health and fitness

This is just an absolutely wonderful scale. It is always the same every single time I hop on it, unlike my other digital scales I have had in the past. When you are losing weight, it is very encouraging to see a .2 lb loss which is one of the features of this scale. I kinda wonder about the BF% though but it gets close and doesn't vary much. I have no complaints at all with this scale. The memory feature for the the body fat for 2 people is a must have. I actually am glad you can't see your last weigh in on this scale because if you are like most, you don't want just anyone going in your bathroom and finding out your exact weight! Not to mention my own husband! Worth it's money...

I selected these Tanita Scales mainly because they have great looks firstly - my wife is a stricler for looks in consumer products and I cant untidy up the bathroom that she has decorated, with an ugly pair of scales, so had to go with the looks there.

Secondly, and more importantly, these scales have measured up perfectly and consistantly each time we measured weights and body fat over the same period. So the complaint of inconsistant digital scales dont apply here.

And most importantly for me and my preganant wife - who was (and still is) very careful about exposing herself now to unnnesary electrical signals from the scales when measuring body fat, this scale puts those thoughts to rest - since the Tanita BF679 Duo
has a weight only mode - thereby eliminating the possibility of exposing yourself to electrical signals when you are not really interested in measutring body fat (in pregnant situations, body fat measuring isnt accurate anyways).

The middle button on the Tanita scale is for measuring Weight ONLY and thus the electrical signal for measuring body fat is not sent thru your body.

All the reviews did mention that the electrical signals are not good for someone with a Pacemaker, but my wife and myself wanted to avoid having electrical impulses sent thru her body in her preganant state too, and this scale provided that weight only mode, which the lessers models of Tanita also didnt have.
A great relief for her careful and protective mind I should say.

Thanks Taninta for this consideration.
Great buy.

Received my scale today. I took the scale out of the box, put in the batteries, programed it. It took less than a minute to figure out how to program it and complete the process. I love the fact that it calibrates the body fat percentage. I got on & off at least 5 times and each time it registered the same weight, also the same with my husband. Unlike my old digital scale - I can gain & loose 5 lbs within 20 seconds! Everytime I got on that one I could'nt even guess what my weight would be. I only wish I would have gotten this one 31 lbs ago when I started my diet. Now that I'm at goal weight this scale will help keep me right on target.