Obsolete scale kills Wi-Fi speeds
The Aria has a fundamental flaw: It only supports 802.11b Wi-Fi, which is obsolete. Newer Wi-Fi routers don't support 802.11b by default—and sometimes not at all. By enabling 802.11b on your new, fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi router, you'll slow down every device on your network. Fitbit could fix this by re-engineering the Aria to use a newer chip that supports 802.11g or 802.11n, but they haven't.<br /><br />As a scale, it works well enough, and has good battery life. To access the readings online, you'll need to use Fitbit's proprietary website or app; it doesn't support Apple HomeKit, for example. Getting data out of the Fitbit site to share with, say, a physician is not easy.<br /><br />While my Aria lasted until I discarded it (because it was killing Wi-Fi speeds for my whole family), other Fitbit products I've owned haven't fared so well. It doesn't seem to me that build quality is high on Fitbit's list of priorities. Neither is customer support; previously, they would replace a clearly defective product if it failed just outside of warranty. Nowadays, they hide behind the exact terms of the warranty, even for failures that are clearly their fault. So I can't recommend the company's products generally.<br /><br />But that Wi-Fi thing... this is an obsolete scale. Don't waste your money.
Rating: 1 stars