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Withings Launches New iPhone-Connected Smart Scale With 'Eyes Closed' Mode
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Not at all. I want to know the exact weight every 15 minutes, plus a span of the day with the lowest and highest number. But all stupid weight apps only remember the last measurement of each day. Completely useless for both motivation and tracking.
A solution for a nonexistent problem.
You can buy a super nice analog scale for $50 that will last a lifetime and always work. If you do not want analog there are plenty of cheaper digital scales that are undoubtedly just as accurate. One other note...a scale will last a lifetime and at some point the communication standard for this scale will be obsolete. This is a problem for all gadgetry that depends on a communication protocol and/or a phone or computer.
You can buy a super nice analog scale for $50 that will last a lifetime and always work. If you do not want analog there are plenty of cheaper digital scales that are undoubtedly just as accurate. One other note...a scale will last a lifetime and at some point the communication standard for this scale will be obsolete. This is a problem for all gadgetry that depends on a communication protocol and/or a phone or computer.
I had a Withings scale that I bought from Apple Store in Singapore. The scale died less than 4 months after I bought it, but unless I ship the scale back to UK or the US, Withings will not replace it. The cost of shipping is probably as much as the cost of the scale alone, and Apple store wouldn't do anything because all returns have to be within one month of purchase. So unless you live a country where you can send the scale back for repairs and/or exchange at a reasonable cost, I wouldn't recommend you buy any Withings products because the warranty does not really mean anything.
Withings today announced the launch of the Body Smart, a new iPhone-connected smart scale that is meant to provide advanced features at an affordable $100 price point.
According to Withings, the scale uses Withings Precision Technology that combines multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis, precision weight transistor sensors, and advanced algorithms to provide a weight and body composition analysis.
Bioelectrical impedance analysis uses electrical signals to measure the resistance and reactance of body tissues to determine water weight, fat, muscle mass, and visceral fat. The Body Smart can measure Basal Metabolic Rate as well, which is the number of calories that a person burns at rest. The scale also includes health measurements like standing heart rate and metabolic age.
Withings added an "Eyes Closed Mode" that hides weight from the scale screen for those who prefer not to look or who want to be discreet when using the scale around others. When activated, the scale will instead offer up encouraging motivating messages or daily information like step counts, air quality, and weather. In this mode, weight is still added to the Withings app so that it can be checked later.
Up to eight family members can use the Body Smart, and there are built-in modes like athletic, pregnancy, and baby, so even small children can be monitored. This is Withings' lowest priced smart scale with body assessment technology, and it is sold alongside the $200 Body Comp and the $300 Body Scan. The Body Comp is able to calculate vascular age, while the Body Scan includes vascular age and a 6-Lead ECG.
The Body Smart can be purchased from the Withings website for $99.95.
Article Link: Withings Launches New iPhone-Connected Smart Scale With 'Eyes Closed' Mode
I’d prefer them rather fixing all the syncing issues in what they have now 🙄 The Withings app fails to sync the weight & body composition data to Health, of course I’ve reported it, but multiple versions later, it’s still not fixed. My patience is running thin - and I’m looking into an alternative…
Would anyone recommend a well integrated* smart scale that keeps track of weight & body composition? Has to be available in EU. From your own positive experience only please.
*) Well integrated = reliably and automatically syncing data to Health
Would anyone recommend a well integrated* smart scale that keeps track of weight & body composition? Has to be available in EU. From your own positive experience only please.
*) Well integrated = reliably and automatically syncing data to Health
I know it’s status quo to make fun of Americans and our poor dietary habits. But a.) we aren’t all overweight slobs eating cheeseburgers and pizza at every meal so your generalizations reflect poorly on you; and b.) do you really think making fun of a group of people is going to help change their mentality? Being supportive and understanding of others’ mental health issues is the only effective way to fix a problem. Every culture has a stigma, and we don’t need to sow more seeds of strife.
I have a Bluetooth (no wifi) Anker scale that I bought on Amazon three years ago for under £50. It has been rock solid. The app is not perfect but it works and syncs with Apple Health. And it still has its original button battery! As much as I would have loved to support my fellow country men with a Withings scale, the reviews and the pricing led me to Anker and I have no regret.
Not a fan. I’ve got a Medisana scale that does more or less the same, bought for cheap in a supermarket sale here in the Netherlands, I think it was down to 20 euro’s (about 60 originally). It measures a whole lot of things but the only thing I care about nowadays and have found useful is my weight.
There was a time when I was quite into fitness and I cared about things like body fat percentage and resting energy usage. In a way body fat percentage is a much better measurement of how much excess weight you are carrying around than just your total weight, but its very tricky to measure and a lot of these body scales don’t do a good job. Buyer beware.
There was a time when I was quite into fitness and I cared about things like body fat percentage and resting energy usage. In a way body fat percentage is a much better measurement of how much excess weight you are carrying around than just your total weight, but its very tricky to measure and a lot of these body scales don’t do a good job. Buyer beware.
To me, the most important "feature" in a smart scale is this: does it have a memory or not? I've had a couple of scales that would remember the last weight and if you were close enough to that weight, it would just display that. As a result, I had several nearly week long stretches where I weighed exactly the same down to the tenth of a pound.
I think I have the Wyze scale now, and it doesn't have a memory. Most days are slightly different.
I think I have the Wyze scale now, and it doesn't have a memory. Most days are slightly different.
It doesn't matter if the percentage numbers that the scale comes up with is 100% accurate, rather that it is a consistent over time. You're looking for trends in fat/water/muscle and I've found my Withings to do just that.
And I find the trends not to be accurate. Body fat barely moves and muscle mass does when its really the opposite.
If you want to have a noise-free measurement result, measuring daily at the same time is a good idea. Looking at the results daily requires an understanding of measurement noise. The measurement uncertainty of the average of 7 measurements (daily for a week) is approximately one third of that of a single day (once a week). Weight trends can be seen much quicker and more reliably from daily measurements.
Of course, this requires some understanding and interpretation. If you have gained 2 lbs. between yesterday and today, it is most probably something else than fat. This is where clever apps come in handy.
I know people are making fun of the eyes closed mode, but it would actually pair really well with an app like Happy Scale. Something that doesn't focus on the number but trends. Weighing daily gives that app a lot of good data for charts, trends, and the like without focusing on the number. But manually putting the weight in can get in some peoples heads. I would love just seeing trends and gauge my diet that way. But for $100 it's way overpriced IMO.
They are not targeting the average person who steps on the scale once a month.
It’s for people that are tracking trends and don’t care what their day to day weight/fat percentage is.
Seems like a good way to resist the urge to stand on the scale “just right” to get a lower weight 😅