Tanita RD-953 InnerScan PRO Bluetooth Body Composition Monitor Multi Frequency Smart Scale - 11 Measurements - Japan Technology Color Display Weight Fat BMI Muscle Bone Water

I love this scale. It's consistent. I researched for 3 weeks before settling on this one vs Withings vs Omron vs etcOf course this IS Tanita... so everyone knows they are the benchmark. The scale is much better looking in real life. Feels rich. Even the clunky looking LCD screen is much fancier in real life. It changes colors and flashes in a rich way when done its reading. And it's so consistent its read outs I use it multiple times a day because I'm so curious about what every meal and workout and fasting did. Fantastic. Much much better than the Omron handheld. And it's FAST. So much faster than all the ones I'v ever tried. Fantastic.The App SUCKS !! a LOT !! Tip: initialize the reading from the app, wait for it to say step, then do so. Do it in that order.The app loaded with some test data.. very irky. I cleared it. You have to setup your profile on mytanita first.The app has zero compared to Withings. It's just a log. You'll have to export all your data to ChatGPT or other apps to get meaning from your data.The instruction sheet is quite clear.Amazon didn't pack this well. I'm surprised mine didn't arrive broken. It came in its own box, like I bought it off the shelf. No external box. Scary for an expensive glass scale.

The scale is great, and can be used standalone if you don't want any of the app features. I've done many things to test the accuracy, and it passes all tests to within it's 0.1 lb precision--comparing weights to a calibrated industrial scale, checking its work on medical scales, testing small differences by adding a precise known weight to my own, it always comes up accurate. No cheating here (some sketchy lesser digital scales will remember the last weight they see, and spit out the same number if the next weight is close, to make sure it looks the same if you step off and back on as a test).I even used it to weigh a cat I was holding, and came up with the same number as the vet's scale--good work!It's in fact so accurate that you need to set your latitude range on it--it presumably is compensating for the roughly 0.5% difference in apparent weight (to give you a consistent, absolute mass measurement rather than local weight measurement) depending on where you are between the equator and poles. That would only add up to a variability of 0.5-1lb, but it apparently is that accurate.The app is kind of crusty and looks very "early iPhone", but functionally it does everything it's supposed to, and does it well. Surprisingly enough, it has never had any trouble syncing to the scale, and feeds the data right into Apple Health, so even if the app itself is a bit janky all your data is easily usable.Oh, and the battery life is great--I don't weigh all that frequently, but currently at 18 months without having to put new batteries in.

This scale is really cool and has a lot of functions, however it is difficult to set up. I have gotten the app the work now and it is Working well. I like that it shows my body fat % and muscle mass. Also tracks your water levels and visceral fat.

The scale has the same problems as all other scales that claim to measure body composition: accuracy. Since there is no gold standard of body composition available to the typical buyer, there is no way to assess the accuracy of the various body composition components unfortunately.This is scale lists my body fat at 17%. This is much much lower than I believe it to be and much lower than my prior body composition scale measured. I believe that all the others specific measurements are similarly inaccurate.It is still interesting to follow trends over time. Even though the absolute numbers may not be accurate, the trends seem to be somewhat helpful. It does indicate a rise of my muscle mass over the past year, which is consistent with my efforts and visual results while increasing protein intake, and weight resistance workouts.Most disappointing however is that the scale does not sync its results with Apple health. I did not know this when I purchased the scale as the Internet suggests it will sync to Apple health. It may in other countries, but it does not with the Healthy Edge app that’s available here. If you are someone who uses Apple health to monitor your fitness, you might consider another scale. I regret purchasing this scale.

I wanted to like this sleek scale, but while it measures many functions, the software needed to save or print data is a total failure. It arrived with a quick start sheet, but no manual. I downloaded the Tanita app to my iphone and set up an account. It gives a nice menu for downloads, support, contact us, etc., but every one takes me to the shopping page on Tanita.com. There is no user support. A few bits of data are saved in Apple’s My Health app, but not the ones I had hoped to track. Ultimately, the website and app are useless. I plan to return it and find a similar scale that has a good app and user support.

I’ve had the scale for four or five years now, bought on Amazon. It’s been great until today. Today I had to replace batteries and now, no matter what I try, pairing fails with my iPhone 11 XS max. This makes the scale completely unusable.UPDATE: The problem was with my iPhone not the scale. After restarting my iPhone, the scale paired easily and continued with its great service.What I especially like about the scale is that when I repeat a measurement, I get exactly the same measurement right down to the 10th of a pound. Other skills fail this test, many very badly.

This is the best scale ever made by human hands (and some machines). All you need to do is install the app, push one button, stand on the scale, then briefly wait for the scale to download all your biometric data to your smartphone. It automatically integrates with your apple health applications. In the old days you had to scroll through a menu on the scale to get all the data to pencil into your daily health log book. Bravo Tanita!!!