| Omron HBF-400 Body Fat Monitor and Scale | 
 enlarge | Brand: Omron
Category: Health And Beauty
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $38.75
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Avg. Customer Rating:  311 reviews
Sales Rank: 101
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries: 4
Size: HBF-400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8
Dimensions (in): 13 x 14 x 3
MPN: HBF-400
Model: HBF-400
UPC: 073796826406
EAN: 0073796826406
ASIN: B000FJQ48I
Release Date: July 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Good scale October 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This scale works well to tell you your weight pretty accurately, but the BIA it is inaccurate. It only measures the body fat in your lower body. This is because the current from the electrode goes up one leg and down the other (the path of least resistance). It does not travel though the whole body. I recommend the next model up (the one with the handles) for more accurate reading. BIA devices have a +/- 6% error, but the good thing is that they are consistently wrong, so you can still track your progress if you are trying to lose fat. So, if you are only interested in knowing how much body fat you are losing/gaining (mainly in your lower body), this scale will do just fine. As a woman, having most of my fat in my lower body, this scale is good. Another reason I like this scale is because it is very sturdy compared to the glass scales. The electrode wires are not in any easily damaged location like they are on glass scales.
 Very Pleased October 30, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
La verdad es que estoy muy contenta con este articulo, dado que comenzamos un regimen en mi familia, es espectacular para controlar si nuestros porcentajes de grasa bajan y los musculos suben, es muuuyy sencillo de usar y como viene con 4 memorias podemos controlar sin inconveniente nuestros progresos.
Lo unico que yo le agregaria es un boton de RESET, para no tener que estar apagandolo y prendiendolo si nos queremos pesar 2 personas seguidas, por lo demas todo bien.
Excellent bathroom scale October 25, 2008
I mainly bought it because other reviewers said it was accurate in weight measure. I totally agree. I press by my toe and it turns on, calibrates itself quickly, then I step on, and within a few seconds in flashes the weight. I am totally pleased. I tried the other features and they seem fine, but my main focus is on it being an accurate scale.
 Weighing in this weight monitor October 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
As you read this review, keep in mind that I am going to make a distinction between this weight monitor's "usefulness" versus the monitor "serving its purpose".
So, what is the "purpose" of this monitor? Well, it's supposed to measure your weight, BMI, AND body fat percentage. How does it do this? You plug in your sex, age, and height, stand on the scale, and it gives out a reading. The technical aspect of this involves comparing you to an average population sample the monitor places you against, and passing currents through your feet to measure your conductivity, which in turn can be used to extrapolate your body fat percentage.
Do we care about the technical part of this? No. What we do care is that it involves a standard, and what that means is that whatever it tells you your body fat percentage is, is an "estimate" more than anything. It works because the average is, well, average. The point is, you don't have to treat this machine as though whatever it tells you is accurate. If it says you are 20%, that could be 22%, it could be 18%. I don't know, it doesn't matter to me.
I do know that it finds my weight to within a pound of what it should be. And that my body fat percentage is within a percent of what it is using skin caliper methods. The accuracy of the first is more important.
Okay, so maybe it's not great (as several reviews note) at measuring BF%. But the method it does use to measure the BF% is a correct way of measuring fat. So, how do you use this, or how do I use it? I use whatever it tells me my BF% is as my own standard. Then I monitor my progress relative to my own standard. Mostly I use it just to weigh myself - and if that's what you're looking for, something to give you a way to monitor your body fat as well as your weight, then this is a decent product.
The issue of BF% inaccuracy drops this down one star, I'm sure they could have better done this to measure your progress against yourself, than compare your "conductivity" against a population average.
My other issue with this is that you have to press an "on" button to have it turn on. Most scales nowadays will simply turn on if you step onto them, for measuring weight, this monitor takes some time to load and calibrate.
My largest concern with this item is that it measures only in pounds! I find this a huge inconvenience as I am educated under the English/British system, and also prefer the universal metric system over the nonsense used here in America. Sure, I reside here, but every time it matters (i.e. in science, health care, etc) the gram is used. This should have at least been an option on the scale, and I am pernickety about this. This may be my own fault for not reading too carefully before buying this product, but had I known it measures only in pounds, I would have looked for a different scale and stuck to skin calipers for BF%.
 It Didn't Work October 21, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
After measuring my weight, the status bar indicating the beginning of body fat measurement would NOT appear. I returned it for full credit.
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