- Uses BIA method to measure body fat and body water
- Measures muscle mass and bone mineral mass
- Contemporary glass platform with 1.6″ LCD readout
- Weighs to 440 pounds – 200kgs.
- Athlete and separate scale only modes
Product Description
Not just a body fat scale, but a body composition scale. This body fat scale not only measures body fat and body water (to the precise 0.1%) but also measures muscle mass and bone mineral for more body composition readings. The platform is high tempered glass, with brushed stainless steel accents for a great, contemporary look. The readout is a large 1.6″ in total height and the digits read 1.3″ high. Plus, the capacity is ultra high – 440 lbs, yet reads in precise 0.2 lb increments. A built in carrying handle allows the scale to be moved easily. In addition, this scale be a simple weight only scale – just step on the scale to weigh. All this from Taylor Precision Products, the market leader in the bath scale market. 2 long life Lithium batteries supplied.
Taylor 5599 440 Pound Tempered Glass Body Fat-Body Water Scale
i bought this before thinking it would be a great investment. unfortunately my family soon noticed how inaccurate this scale is. it flucuates and has a horrible analysis(it can change results literally the next minute you get on it).
i wouldn’t waste my time on this or any other taylor scale(the last one i soon discovered was a taylor too). hopefully this collects dust when i return it at a store
Rating: 1 / 5
I was excited when this finally arrived. It had lots of neat features that I was excited to take advantage of. I took it out of the box and instantly noticed how flimsy and brittle the plastic was. One small drop could easily break it, and render the entire scale useless. The next disappointment was when I turned it on for the first time. I’m not sure if I got a defective unit, but the display half-worked. Parts of some numbers were nice and bright, while others were barely visible, and others didn’t show up at all. I would suggest Escali High-Capacity Bathroom Scale with Body Fat/Body Water Monitoring (440lb / 200kg) as an alternative.
Rating: 2 / 5
On the box/picture, this is a nice-looking scale with great features. Out of the box, it has a lot of cheap plastic in key places and the design of the digital interface is lacking. I tried it for a week and returned it. First, the plastic sticks out in a curve around the bottom of the scale, and you quickly realize somebody is eventually going to step there accidentally and break it. The buttons at the top are the same plastic and the whole top flexes down considerably when you press a button (and you have to press fairly hard for the buttons to engage). That leads to the digital interface where the buttons almost always seemed to need two presses before they would function, occasionally it’d work on the first press, but it was nearly always two. To the right of the LCD is a list of parameters (body fat, body muscle, body water and bone mass) that it cycles through after it takes a reading, but for some unknown reason, it doesn’t cycle through them in the order printed on the plastic (which makes them more difficult to remember since it goes through them quickly and doesn’t save them with the individual’s profile).
I initially tried it on a carpet, and the readings were clearly off (my analog scale works fine on the carpet). I moved it to a solid floor. Once moved, it seemed very accurate, and I got consistent readings from it. The included manual was useless. It offers little/no description of the body parameters returned by the scale (and their website doesn’t either). Also the setup instructions are not particularly good, there’s a tiny icon on the LCD to differentiate male/female which isn’t even mentioned in the manual (I assume I correctly guessed the one with the triangle was female, as the male one made no sense). The manual didn’t show any pictures of the setup screens, and relied mostly on how many times to press the buttons (not particularly useful when you have to press more than once to get it to register).
I expected more from a $40 scale that is made to look nice on the package. Taylor, minimally, needs to hide the plastic at the bottom under the glass, strengthen the backing behind the buttons, fix their software to show items in the order presented, and drastically improve their manual. All in all, it’s a pretty good scale if you just care about the numbers and not how it’s built/works.
Rating: 3 / 5
OK so a year ago I was not working out at all and my body fat was measured at the gym at 24%. After a year of working 3-4 times a week (mostly weight training, pilates, yoga) – I haven’t lost any weight but got noticeably stronger and leaner, my clothes are loose. So I thought I’d treat myself to the home body fat analyzer. Checked the definition for the athlete (10 hrs+ per week of aerobics, 60 resting heart rate – not me) so I selected normal person. My body fat measured at 29.9%, second time at 30.4%! Are you kidding me??? Choosing being an athletic person it measured at body fat at 20.9% which seems to be more likely but definitely not by Taylor’s definition of an Athlete…. So either you can kid yourself that you are an athlete and get a reading that feels good or get some kind of crazy reading that doesn’t make any sense. Can not believe I wasted my money.
Rating: 1 / 5
After reading all the positive reviews, I was very excited to get this scale. Unfortunately, it didn’t live up to its expectations for me. I stepped on the scale three times in a row and got three different readings. There was a .6 difference between the three. It’s just not all that accurate.
Rating: 3 / 5