Withings WiFi Body Scale, Black
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Customer Reviews of Withings WiFi Body Scale, Black
Customer Review: Amazingly perfect product
Summary: 5 Stars
It's not often a manufacturer gets a product perfect the first time out of the gate, especially a category-defining gadget like a web-connected scale. As an early adopter my house is littered with tech junk that failed to live up to the hype.
I'm happy to say the Withings WiFi Scale does everything it advertises without fail. Set up was a breeze and it found my WiFi network and logged in with no problems at all. Although the included batteries were mostly run down by the time I set it up, a change to new batteries solved that minor hiccup. Since then I haven't had a second of dissatisfaction. It records my weight and sends it to the web site and my iPhone almost instantly.
The result: no more wondering where I am in my quest to lose a few pounds. And even better, no more lying to myself or manually writing down my weight every day.
My wife uses it too and the site/scale keeps our weights tracked separately. No idea how it pulls that off, but the one time it switched the weights the web site made it easy to correct.
I love the fact that they made it battery operated! Our bathroom's plug isn't ideally placed and I hate the idea of things plugged in near water :-)
It looks really nice in the bathroom, though it does require wipedowns from water drops now and then. That's about the worst thing I can say about it.
Thanks Withings for finally creating the scale I always wanted
Customer Review: Awesome 21st Century Scale!
Summary: 5 Stars
This scale is awesome! It is accurate, beautiful, technologically advanced, easy to set up, and very easy to use.
This scale can track up to 8 members in a household. You do not have to tell the scale who you are. It KNOWS who you are. When either me, my wife or my two sons step on the scale it accurately determines who is on the scale and immediately sends the information to the web. Updates happen almost instantaneously.
Connecting the scale to my WiFi network (Apple Time Capsule - WPA2) took about 2 minutes. Very easy to follow step-by-step instructions. You can even set the scale up using JUST your iPhone; I did not know that until after I set up my scale.
The website (where your measurements are sent) is clean and allows for easy set up of user profiles.
The iPhone app is very cool. Provides the same information as the website except no editing. You can, however, delete readings using the iPhone app.
The only con is the price. It is expensive. But you get what you pay for. I am absolutely satisfied with my purchase and would recommend this scale to anyone who is looking for a scale that will keep a record of your family's weigh-ins. I'm tracking my own weight loss and the growth of my three children.
Customer Review: Just plain awesome. Makes you accountable
Summary: 5 Stars
OK, you want to loose weight. You can lie to yourself! You can't lie to your partner, friend, or whom ever. Set the scale to send your weight to your partners cell phone or computer, and you will make sure to not eat that donut. They can see your progress, and I find that's what I need. I will always make excuses, but my hubby get's to watch my progress. I feel good when I have lost weight each day, as I get to smile and say "see", and I want to make sure I don't go up, or he will know I have been cheating. He is also on a diet with me, so it is fun watching each others weight. Has worked flawless! Bright display, easy to read, and just plain beautiful! It's expensive, but heck, how often do you buy a scale. You will have it for a long time to come, and you can use it daily. The cost will far out weight the benefit and health conscience feelings. Go for it. I have the black one, and it's pretty. Step on, no waiting for it to start up, it knowes who I am from my body make up, and records my weight to my Iphone in seconds. The graphs are very nice too. I know there are a lot of feedback's about this scale, and they are all pretty much good, so no need to keep typing!Customer Review: Wow... thoroughly impressed!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have only been using this for a few days, and I can say that so far I am way impressed! It comes in very nice packaging, and the scale itself looks even more sleek than the photos convey. To install, just attach the scale to your pc using the included usb cable and then go to the withings website. It walks you right through the installation. On my first try, the installation failed, I think because I am using Windows7. The second time around, I clicked the link to see the drivers for more OS's. There wasn't one for Win7, so I chose the one for Vista. This time around, it worked perfectly and let me install the scale with no further issues. Aside from that tiny little snag, it works perfectly. You just step on the scale in bare feet, and look at the display to see if you are standing properly. Little arrows tell you which way to move if your feet are not even. Then it weighs you, and a little progress bar shows up indicating that it is measuring your body fat. And that's it! You just log into the website and your weight is already there. Very very cool! I have been waiting a long time for a scale like this, and it looks like the Withings folks did it right. :-)Customer Review: Fantastic Product - Painless/ Quick Setup for Scale, Website, and iPhone App
Summary: 5 Stars
Took less than 10 minutes to set up the scale, web account and iPhone apps for myself and my wife. The scale looks fantastic, is extremely low profile (our bathroom closet door actually opens cleanly right over the scale), and feels very high quality.
The information updates to your iPhone app almost instantly, and has all of the intuitive controls you would expect from a good app - finger scrolling, zooming in/out, tilt the phone for landscape view of info etc.
We've been using it for 2 weeks now, and are really enjoying it as an additional tool to track our health/fitness. They have a very helpful user forum as well, and appear to be quick to respond to customer input/questions and keep everyone updated on future devolopments for the iPhone app etc. (Password protection for the iPhone app is supposedly in development for those that like to keep their information private!)
It's definitely a bit on the pricey side, but for anyone looking to add that extra level of detail, motivation (and fun!) to your daily health/fitness routine, I would definitely recommend giving this scale a try.