Scales

[Blazegirl]

Hi everyone, I am thinking about getting the fitbit scales as a reward from one of my weight loss goals. Has anyone got them and do you recommend them? thanks

[GershonSurge]

I have had mine about a year and love it. It's an essential part of my weight control plan.

There are a few things to keep in mind.

• Don't stand it on its side or the calibration is thrown off.
• Put it on a solid surface where it won't need to be moved.
• Don't weigh multiple times as it seems to decrease the accuracy. If you do, then wait until the lights go out.
• The fat percentage is an educated guess and will fluctuate. It is good enough over time.
• For great information, link it to www.trendweight.com.
• Some people find it difficult to set up. Read the directions in the manual carefully.

[Blazegirl]

Thankyou for the reply. I am going to get them but as my reward when i get to 30kg loss goal which is only abput 13kg away

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[Dominique]

I’ve had my Aria since June 2013 and, like @GershonSurge, I love it. You should buy it right away, as a tool for reaching your goal rather than as a reward! I always thought women were more into rewarding themselves with fancy new clothes .

I agree with @GershonSurge’s comments. Regarding the technical aspect, I’ll add that the Aria only supports WiFi for syncing to your account, and that within WiFi, it only supports the (now old / obsolete) 802.11b protocol. This is one of the reasons why some people are having problems setting it up. For that reason, you may want to buy yours directly from Fitbit, or from another place that will let you return it easily in case you can’t set it up successfully.

You may also want to consider smart scales from Withings (competing brand). They can sync to your Fitbit account (by linking the Withings app to the Fitbit app) and can also be linked to TrendWeight (which I also highly recommend). The Fitbit and Withings smart scales are in fact the only ones that can be linked to TrendWeight. Withings scales support the newer WiFi protocols, as well as Bluetooth. On the downside, they are more expensive than the Aria. 

[USAF-Larry]

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@Dominique wrote:

I agree with @GershonSurge’s comments. Regarding the technical aspect, I’ll add that the Aria only supports WiFi for syncing to your account, and that within WiFi, it only supports the (now old / obsolete) 802.11b protocol. This is one of the reasons why some people are having problems setting it up. For that reason, you may want to buy yours directly from Fitbit, or from another place that will let you return it easily in case you can’t set it up successfully.

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That is a good reminder, @Dominique. Many people do not realize that almost all routers have an option to enable the 802.11b protocol, but it is not normally enabled by default. So, if a user does not go into the settings of the router and enable the 802.11b protocol, they will not be able to set up their Aria scales on their WiFi.  Hopefully, one day Fitbit will upgrade the Aria to add the newer 802.11n and other protocols to the scales.

[A_Lurker]

Any scale information can be linked to Trendweight.com, just as an FYI.  The catch is that you have to log the weight and bodyfat manually though.

[Dominique]

@A_Lurker: yes, you are right. What I meant when mentioning the Fitbit and the Withings smartscales is that they are the only ones that will send the weigh-ins automatically to TrendWeight. If you input your weigh-ins (and BF%, if supported by your scale) manually in your Fitbit account, then they will also be sent to TrendWeight.