Body weight scales that sync with iPhone?

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I've got a really cheap pair of scales but I'm trying to lose weight and it would be really handy to track my weight loss using my iPhone. Does anyone know of any good scales at all that sync with the iPhone and Apple Health?

Edit: Gah, this should have gone in the hardware section.
 
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I also have a Withings Body scale (WBS06). It works very well but the app sucks - too much bloat and some pointless achievements rubbish exists, which can't be turned off and keeps displaying a badge on the icon. Functionally it does its job, in a messy way and integrates well with Apple Health.
 
as it was cheaper and had decent write ups. I can always send it back if it isn't any good.
I had an AAA battery version of one of those, it started malfunctioning after 6 months or so. I contacted Renpho who gave me a refund after I uploaded a video showing the fault.

Ordered the USB one as a replacement and that’s been fine to this day…

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B079DQ7JK6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

The AAA one I bought isn’t the same one you bought so it not might suffer the same demise.
 
I had an AAA battery version of one of those, it started malfunctioning after 6 months or so. I contacted Renpho who gave me a refund after I uploaded a video showing the fault.

Ordered the USB one as a replacement and that’s been fine to this day…

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B079DQ7JK6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

The AAA one I bought isn’t the same one you bought so it not might suffer the same demise.
Thank you. Amazon are good with returns though so I'm not too worried.
 
I did a lot of research into this at the start of the year.

The general consensus for all of these scales seems to be:

The ones you just stand on aren’t that accurate for body composition as the current goes up one leg and down the other and misses the rest of your body. So if you have chunky or skinny legs in relation to the rest of you, it’s going to over/under report your muscle/fat.

The ones with a handle thing are more accurate but considerably more expensive, and even then, they aren’t that accurate.

As such, if you want an accurate body composition readout, you really need to get a DEXA scan.

With that being said, as long as you understand the limitations of consumer smart scales, using one and looking at trends can still be useful. It doesn’t matter if it’s not 100% accurate as long as it’s consistently inaccurate, if that makes sense. :p

Because of this, there’s not a lot of point spending lots of money on a Withings or Garmin scale. For me it was a toss-up between the RENPHO and Eufy. I have other Eufy products, so that seemed to make sense, but the RENPHO was cheaper and I figured it was worth a punt.

I’ve been really pleased with it. The app is easy to use, syncs with Apple Health, and certainly for weight tracking, BMI, etc, it’s great. I just take the body composition with a pinch of salt and look at the long-term trends.

Hope that helps but shout if you have any questions about your new scale.
 
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I did a lot of research into this at the start of the year.

The general consensus for all of these scales seems to be:

The ones you just stand on aren’t that accurate for body composition as the current goes up one leg and down the other and misses the rest of your body. So if you have chunky or skinny legs in relation to the rest of you, it’s going to over/under report your muscle/fat.

The ones with a handle thing are more accurate but considerably more expensive, and even then, they aren’t that accurate.

As such, if you want an accurate body composition readout, you really need to get a DEXA scan.

With that being said, as long as you understand the limitations of consumer smart scales, using one and looking at trends can still be useful. It doesn’t matter if it’s not 100% accurate as long as it’s consistently inaccurate, if that makes sense. :p

Because of this, there’s not a lot of point spending lots of money on a Withings or Garmin scale. For me it was a toss-up between the RENPHO and Eufy. I have other Eufy products, so that seemed to make sense, but the RENPHO was cheaper and I figured it was worth a punt.

I’ve been really pleased with it. The app is easy to use, syncs with Apple Health, and certainly for weight tracking, BMI, etc, it’s great. I just take the body composition with a pinch of salt and look at the long-term trends.

Hope that helps but shout if you have any questions about your new scale.
Thanks. My scales actually just turned up. I'm just waiting for my phone to charge and then I'll try them out.
 
OK. Scales work well but show me heavier than my previous scales but that isn't surprising as my old scales were the cheapest you could possibly get. The app works well on my iPhone. I'll test it out over a number of days to see how it works out.
 
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