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Tanita BC533 Glass Innerscan Body Composition Monitor Editorial Review:
From Tanita, The Body Fat Experts, comes the BC 533 Innerscan Body Composition Monitor. Using BIA technology which is widely used in the medical field, the scale is a unique and highly accurate body composition monitor. This product not only measures weight and body fat, it also tells you your body water %, muscle mass, bone mass, daily caloric intake, metabolic age, visceral fat and rates your physique! The Body Water % is the total amount of fluid in the body expressed as a percentage of total weight. The muscle mass is the amount of muscle in your body. The Bone Mass is the weight of your bone in your body. The Metabolic Age compares your Basal Metabolic Rate to the average age associated with that level of metabolism. The Visceral Fat is the fat in the abdominal cavity (stomach), surrounding the vital organs. The Physique Rating is a rating of your body type; 1-9. Its sleek, modern design of glass and silver accents is a complement to any bathroom. Monitor your health and fitness with a Tanita Innerscan Body Composition Monitor. The scale has an Easy to read 2.25 LCD Display with the 4 person memory. The Weight, Body Fat and Body Water Recall function allows users to see the previous result. The scale has the Weight Capacity of 330 lb with the increments of 0.2 lb. The Body Fat and Body Water readings are in increments of 0.1%. The Healthy Range Indicator bar shows where the body fat % fits into the healthy body fat range. The scale has a Guest Mode as well as Child and Adult mode. The Weight Only Mode allows you to use the scale a regular bath scale. The scale includes 4 AA batteries.

Customer Reviews:
Sometimes the truth hurts...
I'm 6' tall and 199 lbs. Comparing me to the sea of obesity that is modern America, friends and family always say "You're not fat". Government and insurance company tables, however, say that a 6' tall man should weigh between 150 and 185 lbs. depending on frame size. I bought this scale to replace a 10-year-old Tanita that has always had an annoyingly flaky memory. The new scale is consistent in weight measurement with the old one, to within about 0.5 lbs. Unlike the old scale, this one presents a lot more information including the fact that I am "medium frame obese", i.e., with a moderate amount of muscle but an excessive quantity of fat. Sometimes the government is right after all.

The scale gives dramatically different readings at night or first thing in the morning. Overnight I shed almost 10 lbs. of muscle and gained 3 percent in body fat. So the best that one can hope for with the body composition measurements is consistency, not accuracy (in fairness the manufacturer does explain that there is an ideal time of day to measure oneself if accuracy is desired, but I'm on the Steve Ward Diet and need to weigh myself first thing in the morning in order to decide how much food to eat during the day).

Maybe the billions of dollars that the TSA is spending on body scanners for airports will give us more accurate measurements every time we pass through airport security. For a device that costs less than $100 and touches one's body only at the feet, I think the Tanita does a pretty good job.

I will sign off like Eric Cartman... not fat, just big-boned.

Well worth the money!
This is a great scale. Excellent for tracking progress. Well worth the money!

This Scale is an asset over years to monitor your health status.
I purchased this scale in 2006 prior to surgery that was going to screw titanium screws into my pelvis. Since my investigation of the failure rate on this operation depended on a healthy bone mass, so the threads would not strip and fail, I wanted to have a confidence level regarding my bone mass. Since this scale gave me a normal rating for my bone mass, its information was worth the price of the scale just for my peace of mind. Making an adjustment each year for my age, and following a healthy life style regarding diet and exercise, this scale has done a consistent measure of all the factors the scale provides. It's results have been verified by a "Life Line Screening" Bone Mineral Density (BMD) Osteoporosis test recently and by the success of the 2006 operation. Because of the consistency of results for over three years now, and verification by related medical authority, I consider this scale to be an excellent addition to my own yearly health monitoring.

Cool but Not Durable - Not worth 100+ bucks
We purchsed this item about 18 months ago and while we did like the features and look of the product, the durability was a dissapointment.

After about a year, the product stopped working intermittently.
We tried changing batteries and all that stuff but it would still just stop working for days at a time and come back to life without any rhyme or reason. After going through that for about 6 months (I'm a very patient person) I finally had enough and launched it today.

For 100+ bucks I expect more, and would not purchase this product again.

Too complicated for computer-literate 60+ senior
Instructions are confusing, complicated & come in 2-pamplets (with many languages)so user must use both pamplets to determine how it works. I returned it & will purchase a simplier model with weight & fat % options. Perhaps product is more suitable to a techie, athletic type person.

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