Taylor 5599 440 Pound Tempered Glass Body Fat-Body Water Scale
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Customer Reviews of Taylor 5599 440 Pound Tempered Glass Body Fat-Body Water Scale
Customer Review: A scale that works for me
Summary: 4 Stars
This scale has a nice appearance and does the job as advertized. I bought it as a scale for weighing, so, I haven't bothered with the Body fat/body water options.Customer Review: Great Price and nice design
Summary: 4 Stars
It was inexpensive for what you get. It is slick looking and accurate. I am pleased with the product.Customer Review: poor/cheap design takes away from otherwise good scale
Summary: 3 Stars
On the box/picture, this is a nice-looking scale with great features. Out of the box, it has a lot of cheap plastic in key places and the design of the digital interface is lacking. I tried it for a week and returned it. First, the plastic sticks out in a curve around the bottom of the scale, and you quickly realize somebody is eventually going to step there accidentally and break it. The buttons at the top are the same plastic and the whole top flexes down considerably when you press a button (and you have to press fairly hard for the buttons to engage). That leads to the digital interface where the buttons almost always seemed to need two presses before they would function, occasionally it'd work on the first press, but it was nearly always two. To the right of the LCD is a list of parameters (body fat, body muscle, body water and bone mass) that it cycles through after it takes a reading, but for some unknown reason, it doesn't cycle through them in the order printed on the plastic (which makes them more difficult to remember since it goes through them quickly and doesn't save them with the individual's profile).
I initially tried it on a carpet, and the readings were clearly off (my analog scale works fine on the carpet). I moved it to a solid floor. Once moved, it seemed very accurate, and I got consistent readings from it. The included manual was useless. It offers little/no description of the body parameters returned by the scale (and their website doesn't either). Also the setup instructions are not particularly good, there's a tiny icon on the LCD to differentiate male/female which isn't even mentioned in the manual (I assume I correctly guessed the one with the triangle was female, as the male one made no sense). The manual didn't show any pictures of the setup screens, and relied mostly on how many times to press the buttons (not particularly useful when you have to press more than once to get it to register).
I expected more from a $40 scale that is made to look nice on the package. Taylor, minimally, needs to hide the plastic at the bottom under the glass, strengthen the backing behind the buttons, fix their software to show items in the order presented, and drastically improve their manual. All in all, it's a pretty good scale if you just care about the numbers and not how it's built/works.
Customer Review: 57.6% Body Fat (error)
Summary: 3 Stars
I've been using this scale for over a year. No battery problems and the weight is always very close to my doctors' scales. Fluctuations in % water and % muscle seem reasonable. Bone mass appears to be a preset value and the user guide provides no info on what values are low/normal/high.
Despite major fluctuations in weight (45 lbs), my percentage body fat has always displayed 57.6%. Being obese, I figured I had just topped out the scale. However, I finally googled that value, and the scale model, and confirmed that exceeding the scale limit would display an ERR. Others have had the exact same problem & 57.6 value display with this model. There are no solutions and the TaylorUSA website does not provide any support for specific scale models.
I performed multiple resets (battery removal, reinstall & recal) with no success. I've written to the manufacturer and will update if I receive any resolution from them. Otherwise, considering that I wanted this scale specifically to trend my body fat, I consider it a waste of money.
Customer Review: Worked fine for a couple years, and then crapped out
Summary: 3 Stars
This worked great when it was new - it gave consistent readings for weight and body fat, and I used it on a hardwood floor. Several months into use, it started to give ERR readings when I stepped on it. This lasted for a little while, and then it went back to 'normal' performance. A few months later, it wouldn't turn on when I pressed the buttons. I'd have to press them several times or hold them before the scale powered on. Sometimes the wait time between turning on and when it was ready for stepping on was very long. Mostly, it was just inconsistent.
Also, it has a nice sleek look, but the four little plastic raised arms on the top pop off easily if you, for instance, tap it wrong when stepping on or when you're cleaning the glass.
Overall, this product seems to work great for the first 6 months of use, and then it becomes incredibly inconsistent. I've had mine for about 2 years, and it's dead now - won't turn on at all. I would choose a different product if I knew it would last longer.