pairing process which was painless. Once paired, I placed the scale in the same spot as my previous scale which is a solid wood, level surface (not rug or over a bathroom mat). Best time for consistent readings is first thing AM but if you can't make that happen, then at least try to make it the same time every day so the readings won't fluctuate wildly based on your daily intake and caloric output. For this review, I actually compared readings side by side with my previous scale and noticed no real discrepancy at all. Readings were very close. The digital display is BIG and easy to read so if you are over 40 you will be happy that you don't need to wear your glasses to see the display as it scrolls through your overall weight, body fat, muscle weight, water, and bone. It even gave me the weather conditions outside since it's connected to wifi. You can change the option/s that are displayed but I was good with that since I start my mornings at 5am and I always check the weather conditions before going outside so I know what training gear is required. Once it completed it's overall body scan, it uploads your stats onto the app which you can then read through and compare on a daily or weekly basis. At least as far as apple products, results of your scale are posted onto the Apple Health app which is great since I use MyFitnessPal and I also have an Alexa Amazon T-Rex watch which also uploads to the Apple Health App so I can look over everything in one place when I want to review the week. I did notice that I had to reload my app page once when the information wasn't immediately synced but that's not an issue at all. Overall, and my only rating under 5 is because it is a bit pricey compared to my previous scale but a great addition to your fitness items for 2023!