Most aggravating product ever developed yet I love it when it works
I've had this cussed thing for almost five years and I can say without any hesitation that it is the most aggravating piece of technology I own. I can also say that when it works (which is almost all of the time), I love it.<br /><br />Pros: It weighs accurately and syncs with your Fitbit dashboard so that you can get a big picture of your weight over the week, months and years. I think even the body fat part is accurate and it is certainly consistent. The thing I like most is that on days when I don't want to weigh, I can get on the scale, not look at it, and go off into the day in blissful ignorance. When I'm feeling brave I can look at it later in the week and see how I'm doing. Hopefully, I have gotten back on track and the news is all good.<br /><br />Cons: Two things: The first is that it will get into endless &#34;sensing&#34; or &#34;thinking&#34; mode and burn through batteries. You can sometimes stage an intervention and take the battery out, reposition it, do something and it will stop. If you don't, you will get to the next aggravating thing:<br /><br />Setting up--and setting up some more. Why oh why do you have to set this thing up again and again? I can understand if you change your Internet provider or router or password, but sometimes just changing the batteries will make it forget everything and you have to set it up again. (Note: It might forget everything, but your Fitbit dashboard does not so all your data is still there and once you get set up again it will work fine.) It seems like every time I've had to set it up I've had to do it a different way, and it is not convenient in the least. They really need to fix it.<br /><br />I do recommend it but it ought to be a better product. It will aggravate you but eventually you will get it back online. I have yet to throw it out of the window but I have come close.<br /><br />I do rely on it and it does keep me motivated. Seeing several years of history of my weight and body fat helps me see my progress (and my slip ups) and I think is a health benefit. If only it wasn't so quirky!
Rating: 3 stars