- Thin Profile
- Daily caloric reference
- 2 inch LCD readout
- 10 memories to store data
- 5 year warranty
Product Description
Taylor Precision Products Body Fat Scale with Daily Calorie information. This scale can monitor your body fat and your body water to the 0.1% (using the bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA) method), which is precise enough to monitor changes in your body health over time. Plus, a unique daily calorie reference information is provided to detail the amount of caloric intake to reach optimal body fat for your gender and age! This scale also features 10 user memor… More >>
Taylor 5596W Body Fat and Body Water Scale with Daily Caloric reference
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#1 by T. Duncan on February 8, 2010 - 5:10 pm
I like this scale a lot because it is easy to use, lightweight and very accurate. I bought it for a very good price and love the free shipping that Amazon offers.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by BBK on February 8, 2010 - 5:19 pm
Out of the box, this scale is incredibly hard to use. Not only is setting it up a pain but so is recalling old settings. My roommate and I still got confused on how exactly to work the thing.
My main issue with this scale is that even the weight portion is inaccurate. If your weight fluctuates slightly throughout the day, the scale won’t pick up on it. It will always try to give you the last weight you recorded, sacrificing accuracy for precision. The only way to force it to give you an accurate reading is to exceed 1.5 pounds since your last weighing. If you are under this limit, you have to hold something to push yourself over the 1.5 pound threshold, get a new reading, and then weigh yourself again without holding the object. This could be pretty discouraging for those on diets, so I’d recommend against it if you have any interest in weighing yourself regularly.
The body fat is also not very accurate, but that is the case with all body fat scales I’ve used.
Other than the price, there is nothing good about this scale. My recommendation is to go with a Tanita Body Fat scale, which is what I ended up replacing this one with. The extra money is worth it for a scale that is easy to use and actually works like a scale should.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Clairene M. Guerra on February 8, 2010 - 6:09 pm
I was so excited to get this scale because I like that it measures water weight and body fat and I just had a baby and like keeping track of his weight and a digital scale with 0.2 incriments works better than the non-digital readout.
Well, I got the scale and “programmed” it and set it all exactly like the directions said. Then I weighed myself and it read that I, at 9 months pregnant, weighed 76.4 pounds. Well, I can guarantee you I was closer to double that. Then I re- “set” it by pushing on it and letting it go to 00.0 pounds. I stepped on again. This time it read 84.8 pounds. I had my 210 lb husband step on it and I was somewhere about 110 pounds. So I went out and bought new batteries for it. Same thing happened. I am extremely displeased with this product.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by L. Amodeo on February 8, 2010 - 7:40 pm
This is great scale for the price. It measures weight pretty accurately. It’s hard to know how accurate the other measurements are if you haven’t had them tested professionaly. It takes a few minutes to set it up with your info but then it works fine.
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by P. SAMPSON on February 8, 2010 - 10:38 pm
This is the most horrible scale that I have ever purchased. I weigh around 100 lbs, yet it tells me that I weigh from 6 (yes six!) to 115 lbs. Every time I step on this scale, even within minutes, it gives me a different reading. Many many calls to the manufacturer have gone answered. I left many messages but no one ever called back. I have wasted many batteries on this! I would never suggest this to anyone.
Rating: 1 / 5