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| Taylor 5596W Body Fat and Body Water Scale with Daily Caloric reference | 
 enlarge | Brand: Taylor
Category: Health And Beauty
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $43.93
You Save: $36.06 (45%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 8100
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 13.7 x 13.7 x 2.4
MPN: 55964102
Model: 5596
UPC: 077784001363
EAN: 0077784001363
ASIN: B000Q3C9VE
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Accurate scale and workable bodyfat meter September 27, 2008
The body weight scale is accurate with the reference of doctor scales at two locations of my gym. The bodybat meter is stable. For me and my wife, if the reading is x% in the morning, it is x-0.6% in the afternoon and x-0.9% in the evening. It never changes dramatically from day to day, say, less than 0.1 percent overnight change. Surely this can work as a reference of one's body fat change. The water level meter works the same way as body fat meter. There are reviews reporting these meters fluctuate dramatically - not for me.
For each user, one have to create a profile to measure his or her body fat and water level. However, the manual was poorly presented and it took me a while to set the user profile up. Be prepared to do some test on this.
Overall it is a good investment, for the price and for the quality.
 Inaccurate Weight, Inaccurate Body Fat, What's Left? September 12, 2008
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.
NICE SCALE September 1, 2008
This is really more than what I needed, but at the time the price was good. I could have done with just a simple weight display. I found this one too much trouble to get back to my profile setup. If your're looking just to monitor weight loss, get a different model.
So far so good July 22, 2008
It's a trick to set up the scale. when I switched the lb/inch to kg/cm, the scale never got to work. Finally I realized I turned the switch too right, so it reached the 'off' status. I don't like the memory design. Each time you need to choose your number where you put your information before, then press 'set'. If you ignore this, your inoformation may overwrite other people's data.
Generally speaking, it works well.
Nice product, works as advertised. July 21, 2008
This is a great, accurate scale (resolution supposedly down to 0.1 lb). Getting off and on it several times in a short time shows that it is at least consistent, as it always gives exactly the same measurement.
The bioelectric fat measuring, on the other hand, leaves me with doubts. While also consistent, it tends to overestimate body fat as compared to caliper/measurement based tests, so take the results with a grain of salt (or just skeptically if you're on a low sodium diet!).
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