taylor 5596g body fat-body water scale with bone and muscle mass features

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-04
NICE SCALE
SCALES SEEM TO BE ACCURATE ON THE WEIGHT PART, DON'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF YET. THEY SEEM TO BE A LITTLE FLIMSY SO I STEP ON THEM LIGHTLY. THEY LOOK NICE

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-02
inconsistently consistent
We got this scale when my husband began weight watching. He thought our old scale (also a Taylor) was inconsistent and he's perfectly happy with this one. My experience is the exact opposite!

If I get on this scale 3 (or 5 or 13) times in a row, it will give me the exact same weight. Great, right? Wrong! This weight has been up to 4 pounds more or less than what it gave me just 2 hours before. For the past week, my amusement has been what will the new high-tech scale say about me. LOL! The body fat measure has also varied by up to 2% in the course of a day. It has gotten to where, if I feel like a game of scale roulette, I'll get on this new scale... but if I want to know how much I weigh, I dig out the old one.

And if that's not enough fun, you can use it to wake a soundly sleeping spouse! Checking your weight alone is silent, but when you check the other things (body fat, etc.) the device emits a shrill beep that is loud enough to wake someone in the next room.

So why rate it a 2 instead of a 1? First, my husband is very happy with it. (He has a theory that it works better for heavier people. Uh huh. Right.) Second, it is a very good looking scale.

Rating:
Date: 2008-07-02
don't be afraid to return but might be an OK product
When I opened the box, I thought, "is this used?" The front had wear and the inside of the battery cavity was scratched up. It had a nice look though and didn't seem nightmarish to clean or store (it's pretty light). You will need a 9v battery to get it operational.

Being willing to live with a few dings, I tried it anyway and while I enjoyed seeing I was 20lbs lighter than my other, accurate scale thought(which I wanted to replace so I could get body fat readings), the other controls didn't work. And, as other readers pointed out, even with good vision, it can be hard to read.

So, I'm returning it. The basic product might be great but I am pretty sure the vendor/Amazon shipped me a previously sold product that was returned for not working. And if not, I still couldn't characterize this as accurate, much as I'd like to be 20 lbs lighter. This whole transaction was annoying, tedious and not eco-friendly.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-25
Awsome scale
This is a very excellent scale. I love all of the additional features this scale provides. Everything seems consistently accurate. Definitely a great scale.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-17
Accurate Scale - Lots of Features!
I have owned this scale for about a year now - and all though I never thought I would post a review for a scale...this scale is so accurate I felt I had to give it a top review.

I have been losing weight and the scale measurements have been as "Spot On" as compared to my weigh ins at my club. The extra feature of Body Fat % has been very motivating as I have personally seen it drop 14% over the past year. I actually had a Body Fat Test via Hydrostatic Weighing at a Sports Clinic and my 20% measurement there was only off by 1.4% from this scale ! The (not so) funny thing is....I only paid $40 for the scale, and the Hydrostatic Weigh cost $149 - so I must say this scale is a pretty solid way to get both an accurate weight measurement and a pretty accurate Body Fat % as well. This scale offers a lot of other features but I am really focused on lbs and Body Fat.

Really a great scale!

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