Tanita BF679W Scale

The Tanita BF679W Duo Body Fat Monitor with Body Water Scale goes beyond the what most digital scales will do; it not only giving accurate weight readings but it also measures body fat and water percentage of a person. With this Tanita body fat scale, you are looking at innovative and reliable products from a company that has been devoted to the research and manufacturing of precision scales in the last 40 years. Tanita is the original developer of the technology for measuring body composition with a scale and, and brought it first to the professional marketplace, before Tanita body fat scales for the home were introduced in 1994. Tanita is at the forefront of technology in weight and body monitoring scales research and is currently developing high end weight and body monitoring devices networked to gym equipment. It is no wonder that Tanita bathroom scales enjoy a special stature in the marketplace.

What It Measures and How It Helps You
This Tanita digital scale measures your weight, body fat percentage and body water percentage. Why is that important? It seems that a lot of people are not drinking enough water. Chances are, if you wait until you are thirsty to drink something, you may already be subjecting your body to mild forms of dehydration. So this is where monitoring your body water percentage comes in. If you measure that you level is low, you can immediately take corrective and beneficial action of taking in more liquids. People have said that keeping the body fully hydrated make them feel more energetic. High body fat levels have been associated with heart disease cancer and diabetes. Overall, using these body fat and body water monitors will trim the risk of having more serious health issues develop over the time.

If you are serious about keeping your current weight, this Tanita digital scale has a daily calorie intake feature that lets you know how many calories you should consumer in a day to keep your current weight. For added tracking, there is a recall feature that compares both your current weight to the previous reading. It stores the data of 2 users.

There are a lot of comments around the web that say that it is very difficult to accurately measure body fat and water composition on a weight scale. It is always best to have these percentages accurately measured at a doctor's office or at a gym with professional equipment. That said, many users did find that the readings from this scale to be good and fairly accurate. Even if your absolute body fat % reading is a little off from the doctor's office, you can still reliably monitor the relative changes. With this device, you can definitely keep track of the improvements in your body fat and body water % over time.

Ease of Use
Once you open up the box and set the scale down, you will see 3 buttons on the scale platform just below the display area. It's very easy to enter your age, height and gender. You can store personal information for 2 users and it also has a guest mode in case others want to use it. The coolest part is that once you have this set up, each time you use it, just click with your toe on button one for user one and button two for user two. No need to bend down and maneuver through a menu of options with your fingers. You can easily monitor your body fat and body water percentages everyday. Finally, if you just want it to function as a normal scale, tap on the third button.

Maintenance is straight-forward. The scale runs on 4AA sized batteries that are included. Users say that it seems to go for 9 - 12 months and longer on one set of batteries even with regular daily use. It is a good idea to clean off the metal footpads every now and then for more accurate readings.

Beware: this product is not for meant for pregnant women, pacemaker wearers or if you have any other internal electronic medical device. Also, it does not have an Athelete setting for the body fat and water measurements.

High Bathroom Scale Rating
Out of 100+ user reviews, it was rated a whopping 4.2 out of 5.

Let's look at the Tanita bathroom scale BF679W features summary:

• Measures weight, body water and fat percentages
• Stores data for 2 people, guest option available
• Digital screen, 0.2lb weight, 0.5% body fat increments
• Weight comparison feature, comparing current weight reading to last reading
• 13.9 x 2.7 x 13.8 inches
• 300-pound maximum measurement

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