Withings Scale - do you like it, is it accurate or ?

janesmith1
janesmith1 Posts: 1,511 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm thinking about buying the new one that will come out in March. Do you like your Withings scale and is it accurate?

Thx in advance

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  • Adw7677
    Adw7677 Posts: 201 Member
    Shoot. I was wondering the same thing. Maybe I can bump this post so someone will reply to it.

    Also wondered about auto-recognition. If two people of similar weight (maybe 5 pounds apart) use it, does it know who is who?
  • WarmDontBurn
    WarmDontBurn Posts: 1,253 Member
    Bumping to see if anyone else one wants to share and adding my thoughts.
    I have had mine now (WS-30) for a few days and while I love the idea, concept but not the price I am not sure if it is worth it.

    I wanted to love this scale! My issue is this -- I weigh every morning and sometimes throughout the day and if I step on the withings I can get 5 different readings in a matter of minutes. It records them all and even post them to MFP -- cool right? Well not really when you can step on it 5 times and get 5 different readings. So now I have a crazy chart with 5 different readings and a big red number letting me know I have gained weight :/ My old bathroom scale says I have lost and by almost a whole pound which is a lot when you are starting this journey again.

    For the past 3 years I have used my old bathroom scale while not super accurate I can get the same reading after a few attempts. My WII on the other hand I can do 6 or 7 times in a 10 minute period and it never waivers.

    So is the withings just some super sensitive scale and that is how it works? Or is it an expensive scale that I want to love so badly but not sure I trust.

    I don't have time this morning but tomorrow around the same time as always I will wake up weigh on the Withings, then my old bathroom scale and then the Wii and see how my weight is matching up and differing.

    I really thought I would see more reviews on the scale but perhaps I didn't go far enough back in my search.
  • cubbies77
    cubbies77 Posts: 607 Member
    Shoot. I was wondering the same thing. Maybe I can bump this post so someone will reply to it.

    Also wondered about auto-recognition. If two people of similar weight (maybe 5 pounds apart) use it, does it know who is who?

    You can create a profile. If the scale isn't sure who you are, it will ask you to "select" your profile. I think you do this by leaning left or right, if I recall correctly. I read about the scale a couple months ago, so my knowledge is a bit fuzzy.
  • WarmDontBurn
    WarmDontBurn Posts: 1,253 Member
    Just wanted to update -- the scale is going back tomorrow :/

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