A Slick But Frustrating Scale
I wanted to love my Fitbit Aria, I really did. I was a Fitbit early adopter and have been loyally wearing a Fitbit of some sort for years now (currently a Charge HR) and though I logged weight data from a reliable scale every morning I was home, I was thrilled by the prospect of more data automatically integrated with my Fitbit account. I celebrated too soon. I am a computer literate user with two advanced degrees and after two days of struggling, I still cannot get the Aria set up completely. In my house it is now basically a nice looking dumb scale that has more variation between weighings than my reliable Soehnle and stridently refuses to sync.<br /><br />The enclosed directions are laughable at best (especially if you are considering setting this up for multiple users), and unfortunately the online guidance is equally confusing and requires many steps (and occasional dead ends) that must be managed exactly correctly to get any results. Although this is a very attractive scale and had the potential to be a great product, I honestly don't care that much about the aesthetics of a bathroom scale: I just want it to do what it says it's supposed to and after the better part of two days trying to make this work correctly, I discovered I honestly don't care anymore.<br /><br />For $130 you should expect better. I gave it two stars (generously), as it does weigh users apparently somewhat accurately (close to my other scale which has been very reliable), but setup is a nightmare and I don't recommend it based on that alone.
Rating: 2 stars