Garmin Index S2, Smart Scale with Wireless Connectivity, Measure Body Fat, Muscle, Bone Mass, Body Water% and More, Black (010-02294-02)

Setup wasn't very difficult even though it requires Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. Once setup, it is a breeze to use while all your weight data is being captured and forwarded to Garmin Connect. Once there you can even link in your doctor so they can review the data. The scale's price was inline with equivalent competitors so it was a no-brainer but the blood pressure monitor is a hefty premium over competitors. I took a chance that having BP data auto-captured would prove valuable and has been. Simply step on the scale, wait a moment, and step off and all your weight and BMI data is auto-synchronized to Garmin Connect to join all your workout data captured by your Garmin smartwatch or bike computer.

Even though I may not always be happy with the numbers that I see, I am happy with this scale! It's on the pricier side, but as someone who uses a Garmin watch for my other activities etc it is nice to have my fitness and activity trackers synergized with my scale if my goal is weight loss. I have no way of knowing how accurate the water, muscle, and bone density calculations are but it's sort of a cool feature if you believe the numbers. It's also nice you can have multiple profiles on there if you have multiple users. It's easy to turn on, just give it a nudge, and in a second you can stand on it and get your weight. Hasn't died or had any glitches so I'm happy with it!

It took me about 4 hours of troubleshooting (I'm an engineer and I never surrender) to finally figure out that this scale CANNOT connect to Wi-Fi on a 5 GHz frequency. It can ONLY connect to Wi-Fi on a 2.4 GHz frequency (which many people don't even use anymore!).Garmin's documentation fails to mention this! Searching the internet doesn't help much either, because there are thousands of people posting about Wi-Fi connectivity issues, but there are never any answers. Everyone just assumes they got bad hardware and gives up.I've never even heard of another product that had this issue, especially in 2023. Why Garmin??The scale won't even work until it's connected to Wi-Fi. For everyone on 5 GHz frequency, most people will never figure out the problem, it doesn't even matter how much searching they do. Garmin is basically just shipping bricks to these people with no explanation.I had to reconfigure my router to expose both frequency bands just to connect this Garmin. After I did, we had to wait like an hour while the software updated.And I guess my wife & I must have sync'd our watches and stepped on the scale in the wrong order, because the scale started sending my weigh-ins to HER watch every time. Her weigh-ins are sent to my watch OR her watch, seemingly at random! (Thankfully it's a closed software issue, so I can't waste 4 more hours troubleshooting this one.)Even if we could get it to work correctly, this scale doesn't let you just stand on it. You have to tap it with your foot (just strong enough) first, wait ~5 seconds, and THEN stand on it. It's just an annoying usability hassle every morning, why on earth can't we just stand on it directly??The lesson I learned is that it's best not to overcomplicate the little things you do every single day. We replaced this Garmin with a cheap $20 scale that just weighs us when we stand on it, and it's great.Garmin's watches are some of the most impressive, well-tested, and reliable electronics in any category, right up there with Boeing, even superior to Apple when it comes to testing and reliability. I never thought I'd have these kind of problems with any Garmin product. But these scales aren't contract-grade for government and military use (like the watches are), so I'm guessing Garmin simply has FAR lower standards when it comes to engineering/testing of purely consumer-grade products...If you happen to be using 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, or if you're shipped different hardware than what we received, this scale might work great out of the box and maybe you'd be really happy with it like some of the other reviewers are (who knows). Personally I'd say don't gamble on this thing working correctly, just stick with something simple, and update your bodyweight in the Garmin watch manually every once in a while.My wife & I still love Garmin, we both wear & use the watches every single day, and we'll probably still be wearing Garmin 40 years from now, but we both hated this scale like nothing we've ever bought before. It's probably the worst product I've bought in 10+ years. (But please still buy a Garmin watch if you haven't already, it's amazing technology, and the community/challenges could seriously change your life if you're currently struggling with health/fitness.)

Fantastic! After open heart surgery I've been told to weight myself daily and track any gains or losses. The Garmin scale removes the need for remembering what my morning weight if I forget to log it. Weight, BMI, water, bone mass, muscle mass and more, automatically uploaded to the Garmin app. Paired with my Garmin tactical watch and no hose BP monitor, my health stats are all in one place. All the metrics for one day a week or 4 weeks plus. Fantastic, my doctor was thrilled with the data. A great buy!

I really like this product for the most part. It's easy to use and since I use a multitude of Garmin products all my health info is easily available on the app. The only inconsistency is that the body fat percentage calculator doesn't seem accurate. It can give different reading on consecutive days so take those measurements with a grain of salt.

I struggle with random weightloss and as such was manually recording my weight in garmin app since i was using a forerunner watch. Once i made it past the finicky wifi setup, this thing has been an enormous time saver. It makes it easy for me to collect data multiple times a day and gives me a lot more actionable information that has allowed me to make significant progress on improving my health. This product isnt for everyone, but i love it and will be in garmins eco system for the foreseeable future because of it. PS if you have a hard time activating the unit when you step on it, just tap your foot while standing on it, the activation pressure will vary based on your weight, but you'll find the balance between stomping on it and lightly tapping it :)