Electric Fat Scales !!!! Accurate

[Toastracing]

What do you guys thing about the electric fat scales are they accurate or what ? thougts views ?

 

[pauly]

if you drind or eat or even workout within an hour of taking it, it can throw it off by as much as 5%. i did mine caliper and scaled and it was less than 1% difference.

 

[Stupid Biotch]

No, they are not accurate and even say on the box that they are not to be used by athletes becuase the muscle composition throws it off. I'm referring to the scales you stand on obviously. There are hand-held electronic bodyfat analyzers that are geared towards muscular people. They are accurate, I've used them before.

 

[jstrong20]

Those scales are horrible.

 

[pauly]

i'm talkin hand held scales

 

[samson1970]

A trainer at my gym was trying out this BF% device yesterday that I had never seen before.

It's a hand-held unit. Chrome handles with a display and keypad in the middle. You enter your weight, height and age and then hold the unit out in front of you for a few seconds and it then displays your BF%. It read mine to be 11%.

Anyone ever heard of this?

 

[milkbone]

If you do a search, you will find much info on this topic. I bought one of the Tanitas with "atheletic" mode. It does vary wildly depending on water intake and other factors. I think it's best to use it in the evening at around the same. The regular tanita bodyfat scales had me at over 20% bodyfat and I have abs. The one with atheletic mode has me at 10-12% depending on what time of day I use it. My suggestion is to do a search and read the reviews of some of the products out there.

 

[marky]

consumption of various liquids such as tea or caffreine cans throw the value of by as much as 18% there you test preproprioration to administration.