Body Scan - Connected WiFi Scales to Improve Your Health, BIA Personal Scale, Body Composition Analysis, Body Fat, Muscle Mass, Water Percentage, Electrocardiogram, White

The perfect partner to a Withings smartwatch for an integrated health view. The Withings Body Scan smart scales are a notable addition to my health routine. Their ease of use is clear from the start; the scales connect seamlessly, sending all details straight to the app without requiring my phone to be present. While all bioimpedance technology has its known caveats, the readings from the Body Scan feel consistent and provide useful feedback for tracking progress. What distinguishes these scales is the volume of valuable health metrics they capture. Having these diverse data points available to monitor is certainly helpful. This synergy with my Withings ScanWatch Nova is particularly beneficial. The combination of data from both the scales and the watch creates a more comprehensive health analysis, all conveniently housed within the insightful Withings app. This integrated approach has contributed to a better understanding of my health markers and potential areas for improvement. Aesthetically and tactilely, the Body Scan scales align well with the premium feel of other Withings products. They present as solid and well-made, reinforcing the sense of a quality investment in well-being.

I'd been hoping to use these scales to make a bit more sense of weight loss plateaus and how it relates to body fat/ muscle / water retention. However, the results of the scale are just all over the place going up and down with no pattern. If anything it's left me more confused than I was before. Here's some "results" after 14 days of using the scales (I don't believe them, and neither should you, but these are what I got): over the 14 days I've lost 4.4pounds of fat and gained 2.5pounds of muscle (for reference, a realistic amount of muscle to gain in 2 weeks is 0.5-1pounds, a realistic amount of fat to loose is 1-4 pounds. I'm in no way dieting or exercising in any extreme way). In one individual day I lost 4.3 pounds of body fat - and on that same day gained 2.7 pounds of muscle. On another day I gained almost a pound of body fat in my arms??? (this is not where my fat goes, believe me...). Oh and the muscle I gained? according to the app almost all in my torso - very peculiar since I keep not doing core exercises, and most of my training is focused towards legs with some occasional arm exercises. It's very consistently showing me as underhydrated. I drink anywhere between 2.5-4l of water in a day, pee very frequently and my urine is a very pale colour - so in other words, zero signs of dehydration. I've weighed consistently in the morning, at the same time, wearing the same clothes, after going to the loo. I don't drink alcohol or have caffeine but of course I do work out more on some days than others. I've also had some issues with the user interface - at some point it congratulated me for having lost 2 stone and 11 pounds on the program (no clue where it got that from - the difference between the two extremes in those two weeks was 3.9 pounds). Also some graphs got all clumped together and were unreadable. Another thing they don't really advertise is that to use all the features of the scale you need to wear some clothes (since if body parts eg legs are touching each other the readings are invalid), and you have to keep standing on them for well over 30 seconds (if you look at their explanations why results vary they say that if you move while the process is ongoing that may invalidate the results - but i challenge you to stand perfectly still while holding the weird arm thingy for 30 seconds. even just breathing will make you move ever so slightly). So now in order to try to get consistent results, I'm changing into a "weighing outfit" in the morning, standing on them for about 45 seconds, then changing back out of it. Now this would be worth it if the results were consistent, but they're simply not so it's just a huge waste of time. With the amount of time this takes, I could just get my £1 measuring tape and take all my body measurements at least every other day, which would be more consistent and probably give me a better idea of what's going on. On the upside - I had no issues with the Nerve Health measurement as others reported (finally an advantage of sweaty feet!). Overall a very expensive gadget that did not provide any value for me. I don't know if it just doesn't know how to deal with my (obese) body type and if it works better with more "normal" bodies, if I just got a dud, or if it really just is that bad.

But very in-depth analysis and they seem very accurate. Also it can import data from the Oura ring via the apple health app. which is useful. More important than the daily readings is the trend which it does beautifully. For me: worth the money, even if the price is a bit steep.

The Withings body scan is great. Gives me plenty of readings of the body. Connects to plenty of apps I have and a great tracker

Terrible for the price - only bought so it would sync to my phone but it hardly ever takes an effective body composition scan. Troubleshooting very helpful and suggested fixes don’t work. I still use my 10 year old omicron one for that at a quarter of the price and it gives the same measurement accuracy on comparison.

Superb bit of kit

I made the mistake of upgrading to a Body Scan from my Body Pro, principally on the promise of the advanced body composition scanning technology. While the Body Scan is a very accurate scale, due to its enclosed base, and has a great display, the body composition function basically doesn't work. You need near perfect conditions in terms of posture, scale cleanliness and foot dampness to get any kind of a reading at all, and when you do they are often laughably inaccurate. For example I am moderately overweight, and I get readings anywhere between 3% and 14% body fat.

Slick design, and it tells you everything—weight, body fat, muscle mass, even heart rate and nerve activity. Links straight to your phone. Great for tracking fitness goals or, let’s be honest, feeling smug after leg day.