BMI scales, any good?

ratmonkey · Post by **ratmonkey** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:35 am

Looking for reviews/experiences with fat % and weight scales. Brands,models, best value etc. Do they even work. Any comments appreciated.

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:27 pm

BMI indexes are noted to be a bit innacurate, so buying something to measure them, could be potentially a futile spend of money

jd12 · Post by **jd12** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:14 pm

bmi scales would be useless for your purpose and besides you can just find bmi calculators for free on the web... a bmi calculator only measures your weight per some unit of measurement (can't remember which one) so if you are very muscular with little fat it could show you as obese and if you're very fat with very little muscle mass it could mislead you into thinking you're in the healthy range or even underweight...

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:13 pm

do you mean body fat % scales????

Joesportstalk · Post by **Joesportstalk** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:07 am

in humble opinion, this method is far outdated and something that should be thrown out as a viable method of body measurments.

stephaniejean · Post by **stephaniejean** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:10 pm

I have a body fat scale and I dont think it is accurate but when I have done skin calipers I have gotten way different results. Calipers are the way to go in opinion.