Customer Reviews and Ratings

The scale is quite nice in that it displays weight, and fat % and graphs it out for you on a nice mobile app and their website. The problem comes when you have multiple people who use it. It seems the only way the scale can tell who is who is by weight. One of our family members weighs in very close to that of another family member and usually the scale will show one person's name on the left and another person's name on the right and you just shift your weight on the scale in order to choose your profile name. That is not always the case however because just today the scale would not even give the person a choice as to what profile they were...it just assumed it was the other person. I updated the persons weight online on the scales website that tracks profiles and we tried again. It still did not pick the right persons profile and did not even let them choose.

Bottom line: This scale is great if you are from a single household or a household where there are few people and they all have different weights. It may work by giving you the onscreen choice to pick between two similar profiles but as mentioned above sometimes that does not seem to function correctly and it ends up being more trouble then it is worth.

4 of 4 people found this useful

There was a 20 lb. weight variation between carpet and hard floor surfaces. And yes, I installed the add-on carpet feet provided in the package.

7 of 13 people found this useful

One word to describe this product is "quality", both the scale and the intuitive/easy to use software. I own both the scale and the blood pressure monitor, both products are top quality.

7 of 11 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

I've been using the Withings scale for about 2 weeks and I'm very happy with my purchase. Originally I had planned to buy the iHome scale but after I did some research on the product I decided to go with the Withings Scale. One of the key factors that sold me over was how my information uploaded into Runkeeper. Although this scale is expensive but it is worth every penny.

5 of 6 people found this useful

I've had this scale a while

1. The scale is really nicely designed, and the wireless is easy to setup.
2. The iphone app that goes with it is also a nicely done app.

Definitely worth buying.

6 of 7 people found this useful

Using it for a week, my best scale ever.

4 of 6 people found this useful

those who are on a goal to shed some pounds would find this scale very useful and motivational! being able to track your weights and seeing your improvements helps so much!! set up is SUPER easy!! create multiple user accounts and the scale automatically knows who's who when stepping on the scale (mind you, my gf and i are totally different weights, not sure if another user is at the exact size). i really recommend this scale! because of it, i've already lost 15lbs in a couple of months!

3 of 3 people found this useful