A good scale for telling body fat percentage?

jjejjtu
jjejjtu Posts: 1,324 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Anyone out there using a scale that they feel is pretty accurate when it comes to telling you your body fat percentage? I'm in the market for a good one. Thanks!

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  • emmycantbemeeko
    emmycantbemeeko Posts: 303 Member
    Bioimpedence is not a very accurate method of measuring body fat in a single instance, no matter how expensive the scale. It's okay for tracking trends over long periods, but in terms of finding out your actual body fat, you pretty much have to invest in a more reliable method periodically. Drinking a glass of water, voiding your bladder, or developing new calluses on your feet are all ways to confuse a bioimpedence scale by large margins.
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    None of them.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    There have only been a few people who have tracked their BF changes using several methods on MFP. For some reason, when I saw their charts, the Bio-scale, measuring, pictures, calipers, military measuring, and bod pods were all very close to each other. So, a few photos, a tape measure and scale would be an option.
  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    emmycantbemeeko wrote: »
    Bioimpedence is not a very accurate method of measuring body fat in a single instance, no matter how expensive the scale.

    Yeah, I've bought two of these things over the years and regret the purchase; my latest is just used as an expensive scale now.

    I think measuring tape and either the YMCA or US Navy methods are the best for at-home, free use.
    Here are calculators for them:
    http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/
  • kettiecat
    kettiecat Posts: 159 Member
    Consumer reports reviewed high tech scales in this months issue. The verdict was that none of them were good and most were off by 25-35% for measuring body fat.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,253 Member
    strong_curves wrote: »
    None of them.
    And the answer has been given!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    When I had to replace my bathroom scale I found it difficult to find a scale without bio impedence

    They're ubiquitous

    Despite the ridiculousness of the concept

  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Most are excellent. Even though not real accurate, they ARE very consistent, so you can always tell if fat is going up or down. Everyone should use one!

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