Omron Body Composition Monitor & Scale: Accurately Measure & Track Your Weight, Body Fat, Muscle Mass & More.

Bob: Easy to use, very convenient

Australia on Jan 16, 2023

Fernando Estrada: Excelente, con sus 7 parámetros de medición.

Mexico on Aug 03, 2022

Hugo Carrillo: Tenía mis dudas sobre el producto pues hay muchos comentarios sobre su precisión, sin embargo despues de mas de dos semanas de uso diario puedo decir que no lo es. Es cierto que a veces llega a variar el peso en 100 o 200 gramos pero es algo hasta cierto punto normal de las básculas digitales. Otra cosa que note y que probablemente ayude a futuros compradores es que debe estar en una superficie totalmente plana, si no a la hora de encenderla no se calibrará bien y solita movera el gramaje sin que tenga peso encima. También, es importante no moverla una vez se encendió, pues de nuevo, la calibración no funcionará y se deberá reiniciar.

Mexico on Nov 03, 2020

Suresh: How to get retractable cable of this machine in India as retractable cable of my machine got worn-out.

India on Aug 30, 2016

Alexandre Langis: I needed an accurate and friendly way to measure my progress to keep myself motivated while trying to shed some pounds. I haven't started my fitness plan yet, but I've monitored myself for the past 3 weeks. I've found it to be very accurate when used in the same conditions (water, time of day, arm position, etc.)

I bought this unit based on an article from the British Journal of Nutrition which has evaluated the agreement of bioelectrical impedance and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and MRI to estimate changes in body fat, skeletal muscle and visceral fat during a 12-month weight loss intervention. (Pietiläinen KH, 2013). They used a BF-500 model, which uses the same full-body sensors. They concluded it was great at monitoring fat mass changes (high correlations with DEXA and MRI) and useful for measuring muscle mass, but not so much with visceral fat.

Pros :
-Accurate
-Sturdy
-Looks good, in my opinion
-Easy to use once you understand the basics

Cons :
-A bit dating technology-wise, like many reviewers have written. Bluetooth connection would have been nice or some USB port to import the data to a computer.

Bottom...

Canada on Jul 04, 2015

Jack T.: History: My Tanita died with an error code after working fine for 12 years. I always do my homework for anything. I wanted one with both feet and hand grips because I felt it could theoretically be more accurate. The reason I bought the Omron HBF-516B for $52.99 rather than the Tanita BC-558 at $349.99 is because the Tanita costs almost 7 times as much, and gyms are pretty happy with the Omron hand-held analyzer. The Tanita does more, but some of the additional features I would not want to have, for instance having separate body fat percentages for each limb, and some I would like to have, such as hydration, but it wasn't worth the price difference to me. After studying how BIA (Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis) works, and reading the reviews AND User's Manuals on almost 20 scales, I became convinced there is no way to beat the value of this scale at $52.99. You pay almost that for a good bathroom scale without BIA.

My Experience:
- If you can read, you can set up this scale. There is nothing complex about it.
- Omron has the only user's manual of any of the scales that goes into depth on what the numbers mean.
- The controls on the handle...

United States on Aug 22, 2012

zaphodbeeblebrox: I ordered this scale to keep track of my weight loss progress. I work out regularly and intend on converting fat to muscle, so simply tracking my overall weight would not be a good indicator of progress. After a bit of research I decided to order the Omron HBF-516. I'm so happy with my decision. The price on Amazon was very reasonable (about 50% of list) and the item was delivered very quickly.

About the scale... It's very easy to use. First it requires you to set the time & date, which it uses to keep track of your stats over the last 6 months. You can weigh yourself many times per day (or none at all) and it takes care of analyzing trends over time -- you dont have to weigh yourself at the same time every day even though that is recommended.

There is a very informative owner's manual included with the scale. The first half of the manual is all about the theory of body composition measurement. It goes into detail about how the measurement is taken, what kinds of things affect the measurement (such as drinking water), and talks about how to get the most accurate measurements from the instrument. The other half is about setting up and...

United States on Jul 23, 2011