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| Accu-Measure Fitness 3000 Personal Body Fat Tester | 
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| Brand: AccuFitness
Category: Health And Beauty
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $6.91
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 296
Ingredients: Resillient DuPont Delrin
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 6.3 x 0.7
Legal Disclaimer: The information provided about this product is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other health care professional or any information contained on or in any product label or packaging. You should consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health problem.
MPN: AM03
Model: AM03
UPC: 744543020001
EAN: 0744543020001
ASIN: B000G7YW74
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Includes Accu-Measure Personal Body Fat Tester, men's and women's Body Fat Measurement Charts, Instructions for Body Fat Measurement, Body Fat Tracking Chart, and questions and answers on body fat. | | • | Accurate, reliable, private, and easy to use | | • | Inexpensive, convenient, and durable |
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Product Description
Enjoy the ability to measure body fat easily by yourself, in the privacy of your own home, with the reliability and accuracy that is expected of today's registered medical devices. Recommended in Body-for-LIFE and endorsed by the World Natural Bodybuilding Federation, Accu-Measure Personal Body Fat Testers have gold standard accuracy to within 1.1% of underwater weighing results!Each Accu-Measure Fitness 2000 model comes with an original Accu-Measure Personal Body Fat Tester, men's and women's Body Fat Measurement Charts, and a 22-page Fat Loss Plan with body fat measurement instructions, diet and exercise guidelines, fat loss tips, and fat facts. * Picture may be of different size or flavor
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| Customer Reviews: Read 28 more reviews...
 personal body fat tester November 30, 2008
This is a fun product as well as useful for our weight loss challenges, the participants are also impressed. the quality is great and the price was very affordable...
Inexpensive and effective November 24, 2008
I wanted a product that could give me reliable and consistent measurements of my body fat to keep track of my progress. After messing around with it a little while I was able to get good repeatability of my measurements.
I did a search and have been using the "Jackson/Pollock 4
Caliper Method" which takes folds near your belly button, above your hip, your triceps, and thigh. Obviously you cannot do this method yourself as taking your triceps measurement would be impossible. You can also do this same measurement without the triceps. Look online for a calculator and good pictures of exactly how to take the measurement.
I'd give this only 4 stars because of the lack of good information about different methods, but it's so easy to just search online. The hardware itself does its job well. Once you get used to the click mechanism it is very easy to get repeatable measurements.
Good enough for what it costs November 17, 2008
Works fairly well for an inexpensive plastic tool. I purchased this with skeptisism (could other calipers be $50 or $200 better than this?), so I had myself and two others tested with professional grade calipers by a qualified staff member at my health club. Then at home I re-measured each other using the Accu-Measure Fitness 3000 -- the measurements compared acceptably. The tool's increment lines on the scale are not easy to read when you are pinching skin, but it does work. Taking skinfold measurements is more art than science, so repeat taking every skinfold measurement until you get the same value twice (you cannot be in a hurry when you do this). The body fat chart included with this tool is very poor however. To get a more accurate body fat score, find another formula that require more measurement locations such as the Yuhasz Equation which requires five measures, see [...]. I calculated body fat for all of us using a one-measure, 2 three-measures, and a five-measure test that tested 7 different body locations (including the one at the health club). The results had a *high* degree of variance. The more pinch datapoints taken appears to be a more reasonable body fat score; the down-side though is you will want an electronic calculator for the formula math and need another person to help you take skinfold measures.
 Mediocre tool for assessing body fat October 26, 2008
Assessing your body fat is an accurate method of determining your level of fitness and health.
This caliper is small and convenient. However, there are pitfalls. As you squeeze your skin fold, there is some variability from one measurement to the next due to its light construction. It is not durable over time with repetetive use and I question its validity beyond a 1 year time interval. Mine broke a little over 15 months at the 'hinge' opposite to the slide rule.
Conclusion
It is a portable, small tool for assessing your body composition but its durability over time is questionable (as is its accuracy).
Measure October 23, 2008
Good tool and great price. These sell for $20+ on some sites. Very good tool and useful to keep track of your progress.
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