Tanita BC554 Ironman Glass InnerScan Body Composition Monitor Elite Series
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Product Reviews of Tanita BC554 Ironman Glass InnerScan Body Composition Monitor Elite Series
Product Review: Don't Buy it
Summary: 1 Stars
This product does not accurately measure weight if you have a small foot. It works well for a men's size 10 but you have to coax it to measure a woman's size 5 foot. It was a really expensive investment that does not work 50% of the time!Product Review: A Good Source of Inspration
Summary: 4 Stars
As long as you realize that this is not a precision measuring instrument, you'll be happy with this scale. What it is good for is monitoring trends in your weight and body fat.
There are about 10 functions on this scale. Two, maybe three are useful. Your weight. That's a good one to have. Body fat %. This number will fluctuate considerably depending on many factors. Perspiration is one. So you have to get into the habit of taking readings in consistent environments, like the same time of day, x hours after eating or exercising, etc. Again, you're not getting an exact number, you're tracking trends. There are numbers for bone mass, body moisture %, calories required (BMI I think), visceral fat (or something like that. The fat around your organs), age (or what age your body's shape is in) and a physique index. My physique is up to 2 (I started at 1 having done little exercising lately). My age reading was 50 (being 54 I thought I was doing good till I read that the scale doesn't go over 50).
So I check my weight, body fat, age, and physique rating, and pretty much ignore the others. Although some of the other readings can indicate that your environment is uniform. So I don't really need to know that I have 7lbs of bones, but that if that number changes, maybe some other factor has changed, too.
I'm pleased with this scale. I've had it about 4 months now, and all is well. I just need to get that physique rating up, and body fat % down. The scale won't make you exercise, but it will make you glad you did.
Product Review: Broken displays not a fluke, manufacturing defect
Summary: 3 Stars
Firstly, I love this scale. Even if those who argue that some of the numbers other than weight are not meaningful the scale measures how those number change accurately and to me that is also meaningful. BUT a week after i bought the first one the display cracked. Amazon shipped a new one no questions asked. 30 days after that the display cracked on the new one. Again its being replaced but twice cannot be a fluke, given that other reviews here also mention the same cracked display problem it seems clear to me that the digital display is not sufficiently engineered to absorb even light shock from banging.Product Review: Great Product, Great Support
Summary: 5 Stars
I have purchased about 10 Tanita InnerScan products for myself, family, and friends. They are great products.
They also stand behind their products. Somehow the LCD panel on my BC554 got cracked. I returned it under their waranty. It was replaced and returned at no charge.
Product Review: A must have!
Summary: 5 Stars
this body composition moniter is the best tool for anyone who has fitness goals. body weight alone means nothing to fitness... this breaks down fat percentage , lbs of muscle, and much more...again ill say... a must have!