Not ready yet--consistent only in its inaccuracy
Very sad to say I will be returning this. I bought a fitbit Charge HR previously and LOVE the product, and so I had thought that it made sense to purchase an Aria to complement and automatically track my weight and body fat. Despite having some hesitation based on the reviews here, I thought my experience might be different and so went ahead with the purchase (such a millennial). At first I was very pleased, as set-up was easy and the Aria easily connected with my WiFi network (**see note at the bottom as I did have some set up troubles independent of the scale itself). After setting up, I invited the other users who would be using the scale and it automatically detected them once they started using it.<br /><br />After three weeks of use, i can confirm a few things: First, the readings are wildly inaccurate, even after the first few days of &#34;break-in use&#34;. I followed all recommendations (storing flat, not moving the scale in between uses, measuring at the same time every day, etc, etc). The weight readings alone vary with each use (+/- 3 pounds on average). Literally stepping on the scale, taking a reading, stepping off, and repeating would yield large swings in weight, with NO OTHER CHANGES. Same was true with bodyfat %--swings of up to +/- 2% during the same measurement window. Now, I understand that body fat readings can vary with water weight, etc, but to have your actual measured weight vary that much on a digital scale is just unacceptable. Seriously, how did fitibit not get this right on a $120 scale? That's its basic, basic function. $15 scales from Target are more accurate.<br /><br />Aside from inconsistent readings, the scale would also incorrectly categorize user readings. There are only 2 people using my scale--myself and my gf, and there are 50+ lbs separating us. On multiple occasions, I would get a notification on my phone from fitbit saying &#34;congratulations on losing 50 lbs!&#34;. Fortunately it is easy to open the fitbit app, delete/re-categorize the inaccurate readings and have it resync, but the fact it would assume that I had lost 50 lbs in a day was frustrating. Note that when it miscategorized the user, it would then default into a mode where you would have to manually select the user for each use (until the readings were deleted), which again was frustrating.<br /><br />The only things I can save to the positive are that 1) it had no problem connecting to my wifi; 2) the wifi range seems to be good (it was ~20 feet away from my router through a kitchen); 3) battery use is minimal; 4) the sync worked well, and 5) the integration with the fitbit app was nice.<br /><br />Sadly, I cannot recommend this product and will be returning mine.<br /><br />**Note on setup: Overall set up was relatively easy, but there is a problem with the user account set up for the Aria. Clearly, they have not integrated the back-ends. The issue is that I had set up my fitibit account with my facebook account, but when I tried to set up the Aria it asks for a fitbit username and password. Since I had used my fb account, I didn't have either, but obvi wanted to keep my prior data. I had to log on to the fitibit website using a computer, reset the password, create a new password, and then go through the Aria set up process again. This was additionally frustrating.
Rating: 2 stars