Body Composition Scale accuracy

76Crane76
76Crane76 Posts: 133 Member
edited November 20 in Health and Weight Loss
I have a Beurer scale which isn't a real expensive scale, more or less getting older.
My question is how accurate is it? My weight hasn't budged recently, but my clothes fit better and body feels lighter and healthier. I am assuming the fat is being replaced with muscle. So I look at my muscle/fat/water #'s and they are only slightly different each time I check. My #'s add up to 113.9 not 100! Does anyone have this scale or a similar one and how accurate do you feel it is?

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  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Not very. Any handheld device uses BIA which is notoriously inaccurate.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    Not very. Any handheld device uses BIA which is notoriously inaccurate.

    any scale that you can have in your home that claims to measure anything other than weight is going to be incorrect...and only good for trending not actual numbers.

  • 76Crane76
    76Crane76 Posts: 133 Member
    Good! Those are the answers I was hoping for as the #'s just don't seem right over time.
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