TANITA RD-545HR

This scale does what it's made for so, if your health minded and hold this money then buy one... you'll be well pleased!!!!

Solid and good looking. Easy to setup. Fast measurements. Great app to log and monitor your measurements. Big range of measurements including separating different segments of the body . Great , very impressed. Recommended.

I purchased this scale on the strength of a YouTube video review by Laura Try and was attracted by what appeared to be a strong set of full body composition features plus the reputation of the Tanita brand when it comes to medical devices.The scale is pretty sturdy and large for such a device and the most complicated installation issue was related to pairing the scale with my iPhone via Bluetooth. That took around 30 minutes of experimentation to get it paired but that might be something particular to my setup. It's a pretty basic app but tells does everything you would expect in terms of visualising your various body metrics over time. There is also a website which is more useful if you want to copy/paste values into, for example, a spreadsheet or export CSV values over a date range.After using this for a good 6 weeks I can say that the only accurate measurement this scale gives is that of your weight. The various body composition measurements can vary wildly between days which made me question how accurate the scale was. To put my mind at rest I booked a DEXA scan which many would argue is one of the most precise ways of measuring body composition. It confirmed my suspicions unfortunately and the Tanita scale was wildly inaccurate compared to the DEXA scan.My Body Fat according to the Tanita scale was inaccurate to a whopping 6%. It under measured my Muscle Mass by 7lb, my Visceral Fat by 8lb, and my Bone Mass by 2lb. One of the reasons I purchased the higher end Tanita scale was to track my Visceral Fat levels in particular, which is the dangerous fat around your internal organs. Other than weight (which is fairly accurate) I think the only use it has is to track your rough body composition directional trends over time.All in all, a disappointing purchase. My advice would be to buy a much cheaper scale and use the money saved to go for the occasional DEXA scan.