Great product, let down badly by the wireless
I've had my Aria now for about 3 months and have very mixed feelings about it.  It looks really nice in my bathroom, it's easy to use (step on, step off) and from a weighing point of view, it's great.  None of those reasons were why I bought it however.  I got it to integrate to my Fitbit account, and save me from manually entering my weight into the website.  On that point, the scale falls well below expectations due to what appears to be a very poorly designed and implemented wireless radio.<br /><br />First up, I should say I'm in IT, so know a lot about wireless networks (often the bane of an IT persons existence).  I have about 20 wireless devices in my house currently, all of which quite happily talk to my wireless router regardless of device size or physical location.<br /><br />The Aria however is a different matter.  Firstly the wireless range of the scale is dire.  It sits no more than 30 ft from my router with an almost clear line of site, yet consistently fails to get a signal.  This despite the fact I can quite happily get a signal from other devices even when outside in my garden.<br /><br />Secondly, setting up an configuring it with anything other than the minimal security policy causes it to refuse to connect to the network.  It doesn't like hidden SSID's, WPA2 encryption, MAC address locking, or any protocol above wireless B.<br /><br />Unfortunately, given that the sole purpose of the scale is to communicate via wireless to the internet, these are pretty severe issues.  The Fitbit help is contradictory, with some sections saying the Aria will work with certain settings, whilst others say it won't.  Even the support people aren't sure, expressing surprise when I pointed them to the Fitbit tech specs which contradicted their advice.<br /><br />In the end, I did get the Aria to work, but now sits 10 ft from the wireless router in a second bathroom, and I've had to buy another router just for the scale to work (so I can keep all my other wireless devices secure).  Not an ideal solution by any means.<br /><br />One other issue I've noticed is that the scale has no way of determining who is who (no "tap once for person A, twice for person B" setting).  In other words if you've more than one person of similar weight, the scale has no idea who it's measuring and can potentially upload the wrong info.  Your only recourse is to then manually correct the entry on the Fitbit website, which kind of negates the reason for using it in the first place.<br /><br />Pro's<br />Looks great<br />Accurate weighing mechanism<br />BMI measurement is reasonable (close enough for home use)<br />Easy to use<br /><br />Con's<br />Struggles to differentiate between people of similar weights<br />Wireless reception is woeful<br /><br />Conclusion<br />If you want is a fancy looking set of scales, that are easy to use, and don't want to upload the data then the Aria is fine.  If you've more than one person in the house of a similar size, want to use the Fitbit integration, or have anything other than a perfect environment for wireless you may find you're out of luck.
Rating: 2 stars