I need a new one! Mine lies, (no, seriously!) and I have to get a new one tonight. I've looked at reviews, but if someone hates one, someone else raves about it. I'm thinking in the no more than $40 range.
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03-11-2009, 03:04 PM #1
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03-12-2009, 04:27 PM #2
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Might be too late, but I have an Omron HBF-400, it's right around $40, and it's got all the functionality I wanted; weight, body fat %, bmi, and programmable up to 4 users I believe.
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03-12-2009, 04:44 PM #3
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I bought a Tanita scale that measures weight and body fat. I think you can find it at Target or Bed Bath and Beyond.
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03-12-2009, 04:46 PM #4
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How does it measure your percent body fat?
Originally Posted by meridian
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03-12-2009, 04:50 PM #5
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I would imagine through electrical impedance. The impulse would have different rates of distribution through tissues dependent on the water in the cells. What I learned from one I had though, if you get that measurement when you first wake up, it says you are like ALL FAT. Originally Posted by Ana
I'm fat, but I'm not all fat.
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03-12-2009, 04:59 PM #6
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LOL--you mean 100%? Originally Posted by Possegal
What I learned from one I had though, if you get that measurement when you first wake up, it says you are like ALL FAT. I'm fat, but I'm not all fat.
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03-12-2009, 05:09 PM #7
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More like 80%. I'm pretty sure I have a little bit of muscle, and I can stand upright so there must be some bones in there too.
After freaking out, I then read somewhere that you need to NOT do this measurement first thing after waking up, which is of course when I like to weigh myself so that I don't also weigh the Mt Dew and Reese cup.
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