Needs major work - network issues
I'm a networking expert.<br />I have a fitbit and I love it, deeply.<br />I'm impressed by the hardware, software, API, website...<br />BUT, the ARIA SCALE is worse than a black sheep, it's a travesty.<br />The company should go back to the drawing board.<br />It's like the same car company building a BMW 3 series and a Pinto.<br /><br />I've spent 3 hours trying to get the scale to connect to the network.<br />I read other reviews here before buying, and all the low scores mentioned networking and wifi problems.  I thought - I know it's hard for some, but I can get anything to connect.  So I purchased, assured in my wifi abilities.<br />No dice.  I tried downgrading my wifi to G only (the scale will not work with N).  I opened the security, tried using WEP, WAP, WAP2...all variations.  Nothing worked.<br />Even when you have an open network - the system still asks for a wifi password.<br />I tried their smartphone set-up option, where you directly connect to the scale on it's network and tell it your wifi settings - no go.<br /><br />The end of the wizard, when all else fails, and you give up, says - Do you need help? click here:<br />[...]<br />That takes you to a dead page - so fitting.<br /><br />I'm sending it back, and getting a well reviewed scale that does body fat %.  I can read my weight and walk over to my PC and enter it, it adds steps to my daily fitbit steps!<br />And according to other reviews, other scales are more accurate anyway.<br /><br />Admittedly, I'm disappointed, I wanted it to work, and the fitbit itself is amazing.  The scale, is beyond crap.
Rating: 1 stars