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Fitbit - Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale - White

Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale: Get to where you want to be. Aria tracks your weight, body fat percentage and BMI, helping you understand and visualize your long-term progress. It wirelessly syncs so it's easy to view your stats with online graphs and mobile tools that help you stay motivated to reach your goals.

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Extremely Inaccurate

on August 10, 2012

Posted by: WilliamW

from Florida

Age:25-34

Gender:Male

At first I was extremely excited about my new aria. I've owned a fitbit for a few months and was excited to add this to my exercise gadget arsenal. My wife and I both use the product and noticed during our first week that the scale's readings seemed extremely off. We re-calibrated and tested it again which gave us a slightly more accurate reading.

We've kept a very consistent pattern for measuring our weight: Always on a Friday, always first thing in the morning prior to food or drink (in a fasted state) and always in the exact same location. Each week our readings have been extremely spiky in an impossible way.

The thing that seems to be most off is the body fat% reading (honestly, the most important measurement). I somehow went from 16% body fat one week to 46 the next, back down to 20 something and then spiked up to 60. If I had been eating or drinking a lot prior to the weigh ins, I'd expect this, but with keeping our same fasted state each time this just seems too wildly inconsistent (especially for the price).

The actual weight measurements are off by about 2 pounds each time as well and vary by as much as 6 pounds just by stepping off of the scale and back on.

I was concerned about these measurements so went to my local gym to have my bf% professionally measured and found that the scale hasn't been anywhere accurate at any point in time. I also tested several other body weight scales and found that I was consistently two pounds heavier than the scale reported to me (while still in a fasted state).

Overall, for the price paid, I was expecting a lot more from this scale. I'll definitely be returning it this weekend .

What's great about it: Easy to set up, pairs easily with fitbit website. Sleek looking.

What's not so great: Extremely inaccurate. Inconsistent readings

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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