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Does anyone own the Omron Fat Loss Monitor?

SPNLuver83
SPNLuver83 Posts: 2,050 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
If you do have you found it to be accurate?

I received mine in the mail yesterday and used it this morning and got a reading of 19.2%. I want to believe that's true so I am just hoping others can vouch for its accuracy.

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  • SPNLuver83
    SPNLuver83 Posts: 2,050 Member
    bump
  • SPNLuver83
    SPNLuver83 Posts: 2,050 Member
    noone? :(
  • AZackery
    AZackery Posts: 2,035 Member
    I own one and I find it to be accurate. You might get people reply on here that says that the Omron handheld body fat monitor and body fat scale aren't accurate and that you need to get a Bod Pod, Dunk Test or Dexa Scan scan done because these are accurate with the Dexa Scan being more accurate out of all three of them. Some people might even tell you that calipers are more accurate that the body fat scale or monitor. I trust my body fat monitor and scale.

    It's said that the Omron Handheld Body fat monitor only measures the top portion of a person's body and a body fat scale measure the bottom portion of a person's body. Well guess what, you can get the same reading or two different readings from a Omron handheld body fat monitor and body fat scale, because it depends on your fat in the halves of your body. If you add both numbers up and divide it by two, you will get your total body's body fat percentage and one of the devices or both of the devices nailed it or came close to it.

    Example: Say you had a body fat scale as well and your body fat scale said that your body fat percentage was 19.2% and your Omron handheld body fat percentage said that your body fat percentage was 19.2%. Your total body's body fat percentage would be 19.2%. Because, 19.2% + 19.2% = 38.4% and 38.4%/2 = 19.2%

    Now, say you are bottom heavy and the scale says you are 20% body fat and the monitor says 19.2%, because you are small at the top, then your total body's body fat percentage would be 20% rounded off.

    Some people have used their Omron handheld body fat monitor and compare the results to their Bod Pod test and it came out to the same number.
  • k0nfyo0zed
    k0nfyo0zed Posts: 313 Member
    I have one, and I can't 100% vouch for it's accuracy because I've never had my body fat percentage professionally tested, but I haven't noticed it jumping all over the place, so the trend should be accurate provided you use it under the same conditions every time (i.e. first thing in the morning, 3 hours after breakfast, etc)
  • LesaDave
    LesaDave Posts: 1,480 Member

    It's said that the Omron Handheld Body fat monitor only measures the top portion of a person's body and a body fat scale measure the bottom portion of a person's body.


    Wow, I didn't know that.
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    Omron and BodPod, both measurements taken the same day, were within 2% for me. I consider that the margin of error, so for me at least it seems accurate - or, at least, the two are consistent.
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