RENPHO Scale

[bryandrev]

So I just bought the RENPHO Scale that syncs with Fitbit. I was going to buy the Fitbit scale but from the reviews and cost I went with  RENPHO Scale. Anyone have any good things to say about it?

[Dominique]

First time I hear from them (they appear to be a very young company, two years old). Hope your new scale willl serve you well and you were able to link its app to the Fitbit app. If you have done it already, do you get both weight and body fat data in Fitbit?

[bryandrev]

Dunno just ordered it from Amazon I will get it tomorrow. Honestly I would have liked the fitbit scale but it had really bad reviews. 

I downloaded there app and linked it already to fitbit. once I get the scale I will sync with both apps. We will see

[Mukluk4]

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@bryandrev wrote:

Dunno just ordered it from Amazon I will get it tomorrow. Honestly I would have liked the fitbit scale but it had really bad reviews. 

I downloaded there app and linked it already to fitbit. once I get the scale I will sync with both apps. We will see

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How is it working out for you.

[leandra]

I just got the Renpho scale - my husbands phone connected without issues.  Mine on the other hand refuses to sync (my phone is much newer than the husbands).. but, the good news is that when I enter the weight into the RENPHO app, it syncs to fitbit right away.  So, if I can get my phone to work right with the scale (through bluetooth), this will be pretty awesome.

[bryandrev]

I noticed mine is goofy too. It appears that I habe to do it twice. Make sure you have connection to fitbit through the app. take measurement. Go back look at connection to fitbit, mine is normally turned off once I measure so I turn it on again and re measure. Seems like a bug

[MReilly]

Does anyone by chance know what the colors of the measurements mean on the app? I know they’re related to the sliding scale, but for instance my weight and bone mass are yellow while everything else is green, is that indicating that having high bone mass is bad? If anyone has any ideas I would love some help, thanks!

[bryandrev]

Doesn't it say what they mean in the renpho app?

[Dominique]

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@MReilly wrote:

my weight and bone mass are yellow while everything else is green, is that indicating that having high bone mass is bad? If anyone has any ideas I would love some help, thanks!

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I’m not using this particular scale, but I’d guess this means your bone mass is slightly lower than would be expected for someone your age and your size. Yellow weight, OTOH, would indicate you’re either underweight or overweight (as per BMI).

However, I wouldn’t pay too much attention to bone mass estimated by a scale. Bone density is likely not an issue given your age, unless you’re eating a diet that results in severe deficiencies.

[MReilly]

It does, but it’s unspecific. It just says my bone density is high, my weight is high, which doesn’t make sense from many other physical standpoints which is why I was confused 

[MReilly]

Thanks so much for your feedback though, much appreciated! 

[Je55]

I'm looking for a decent scale that measure my BMI too.

Would you say this scale is worth purchasing?

[Dominique]

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@Je55 wrote:

I'm looking for a decent scale that measure my BMI too.

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You don’t really need a scale to measure BMI: it’s just a ratio between your weight and you height, so it doesn’t change much (on a day to day basis) and it’s displayed in your Fitbit account if you update your weight there.

Maybe you meant body fat % instead?

[Je55]

 I think I may have to explore the functions on my fitbit. 

I wanted scales to measure my body fat % 

[exhile]

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@Je55 wrote:

I'm looking for a decent scale that measure my BMI too.

Would you say this scale is worth purchasing?

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Tanita has full body composition scales that measure BMI but the models that can do this function are quite pricey.

[Dominique]

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@Je55 wrote:

I wanted scales to measure my body fat % 

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Strictly speaking, scales send a (weak) current into you body through your feet (and possibly your hands too, for some scales), measure the impedance of that current and estimate your body fat % based on that. The stress is on estimate here. There are known limitations to that method. It seems to work well for some people, and less so for others.

[Dominique]

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@Je55 wrote:

I think I may have to explore the functions on my fitbit.  

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BMI is displayed graphically (chart for the last 30 days) in the third screen found under the Weight section of your mobile app:

 

If your scale can sync to your Fitbit account, BMI will be updated each time you step on the scale, even if the scale itself doesn’t display BMI. This is the case with the Fitbit Aria scale, for instance.

Again, BMI and BF% are two different things (although they tend to correlate with each others).

[MReilly]

Ya! So far I really like it

[FitMama1982]

I just pretty got this scale for myself as a Christmas gift...I know cheap gift right. Anyway I finally used it for the first time and it synced easy to my iPhone but not so easy to my android phone. I have 2 phones since one is for business. So far I like the scale. Will see how I feel about it 6 months from now 

[Je55]

Point noted, very useful to know. 

I've tried the online body fat calculator- entering your waste, hip, neck measurements, height, weight, age and gender . Don't know if this better than the scale, just looking for something to see meaure progress..   guess there's aways a mirror and tape measure.

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@Dominique wrote:

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@Je55 wrote:

I wanted scales to measure my body fat % 

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Strictly speaking, scales send a (weak) current into you body through your feet (and possibly your hands too, for some scales), measure the impedance of that current and estimate your body fat % based on that. The stress is on estimate here. There are known limitations to that method. It seems to work well for some people, and less so for others.

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