Body Fat Analyzers / Scales

HWeatherholt
HWeatherholt Posts: 283 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I am thinking about buying a scale or anaylzer that measures body fat.

Do you have one? If so, which one, and why/where did you purchase it? How much did you pay for it?

I know that all scales/anaylzers will have some margin of error, but do you think your's is pretty accurate?

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  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    I am thinking about buying a scale or anaylzer that measures body fat.

    Do you have one? If so, which one, and why/where did you purchase it? How much did you pay for it?

    I know that all scales/anaylzers will have some margin of error, but do you think your's is pretty accurate?

    I have had a Tanita for several years. I don't recall where I bought it (maybe Amazon.com ?) or how much it cost (maybe $60?). I have a suspicion that mine underestimates my body fat percentage. When I calculated my percentage using a military formula, there was a 3% difference. Still, it's a good baseline.
  • HWeatherholt
    HWeatherholt Posts: 283 Member

    When I calculated my percentage using a military formula, there was a 3% difference. Still, it's a good baseline.

    According to http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calculator/, my body fat % is 27.??.

    According to one of the formulas on http://www.linear-software.com/online.html, my body fat % is 37.04.

    According to the army's calculator I found at http://www.calculator.net/army-body-fat-calculator.html, my body fat % is 36.00%

    How can there be such a differnce? Again, I know margin of error but seriously.

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