This scale is not accurate by design
I have not read any other review so if someone has already said the following, sorry.<br /><br />I bought a One Tracker and thought it was such a good idea that I decided to try the FITBIT scale. The first one I received totally quit working within one hour. Amazon sent a replacement.<br /><br />I followed the instructions and set the scale up and the WI-FI worked and connected the scale to my online account (dashboard).<br /><br />I set the scale on my wood floor, took off my shoes and socks and weighed myself.<br />The first weight was 68 lbs (I weigh 205.5, according to my doctor's scale).<br /> I chalked this up to the machine calibrating itself.<br /><br />I waited 10 minutes and weighed myself three times, pausing between each weighing.<br /><br />The weights given were:<br /><br />205.9<br />204.2<br />205.1<br /><br />I contacted FITBIT and gave them the results.<br /><br />I was told that the scale gives a &#34;unique&#34; weight each time you weigh and this can fluctuate if you move any at all when you're weighing yourself.<br />I was also told the scale has an accuracy of +- 2 lbs. I thought this meant that the weight it gives will be within 2 lbs of the &#34;true&#34; weight as measured by a doctor's scale or other high end scale.<br />In other words, it's fine so long as it gives the same weight if I weigh myself three times in a row.<br /><br />Apparently, that's not what it means.<br /><br /> If I weigh myself three times in a row I may get three different weights, within 2 LBs of the &#34;true&#34; weight.<br /><br />For example, I weigh myself today and I'm at, say, 205.<br />I lose 1 LB which brings me to 204.<br />The next day I weigh myself.<br />The scale may report the weight as anywhere between 202 and 206 ( 204 +- 2LBS).<br /><br />This may(!) be very discouraging to anyone on a diet who is trying very hard to lose weight.<br />A lower number at weigh-in time is a great incentive to keep going.<br />But if the scale is unable to record the loss, and may actually show a gain this might lead one to say &#34;What's the use. I tried hard and still gained weight.&#34;
Rating: 1 stars