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Mostly great, but a little misleading
If you measure your body fat and weight, then do the same while e.g. holding something heavy, or pressing down on something to show a higher weight value, the body fat percentage goes up too. Looks like it is just an estimate based mostly on height and weight.
Also after weighing/measuring, if you wait too long to sync (a few hours or so maybe), it sometimes forgets the value.
Regardless, the app is great and the scales are awesome!Show lessIhcmik-nz
Scale with App
Had the scale and accompanying app for about three days now. Really like the features and ease of use once you get it set up. Downside is the setup. First the pairing is wonky as heck. It takes you through one through some steps that seem totally unnecessary and then, never does tell you that you’ve successfully paired. I went through the whole process twice just to make sure. The second issue was measurement preferences...I selected “lb” in settings and then had strange “st” read outs that took me a bit to sort out. Once those issues were sorted, usage was easy and we look forward to many years of usage.Show lessJ Bullock
Great app, could be better
Super easy to use, nice clean interface and the inclusion of trends is great. One thing that would be good would be if all measurements the app/scale records could be trended (like muscle mass)Tttttimmmmaaaehhhh
Poor graphs ruin this app
This app records data from the company's scales, which all works fine. However, when you want to review your progress on the app's trend graphs they are useless. The time (X) axis of the graph is fixed, whether your measurements are a day apart or a month apart they appear evenly spaced on the graph. The result is a meaningless chat. Similarly the weight (Y) axis isn't labelled, so you can't quickly see the actual numbers involved (this is the same for all other trend graphs in the renpho app).Show lessmrbenjo
Developer Response
Dear customer, Thanks for sharing, actually we will add Y axis at next version, it’s testing now. RENPHO support teamExcellent
Really easy to use, has a very simple UIPillowSheets
A time-saving tool to get or stay healthy
Before this scale, I wouldn’t weigh myself very often, and ended up gaining weight quickly without even noticing. This scale has made it so much easier to keep track, and I’m not doing that yo-yo anymore! The scale requires so little work to document so much data, and then links directly to Apple health, FitBit, and more. The only hesitation I had in purchasing the scale was that you have to open the app for the readings to sink, but since I have my phone on me most of the time anyway, that has not proven to be a problem at all. The much more accessible price tag is well worth having to open an app when you step on the scale.Show lesscapricamay
Easy to use, lots of metrics
I am loving my RENPHO scale and have been using it for about a month to measure my fitness efforts to lose fat. My favorite things about it are the metrics showing my place in the range of healthy values, and the charts. I wish the graphs would capture and show muscle mass over time. One area people who are losing weight are very concerned about is how much weight they’re losing is fat versus muscle. Everyone wants to lose fat and gain muscle. It also helps encourage dieters who may not be losing weight but see that they are gaining muscle. Skeletal muscle on the graph view is not as important to me and could be eliminated in my opinion if needed. I think if you added the muscle mass weight graph view this would be a 5 Star app. Thank you for helping me with my weight loss goals!Show lessMissPeggyMe
This scale is awesome
I just received this scale - it shipped super fast. Not sure why people may have had an issue installing the batteries, it’s very easy, just push down the little door, install batteries (included), push door up. Done.
You can easily find and download the app in the App Store. Pairing the device took no more than 3 tries. You have to get the timing right (start pairing the device, when you see it show up on the screen, step on the scale and THEN tap the device icon. If you do the sequence correctly, it’s seamless)
Yes, at first it showed my weight in stones, but it’s so easy to switch between measurement units that I wouldn’t even have mentioned this as an “issue”.
At first it only showed my weight and BMI, but then I realized you have to step on the scale with your bare feet so the sensors can scan you for the rest of the measurements. (The scale was ice cold when it arrived - it’s proper winter outside). Once I took my weight with bare feet, it immediately took all the measurements.
I love this scale, it’s great, and I’d recommend it to anyone.Show lessMedicine girl 1986
Review of the app with the scale-Bluetooth pairing with the scale
The most confusing part of the setup of the scale that this app is for is the Bluetooth pairing.
You have to pair with the scale from inside the app. Not from the Bluetooth setting of your IPhone. What is really strange is that even after the app is connected with the scale, the iPhone Bluetooth setting does not acknowledge that it is paired with the scale!
The 2nd crazy thing that happened to me was that my weight was registered as an odd number with "st" in the middle! It was puzzling. I learned later from reading an earlier review that "st" is short for Stone which is a unit of measure for weight in the United Kingdom! I had to go back in the app settings and set weight unit to lbs. Even though I remember that I had selected lbs initially.
After you overcome these hurdles you will most likely like the product. Three stars for the problematic initial setup.Show lessDesert torch
Only minor bugs - fantastic otherwise!!
When you first set up your account - which I had no trouble with - you select units. I selected lbs for weight/mass. When I did my first weigh, though, the app was showing #st#lb. People don't realize that st means stone, which is 14 lb. It's not used in the U.S., but it is still used in the U.K. It is still a form of measurement with lbs. Then I realized the app didn't save my unit setting correctly when I set it up, so I just went back in and set it to lbs again, and it held. A little bit of patience to locate and check the unit settings could have made this app a better experience for other reviewers who didn't know what st meant.
This app communicates seamlessly with LoseIt and Fitbit and Apple Health. I no longer have to enter my weight or any other of the metrics manually anywhere. THAT is impressive. Fitbit doesn't even bother doing this! My biggest concern would be that connectivity, and Renpho works just as I hoped it would. The measurements and values themselves are consistent with a recent body composition analysis I had at my gym.
The app is aesthetically pleasing, and you can choose your color scheme. Most of the screens and accessing data and charts are fairly straightforward. You can even look at trends based on time of day of the measurements. I'm very pleased with both the app and the scale.Show lessChemis-T
