Omron HBF-514C Full Body Composition Sensing Monitor and Scale
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Customer Reviews of Omron HBF-514C Full Body Composition Sensing Monitor and Scale
Customer Review: Much better than most
Summary: 5 Stars
When it comes to weight scales, the more you spend the more accurate it will be. My previous set of scales purchased for around $35 at the local bargain store fairly consistent albeit off by about 1.5 pounds. This scale remains consistent to what my doctor's office scale says.
The added features of body fat & visceral fat are a nice touch, but one has to understand the way it measures these things is by water content in the body. It's an educated guess at best and can vary widely mainly depending on how hydrated you are when you get on the scale. My wife has a hard time remembering that when she gets on the scale and will see the body fat fluctuate by more than 1.5 percentage points in just 24 hours. If she drinks a lot of water the day before, it will say she has less body fat and more skeletal muscle. In the same way if she is dehydrated, it will say she has more body fat. This is all based ont eh principle that muscle is made up of more water than fat is.
The body age feature is amusing... sometimes funny, sometimes insulting, and sometimes it's just plain useless. The instructions do tell you that it is an overall evaluation of your body rather than really telling you that you're going to live for 100 more years or die tomorrow.
The BMI and BMR features are actually rather useful and I use them everyday to help me in my weight maintenance.
Overall, it's a good scale and I am very happy with it. Just make sure to read the instructions and understand the features.
Customer Review: THIS SCALE IS BAZONKADOODLES!
Summary: 5 Stars
My Shugah Booger bought me this scale and had it sent to me in Iraq as a gift. I was doing cardio and weight training at the same time and had no way to really gauge my progress. Although I was putting in a lot of work, the reading on that old balance beam scale in the gym never seemed to change. I was hoping that I was trading lean muscle mass for body fat but couldn't be sure. With this scale, there is no guesswork. It's about the size of every other bathroom scale. And it wasn't too hard to figure out. I read through the instruction manual in about 30min, stuck the batteries in (batteries came included, how many products do that...), and fired it up. You can use it as a regular bathroom scale and simply measure body weight. Or you can input your body vitals and get readings on BMI, body weight, visceral fat, skeletal muscle, and body age. This was perfect for me because instead of scope locking on weight, I was able to monitor the reduction in my overall bodyfat which is what I really only cared about. It also keeps an historical record every time you step on it. It does daily, weekly, and monthly highs. Also, it can store data for up to four different people. That's good for family or roommmates. I absolutely love this scale. Hands down, it's the best one I've ever owned. Thanks, Baby! I'm fixin' to be the fittest dude in all of Baghdad. 178 days closer to coming home...GET SOME!Customer Review: I love this scale!!! You need this scale!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this scale out of desperation. I had been dieting and lost about 40 pounds over 6 months. The weight loss stopped completely for about a month. I cut back more on my calories and did more exercise. But I found I felt terrible and was very tired.
I think of all the years I went through getting upset over a few pound gain while I am dieting/exercising. Now I can see what is going on with my fat/muscle ratio.
More importantly I now know I wasn't getting enough calories and my body was in starvation mode. You can go weeks without losing a pound. It is very frustrating! Society trains us to think eating is bad when your overweight so we tend to limit too much. At 1,200 calories (and exercising) I was losing muscle at a fast rate and it took some modifying of my diet to stop that. My fat level would stay the same and my muscle was going down.
I now only weigh in once a week and can see what that weeks dieting did. I am better able to lose fat now. I love this scale!!
My husband got on the scale- and thinking his weight was ok- found his visceral fat was at a dangerous level. He now completely cut out fast food and soda and has seen a drop over the past month. This scale may have saved him from a heart attack.
Customer Review: Very helpful in understanding weight loss process
Summary: 5 Stars
The scale is really helpful in understanding the body composition changes that are happening with weight changes that would be otherwise hidden. Sometimes my muscle % increases while the fat % decreases especially as I have begun to lift weights. An ordinary scale would have would have detected a plateau or even weight gain, when there was actually fat loss, which accelerates with increasing muscle % gain.
Fluid retention can be inferred when the fat and muscle % are stable but the scale weight goes up. Great for self monitoring and making adjustments.
I find my scale to be consistent between measurements. I have tested by entering my information as user 1 and 2, weighing and getting the same results.
The guest feature is handy.
With my weight loss, exercising and improved posture, I have grown about half an inch in height. Since BMI is calculated on height, I feel that it is important to have the height entry correct. I don't see a way to change the personal data. A reset feature would have been nice. Possibly removing the battery would reset the scale.
Customer Review: Fatabulous!
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought about buying this scale for two months before I had the courage to do so but am very glad I did -- as much as I didn't want to know my BMI and body age, it's better that I do at the beginning of a lifestyle change that involves eating less and exercising more. At my workplace, I go to the gym with three colleagues over the lunch hour. We all got on the scale today and decided to do so on a monthly basis to check our progress. We all love it ... even though some of our body ages are more than our actual ages.
Some reviewers have complained about the price, but for the six measurements you are getting and the accuracy of those measurements, the scale is reasonably priced. This is a must-have for the dieter's toolkit.
For those who are confused by the resting kilocalorie function (in a nutritional context, kilocalorie and calorie are the same thing), this number tells you how many calories you need to each each day to maintain your weight. If you eat below that number, you will lose weight.