Customer Reviews and Ratings

I've been using the Withings Body Scale for almost 5 weeks now and have to say that I'm really pleased with it. Hope that Retina support for the new iPad is on the way though! Buy, you won't be disappointed.

I am very technically proficient and could not get this scale to work. Never did show me a weight, just a big checkmark. Documentation did not tell me what this meant, and the Withings help center is useless. Yes, I successfully paired the scale to my account and it shows up in my web account. It just simply does not provide a weight, whether I tap it first, or just get on. I even changed out the batteries with no luck. Junk, junk, junk!

4 of 19 people found this useful

This is a great piece of kit, easy to set, easy to use. Recognises who is on it every time.

3 of 5 people found this useful

Use it every day, to give me some depressive motivation to lose weight.

Measures very accurately, and allows me to track progress using my iPhone. Personally I don't use their app that accompanies this as it lacks a bit, but syncs perfectly with 'Target Weight' which has a lot more functionality.

4 of 6 people found this useful

i use it every day and it just got the blood pressure monitor as well.

8 of 9 people found this useful

Hello everyone,

I never review products but felt this would b a good one to start with because of all the 1-5 star mixed reviews.

I have had the scale for a week so my opinion is based off of this time period.

The instructions in the package are limited however it basically is directing you straight to the website. Set up was fairly simple considering an internet connection is involved.

The scale read weight faily consistant. I only notice a .1-.3 weight difference when weighing myself a few times in a row. Very good when wanting to look at trends over time.

Info gets to my iphone in about 10 seconds and is easy to visually see info.

My wife has a user set up for herself, all that info goes to her account/mobile and the scale hasnt had any confusion.

I do not think its fair for people to give a poor review when they didnt even set it up or could not figure the thing out. It takes about as much tech. savvy as lets say syncing an ipod to itunes.

Overall a god product and i think it will certainly suite my needs.

Hope this helps!

18 of 23 people found this useful

The instructions are dissapointing. Withings needs a wake-up call. Have a sheet for those that don't like to read with big pictures and large green check marks along with cautionary red X's, paired with a real instruction manual. I am a very Geeky type and still found myself flustered by the lack of direction in the instructions and on their website.

In spite of the instructions I got the scale working by reading the online FAQ's and Google reviews of the product. I finally got it to to show something in the display, linked up with my WiFi and installed the carpet feet. However, the scale kept confusing my weigh-ins with a housemate that weighs 7 pounds more than me and was unable to get an accurate weight measurement on carpet.

Overall, it's not a bad scale, once you put it on a hard surface and keep track of who weighs in and when to claim the weigh in on the iphone app. However, I think it suffers from poor direction by the manufacturer. The concept is fantastic. The execution is amateurish, based upon the user having to make sure to check the weight measurement to make sure it went to the right user and an apparent inability to use it on carpet even with the adapters. I give it an ehhhh?

9 of 22 people found this useful

The positives: The Scales
The scales are great, easy to use. I also bought the blood pressure monitor. Great to monitor training progress as you don't need to write anything down - now read the negatives!!

The negatives: The Website
1. The graphs on the website take a little getting used to. They are not intuitive and could present the data better.
2. The web site seems to creek sometimes and is often inaccessible. When I can access it, it is very very slow.
3. Sometimes the website loses data - particularly height which is a pain because I don't remember the exact measurements!!!

Suggestions
1. Improve the website basics such as hosting and design,
2. The website could give tailored weight loss / exercise advice (subject to the expected caveats). It could also advise on aspects such as blood pressure, etc..

22 of 23 people found this useful

It is a good concept with terribly flawed execution. This is the most inaccurate scale I have ever used. I weigh myself every morning. Often I will step on, and the scale shows 197. I step off and right back on and it displays 192. When I step on my old scale, it says 190.5. I regularly see 3 to 6 lb differentials over the course of a few seconds. What good is having all of that data if you know it isn't correct? It's not worth $160.

13 of 15 people found this useful