Accu-Measure Fitness 3000 Personal Body Fat Tester
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Product Reviews of Accu-Measure Fitness 3000 Personal Body Fat Tester
Product Review: Brilliant to give a benchmark
Summary: 5 Stars
Who cares if its plastic?
If you're trying to lose fat rather than just weight (which could be muscle or water), its essential to use a set of calipers or other fat measuring instrument as well as scales.
I don't know whether its accurate or not (however calipers are supposed to be one of the most accurate fat measurement devices), but it *does* give you a benchmark to measure from - and for the price, it does this brilliantly.
Product Review: Caliper testing is GREAT ... but these are lousy calipers. Too simple for serious measurement.
Summary: 2 Stars
Take note, folks--I am NOT criticizing 'Caliper Fat Testing' as a method of body-fat measurement. I've worked as a personal trainer, and caliper testing, short of water-displacement, is the BEST cheap method. This critique is about the calipers being sold here, THEMSELVES.
These calipers are not up to any form of reliable measurement, because its premise is far too simple.
The instructions include no equations of any kind, and the pinch is intended only for the abdominal skin-fold. Once you measure the skinfold, you take the result (in millimeters) and compare to a color-coded chart which pairs a man/woman's age and measurement to show the bodyfat percentage within the colored stripes of (ideal, overweight, obese, etc.).
This is too simple for a bodyfat measurement. There was no regard for body weight, height, or other skin-fold areas. It would have been nice if the instructions at least included equations so that I could measure myself more accurately on my own--but, no. You may as well use the antiquated Military BMI index.
Granted, the "click" feature is pretty cool, and lets you know exactly how much pressure to apply while measuring. However, if you're a trainer or someone seriously trying to lose body fat and measure your progress, you'll need normal calipers with formulas. This is too basic. A toy.
Product Review: Cheap Quality and not easy to use on self
Summary: 3 Stars
I was looking forward to this item because I remember using calipers when I was in the Army.
I find the quality lacking, and the click button is really hard to get a feel for. The "press" button hardly gets any kind of click on my unit so mine my be defective.
Very cheaply made and I think giving it three stars was a bit generous. There has to be better calipers out there. But I guess as in most things, you get what you pay for.
Product Review: Cheap but still not worth it.
Summary: 2 Stars
You get what you pay for I guess. The caliper is made of cheap plastic, the readings can vary greatly depending simply on how much pressure you apply. The is a small button on the left hand side of the caliper that is supposed to "click" to let you know when you have pressed hard enough. The button was out of alignment with the caliper on the one I received, you almost have to bend it to get the button into the slot. I tried using it a bunch of times but I don't have any real faith in the measurements I'm getting with it. This one is a bust.Product Review: Cheap, but you get a number!
Summary: 3 Stars
I need to do some sort of comparison to a Lange Caliper or Skyndex or Hydrostatic Weighing to validate the accuracy of the unit. However, it is durable and seems to offer good test-restest reliability.