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Escali High-Capacity Bathroom Scale with Body Fat/Body Water Monitoring (440lb / 200kg)

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Average Customer Rating:	4.0
Release Date:	2007-05-16
Brand:	Escali
Model:	BFBW200
Color:	silver
Weight:	6.45 pounds
Dimensions:	14.5 inches x 14.7 inches x 2.7 inches [Width x Length x Height]

Product Categories

Digital; Health Monitors; All Personal Care Products; All product

Product description

The Escali BFBW200 bathroom scale features advanced digital weighing technology that provides a high tech analysis of the fitness level of the user. This scale measures percentage of body fat, body water and weight for up to ten individual users. The scale has a large capacity of 440 lb / 200 kg.

Features

3-button scale provides a high-tech analysis of fitness level of user

Measures percentage of body fat, body water, and weight for up to 10 users

Large capacity of 440 pounds (200 kilograms); 0.2-pound or 0.1-kilogram increments

High-quality, impact-resistant tempered glass platform

2 lithium batteries included; 8-1/2 inches by 5-1/2 inches by 3-/4-inch

Customer reviews

« Not Great, Not Bad! »

Like the scale but everytime you step on it you have "click" all the way through the profile you set for yourself before stepping on. Just annoying.

Rating: (3 out of 5) @ 2010-09-01

« telling »

some difficulties in figuring out to get to specific person- but really cool one you get tehre

Rating: (3 out of 5) @ 2010-08-30

« It was great until it died! »

I bought this a little over ayear ago because we needed a scale with a higher capasity with a normal price. It was a great scale until it just stopped working even after putting in new batteries. It really sucks when you had weight loss sugery and you are monitoring your weight loss rigorously to not be able to have your weekly weigh in. Time for another scale I guess... but it wont be this one unfortunately.

Rating: (3 out of 5) @ 2010-08-28

« Died in 60 days »

I bought this scale after reading many of the glowing reviews, feeling that it was unlikely that I would also receive a defective product. Unfortunately, after barely 60 days of use, the scale ceased functioning entirely yesterday. It is well outside of the return period, too, so I won't be recouping any of my loss on this one. My advice is to skip this brand's poor quality and find a better, cheaper scale that won't quit so easily!

Rating: (1 out of 5) @ 2010-06-13

« Good Quality, But Exercise Caution When Using... »

If I have any one problem with Escali's High-Capacity Bathroom Scale, it would be it's propensity towards tipping. It's a sturdy scale; the platform design made me skeptical that a piece of glass -- although, thick -- would support my weight, though I was proven wrong. The scale doesn't feel a tad bit under duress from me or my much lighter wife being on it. However, having large thighs, and wearing a size 13 shoe, I find the platform difficult for me to stand completely upright on. Both the width and the length of the circular platform make it a bit of a challenge for me to safely square my feet and accurately get a reading. Therein lies the problem: when stepping on the scale, because my feet don't fit perfectly, my first step tends to be more towards it's side, tipping the scale if I don't quickly place my second foot down to plant myself. I often have to hold on to the bathroom door, balancing myself, until both feet are on the platform securely. The suction cups help, but can only do so much. Now, is this a huge problem, does this stop me from actually getting an accurate, consistent read, or from even using the scale at all? Simply, no. I've not fallen once. Though, I'd imagine someone with balance issues, knee problems, or other impairments could potentially find this scale a bit unsafe. (Admittedly, there's a learning curve for how to stand on it, and I've since learned and now am able to get accurate readings).

My reason for purchasing this scale was my thinking I may be near it's 440lbs. limit. As it turns out, I was about 100lbs. or so off, having not been weighed in a few years. So I bought it for its weight capacity, not its features (which seem to drive up it's price), and my overestimate in weight may have cost me $10-$15. For this reason, I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a high capacity scale with no knowledge of their current weight to consider being weighed by a physician first, and then buying according to how much capacity you need (like me, you may feel like you've gained a lot, but may be surprised to find you're actually in a cheaper, normal capacity scale's range).

All in all, the Escali is consistent (I often get the same reading two, three, even four times in a row with a normal foot placement), and durable (in six months, not one error warning, no signs of wear), but the expensive, fancy "features" couldn't be more useless. Anyone with large amounts of muscle can easily fool the scale's body fat indicator (and I'm not certain how to prove or disprove it's water weight reading). Fortunately, you can still use it just as a scale, bypassing the programmable settings by placing one foot on it to turn it "on", then removing your foot before it brings up the sequence of numbers corresponding to the users you've entered. Yet, if these features make this scale anymore expensive than other high capacity ones, you may want the next one lower in price. Still, what you pay is fair for a pretty solid quality, high capacity scale.