Great sacle, but not for children, pregnant women or people with medical devices
I have had this one for a while now. Great build quality and very nice finish on top (sturdy glass), less so on bottom (cheap plastic). Compared to my gold standard which is a Seca medical body analyzer, weight is both accurate (meaning it is close to the value given by Seca) and precise (Aria returns almost the same weight when measuring several times and remains consistent over time). Body fat percentage measurement is less accurate but rather good on precision. It is 4% off the reading I get from Seca but at least with good precision you will get proper tracking and monitoring over time. I noticed that readings can vary a little depending on where the scale is positioned but that is true for all scales so make sure that you position it exactly the same way when tracking your weight and body fat over time.<br /><br />I have encountered no problems whatsoever with the installation and setup over wifi. 3 minutes and I was done! I went straight to the weblink to set it up the first time.<br />http://www.fitbit.com/scale/setup/start<br />Then once the scale was set up, I configured the mobile and mac apps. This is what worked for me.<br />Note that the scale will not work with static IPs. If you know what this means, you probably know how to fix it. And if you have absolutely no idea, I would say consider this if you have a serious online gamer at home or someone telecommuting for instance.<br /><br />The scale automatically recognizes people but in order for that to happen each person needs to have their own fitbit account which is annoying especially if you have children. Otherwise, people show up on your account and on the scale as &#34;guest&#34;. You have an option to send the invites out to them from your own fitbit account for a maximum of 7 invites.<br /><br />Last but not least, because of the technology behind body composition analysis, this scale should not be used by people with medical devices such as pace makers, pregnant women, or children under the age of 10. My 2 1/2 year old daughter always wants to go on the scale like mommy and daddy so I make her wear her crocs or flip flops.
Rating: 5 stars