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**SeftyJokipl** · 07-10-2012, 04:01 AM

My bathroom scale costs a bazillion dollars (Withings), and it is crap. It "measures" body fat, and it does a horrible job of it. My scale says that I am 29-21% BF, and my H's scale says that I am 24%. My boot camp instructor is a personal trainer, and he says that they are wildly inaccurate. He measured me with calipers at 7 sites, and says my body fat is 22%. He also says that his measurements aren't perfect, but his ARE a whole lot cheaper than having it done accurately via water displacement, and they are a whole lot more accurate than bathroom scales.

If I can get the company to do a refund, I am going to. We are "in discussions". Ha.

That stinks! I hope they give you at least a pertial refund!. That is why I didn't want a scale with the body fat, I have heard over and over how inaccurate they can be. Good luck

07-10-2012, 04:01 AM	#6
SeftyJokipl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 501 Senior Member	My bathroom scale costs a bazillion dollars (Withings), and it is crap. It "measures" body fat, and it does a horrible job of it. My scale says that I am 29-21% BF, and my H's scale says that I am 24%. My boot camp instructor is a personal trainer, and he says that they are wildly inaccurate. He measured me with calipers at 7 sites, and says my body fat is 22%. He also says that his measurements aren't perfect, but his ARE a whole lot cheaper than having it done accurately via water displacement, and they are a whole lot more accurate than bathroom scales. If I can get the company to do a refund, I am going to. We are "in discussions". Ha. That stinks! I hope they give you at least a pertial refund!. That is why I didn't want a scale with the body fat, I have heard over and over how inaccurate they can be. Good luck
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