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| Tanita BC533 Glass Innerscan Body Composition Monitor | 
 enlarge | Brand: Tanita
Category: Health And Beauty
Avg. Customer Rating:  138 reviews
Sales Rank: 1413
Color: Glass and Silver
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: Yes
Battery: 4 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8
Dimensions (in): 13 x 1 x 13
MPN: BC-533
Model: BC533
UPC: 742496800725
EAN: 0742496800725
ASIN: B0007Y6BS4
Release Date: April 10, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very useful December 8, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The only method to measure body fat reliably is hydrodensitometry weighing. However, there exist two kinds of accurate devices that are capable to estimate this measure and offer reliable results, bioimpedence and skinfold calipers. In order for them to provide with repeatable and dependable measurements, skinfold calipers ought to be used by professionals while bioimpedenzometric scales do not.
The science behind the Tanita BC533 scale is bioimpedence, which allows for a body composition estimate by sending a brief pulse of low voltage electricity through your body. The electricity that leaves your body at your feet is then read by the scale and your body composition is calculated and displayed for your convenience.
Because the estimate is done through electricity everything impacting on electricity and its conduction also has an impact on the results you get. For this reason, you need not to use the scale while your feet and/or your body are wearing isolating materials (shoes - especially plastic, and socks and sweaters - especially in wool), when your skin is wet (ie: after a bath or shower, when you have recently sweat), and when you have eaten or drank in the previous 3 hours. On top of that, because of circadian hormonal rhythms, weight changes within the day. My suggestion is to pick up a time of the day and stick with it. For even more dependable measurements, use the scale in the same conditions every day so that you can compare successive measurements and hopefully track your progresses.
This scale isn't any more difficult to use than other bioimpedenzometric device is, but you need to know the technology and its limitations in order to exploit it to your own advantage.
Pros: it looks stylish, it's very dependable
Cons: it needs to be set up, it requires a flat surface
 Provides Low Accuracy Measurements December 3, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Tanita BC533 Glass Innerscan Body Composition Monitor
The accuracy of fat percentages and other metrics that are provided (except weight)on this scale should be looked upon as rough estimates only. The algorithms to provide the various read outs uses not only the bioimpedence data but also age and level of activity that the user enters. Case in point, I input my correct age of 55 and got a fat percentage of 18.9 %. Stepped off the scale , changed my age to 35 years (without changing other input parameters) and got a body fat read out of 16.5%. A 2.5 % difference. The measured muscle mass, bone and water percentage also changed significantly.
The scale can be useful if following large changes in body composition where the precision of the numbers is not that critical. However, if you need to measure fat percentages with an accuracy of lets say, +/- 1% or so, you will need to look elsewhere.
too much info November 24, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you want too much info, buy this scale. Might be motivating for some people. I go my what I look like in the mirroror how my clothes fit.
Great product! September 17, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This scale is terrific. Why go pay for all the body fat composition testing at my local health center when I have this?
Excellent product!
Great for motivating you to get into shape August 15, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow, according to the scale, my visceral fat (gut) has gone up since I last checked two weeks ago--I need to work on that. This scale has helped me a lot to track my progress against what I eat and what exercise I take up. Fat percentages, bone mass, and other stats help me understand what changes my body goes through depending on how I treat it, so it inspires me to want to improve the numbers that are going the wrong way. It's money well spent, considering it could be blown otherwise on a couple of dinners out.
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