Withings Body - Digital Wi-Fi Smart Scale with Automatic Smartphone App Sync, BMI, Multi-User Friendly, with Pregnancy Tracker & Baby Mode

I know I probably only use a fraction of its functions, but combined with the app, it really is a good scale. However, I think it is inaccurate on the low end. My husband agrees. So I use it more as a gauge on whether I am gaining or losing over time, and focus less on the exact number, because otherwise I get a shock when I go to the doctor's office and see how much I actually weigh.

The trick to setting up the WiFi connection is to do it via the Withings smartphone app (unfortunately).It tracks your weight and transmits results to the Withings app plus others, such as Fitbit, Cronometer, MyFitnessPal, and generates a graph to show your progress or to give you an incentive to try harder.I had the earlier model, which worked flawlessly for more than a decade. It still works for weight, but it stopped tracking BMI, which isn't a good indicator anyway according to recent science, and weather, which I don't need scales to do. But it was clearly starting to fail despite years of reliable service, so I ordered this newer model, which is the simplest one Withings sells. I highly recommend it.I'm pretty sure that this is the ONLY Withings Wi-Fi scale that does not send a small electrical current through the person's body when they're on it to weight themselves. People with pacemakers, implanted heart monitors (loop recorders) and similar implanted devices can use this one, a Withings rep told me, because it does not do that.

I bought this scale because I didn't need all the extra features that a smart scale usually has. I don't believe those scales can give accurate count on some of the obscure metrics. I don't believe that by sending a small electric current those scales can accurately give me fat % around my organs. Nor do I care, to be honest. I only want to monitor my weight. I had a difficult time finding a scale that did not have the electric sensors on it. I didn't want to send a small electric current through my body for data I don't want. After a lot of searching, I found this scale.This scale has worked great so far. The setup was very easy and intuitive. The app is user friendly as well. This scale also very easily lets me setup different profiles for my wife and kids. When I step on the scale, it knows me by my weight and records my weight to my account. When my wife uses it, the weight goes to her account. You don't need to select any user account before stepping on. The scale figures it out.A really nice additional feature is the graph that is shown on the screen at each weigh in. You can see your last few weigh ins and how you are trending. This is perhaps the most important, as individual weight can fluctuate day to day. It's the trends that matter, and with this scale you can see the trends every day.Using this scale each day is a great way to track your weight and make sure you are worrying about trends, not daily fluctuations. The app provides a nice regression line that evens out the fluctuations. I've been very pleased with this scale and would highly recommend it.

This scale was generally good when it worked. Recently, batteries were low, so changed them out. Well...scale no longer connects to app properly, which means it no longer works. Went though the whole trouble shooting process, even went on-line per the app, got into an AI chat. Got a human on the chat for Withings, who asked many questions and made suggestions such as "make sure your bluetooth and wifi are on, and you are within 5 feet of device, use new batteries". The human even offered to call me but when I said yes, they said it would have to be next week. Not really a resolution. At this point, it might be better to look for something that does not require so much work to try to get going after a battery change. On balance, it was not hard to set up out of the box when it was now , but the Withings device does seem to have failed or maybe the was a boggled app update (to 7.0.1 confirmed by Withings Tech in Chat) and it does not seem to even be able to be set to use as simply a scale. Withings was not able to resolve after 2 hours of troubleshooting, and indicated they would "get back to me".

Cons: This was tricky to set up at first. It would connect to the app, but it wasn't syncing any of the weigh ins. I'm not sure what I did to get it to work finally, but now it great. The FAQ and documentation for the scale and app on the website was outdated at the time of my purchase. This made troubleshooting issues confusing. You also may want to get the white version, as the black shows footprints really badly. You would have to spray and wipe it down after each use to keep it looking acceptable. The ios app has some bugs, but the web app works great.Pros: The app syncs well with chronometer and myfitnesspal (I'm assuming other popular apps as well). Weight measurements are extremely accurate. The customer service reps were responsive and helpful. I emailed them about it not syncing over a holiday weekend, they promptly responded when they got back in to the office.I like the trend graph it shows, and the different profiles that you can set. The weather screen is pointless, and the BMI screen makes me cry -- not the fault of the scale though :P