[mod edit: see replies below, subscription is optional]
Just an FYI for anyone considering this, the Lose It! App requires you to purchase their premium subscription to sync the scale. That being said, it’s a nice app and I use it and pay for it.
This may have changed but that was the case a year ago
@MrMikenIkes to clarify, the app is optional. I am your friendly meh buyer for this item, and installed the app and connected to this scale myself. After creating a profile, it will take you to a screen asking if you want to sign up for their service, but you can simply tap the X to exit and decline.
@MrMikenIkes I’ve never connected my Lose It to anything but I have used it for years to help me track weight, food, and exercise. Not so much on the last one
But I use the free app and don’t sync it with friends or other apps. Lost 65 pounds. Found 15 again. But still net 50.
@MrMikenIkes - Also to help out. I’ve been testing the scale and the app for the last week, and have been able to sync and record my weight successfully without signing up for the premium service
@bakerzdosen I wouldn’t count on it (). My 20+ year old scale bit the dust so I bought the Eufy Smart Scale P1 here using a coupon. Step on that thing 2 times in a row and nothing matches or is even close. Maybe people will be lucky and find this one more accurate than that one is too. Or not.
I’ll just point out that you don’t need a scale that specifically has anything to do with Lose It in order to sync a scale’s measurements into the Lose It app.
All you need is a scale that does Bluetooth and puts its measurements into iOS’s Health app, because Lose It imports from Health, automatically.
For example, I have a Eufy scale (coincidentally sold here but that’s not where I got it) and I just step on the scale, and Lose It gets updated, calorie allowance, etc. It’s great! Way better than having to put that stuff in constantly yourself. And I don’t have to pay anything extra in the Lose It app. I’m using that for free, which I feel a little guilty about, but, I’m poor, so, I don’t feel that guilty.
@michaelant Also, if you have a Fitbit (I have the old Charge 2) you can integrate the Fitbit app with LoseIt and the Eufy scale app. Then LoseIt automatically gets your weight and activity. Pretty slick, really.
@tweezak Yeah I do that with the Apple Watch and it’s a great one-two combo. I lost 45lbs! Mostly that’s because I got a job that required me to move around a lot more, but having an accurate count of the calories burned allows me to know when I can have extra that day. And not having to do that manually means it actually gets done.
@michaelant My former employer started a program where you could get points for tracking. Those points could be exchanged for actual money. When that went away with my job I lost all motivation to log my food and I rapidly gained weight. Didn’t help that sitting around applying for jobs is lousy exercise.
What makes this iOS only? I use Lose It! on Android but this being listed as iOS only seems odd unless this scale has a separate iOS only app that then syncs over to Lose It!, perhaps? Or does the Android version just not support it for some reason?
@Mattroid - We tested for that functionality specifically. Unfortunately, you cannot directly sync with an Android device through the app, the option simply isn’t there. Although, weights synced through an iOS device would show up (via cloud syncing) on your Android device running the app (If you’re into that sort of thing, or supposing you’ve got an iPad to sync with).
@2many2no Good question. Since your phone is mounted to the wall in the kitchen and has a coiled cord that won’t reach nearly far enough. In addition, you probably have a party line and then all your neighbors would know how heavy you are. Better stick with counting calories using that little book and a spiral note pad.
I have an etekcity scale that I bought on Amazon for about $20 or so last year. It has a free app that shows a bunch of details like BMI, body fat, water, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, protein, metabolic age, etc.
I’m pretty happy with it. I don’t know how truly accurate it all is, but it is consistent and that’s the more important aspect. The app doesn’t do the food tracking that the Lose It app does, but it does write the readings to Apple’s Health thing, so they’re available to Lose It. btw I’ve lost 25 pounds since I got it. I’m at the lightest I’ve been in many years, so even in these times o’ quarantine it’s possible.
Keep in mind these things require you to be barefoot and they pass a small current through your body to measure BMI so if you have an implanted cardiac device you may not want to use one of these.
I have the Wyze scale (wyze.com) which has the same functionality and the same shortcomings as the other scales mentioned. The advantage it has is that I can watch myself weighing myself on my Wyze camera
My BMI is “Off the Scale” so I won’t need that function. My spouse says “Good, you can keep it in YOUR bathroom”… Didn’t know I HAD a bathroom. Ruh Roh
Look in the mirror. If you wouldn’t date yourself, you might have a weight problem. I fall into that category. And reminded by the wife that isn’t her in her 18 year old body anymore either, so…
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iOS only means no deal for me.
[mod edit: see replies below, subscription is optional]
Just an FYI for anyone considering this, the Lose It! App requires you to purchase their premium subscription to sync the scale. That being said, it’s a nice app and I use it and pay for it.
This may have changed but that was the case a year ago
@MrMikenIkes to clarify, the app is optional. I am your friendly meh buyer for this item, and installed the app and connected to this scale myself. After creating a profile, it will take you to a screen asking if you want to sign up for their service, but you can simply tap the X to exit and decline.
@MrMikenIkes I’ve never connected my Lose It to anything but I have used it for years to help me track weight, food, and exercise. Not so much on the last one
But I use the free app and don’t sync it with friends or other apps. Lost 65 pounds. Found 15 again. But still net 50.
@MrMikenIkes - Also to help out. I’ve been testing the scale and the app for the last week, and have been able to sync and record my weight successfully without signing up for the premium service
@MrMikenIkes edit: apparently I’m wrong. I just know to connect my other branded scale and watch I needed to pay for it.
Personally I think the app is worth what they are charging and I’ve lost 55lbs on it
@MrMikenIkes You lost 5 more pounds in an hour? Sign me up!
@CatsAreGods haha that was another user but I suppose it depends on whether or not I’ve used the bathroom before stepping on the scale
Don’t need, I don’t have a glass body.
It’s gotta be more accurate on BF % than the last one I got here…
Right?
(Escali- 2016. Just wildly inaccurate on BF %.)
@bakerzdosen I wouldn’t count on it (
). My 20+ year old scale bit the dust so I bought the Eufy Smart Scale P1 here using a coupon. Step on that thing 2 times in a row and nothing matches or is even close. Maybe people will be lucky and find this one more accurate than that one is too. Or not.
You are fat, so you take your phone out.
Who you gonna call…?
@phendrick im not fat
pay no attention to the twinkie im currently eating
Much better and cheaper scales on amazon. With much more metrics.
@tejas_vern do we not get to know what they are…?
@tejas_vern Prove it.
I don’t need my phone to tell me I’m fat!
@robson Right? The neighbor kids, the dog, and the spouse are doing a good enough job already!
It knows my phone number? Is it going to check up on me when I’m at Culver’s?
I’ll just point out that you don’t need a scale that specifically has anything to do with Lose It in order to sync a scale’s measurements into the Lose It app.
All you need is a scale that does Bluetooth and puts its measurements into iOS’s Health app, because Lose It imports from Health, automatically.
For example, I have a Eufy scale (coincidentally sold here but that’s not where I got it) and I just step on the scale, and Lose It gets updated, calorie allowance, etc. It’s great! Way better than having to put that stuff in constantly yourself. And I don’t have to pay anything extra in the Lose It app. I’m using that for free, which I feel a little guilty about, but, I’m poor, so, I don’t feel that guilty.
@michaelant Also, if you have a Fitbit (I have the old Charge 2) you can integrate the Fitbit app with LoseIt and the Eufy scale app. Then LoseIt automatically gets your weight and activity. Pretty slick, really.
@tweezak Yeah I do that with the Apple Watch and it’s a great one-two combo. I lost 45lbs! Mostly that’s because I got a job that required me to move around a lot more, but having an accurate count of the calories burned allows me to know when I can have extra that day. And not having to do that manually means it actually gets done.
@michaelant My former employer started a program where you could get points for tracking. Those points could be exchanged for actual money. When that went away with my job I lost all motivation to log my food and I rapidly gained weight. Didn’t help that sitting around applying for jobs is lousy exercise.
My girth has increased considerably during the lockdown. With the second wave cresting, I really don’t want to be reminded with no remedy available.
@hchavers Not to stray too far off-topic, but here in the U.S. we are still in the first wave.
What makes this iOS only? I use Lose It! on Android but this being listed as iOS only seems odd unless this scale has a separate iOS only app that then syncs over to Lose It!, perhaps? Or does the Android version just not support it for some reason?
@Mattroid - We tested for that functionality specifically. Unfortunately, you cannot directly sync with an Android device through the app, the option simply isn’t there. Although, weights synced through an iOS device would show up (via cloud syncing) on your Android device running the app (If you’re into that sort of thing, or supposing you’ve got an iPad to sync with).
@BPL5683 Interesting. Thanks!
Where do you get Bluetooth Glass?
and can I use it to make knives which kill white walkers?
From the Luddite point of view, why in hell would I want anything that connects to my fricken phone?
@2many2no Good question. Since your phone is mounted to the wall in the kitchen and has a coiled cord that won’t reach nearly far enough. In addition, you probably have a party line and then all your neighbors would know how heavy you are. Better stick with counting calories using that little book and a spiral note pad.
@tweezak I burn plenty of calories just turning the crank on the phone…
@2many2no The farm I grew up on had one of those in the house and one in the barn for calls back and forth between the two. Very neat.
Why would I want to talk to my scales? I’m not going to like what it has to say…
@Tadlem43 If mine could talk, it would probably say “Ugh, one person at a time please”
@cengland0 @Tadlem43 (applause)
Does it have a speaker? Might be a new idea. Bluetooth speaker Bluetooth scale
But I don’t have glass body fat, only the regular kind.
Why would I want a scale screaming “get off of me”? My wife already does that…
I have an etekcity scale that I bought on Amazon for about $20 or so last year. It has a free app that shows a bunch of details like BMI, body fat, water, subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, protein, metabolic age, etc.
I’m pretty happy with it. I don’t know how truly accurate it all is, but it is consistent and that’s the more important aspect. The app doesn’t do the food tracking that the Lose It app does, but it does write the readings to Apple’s Health thing, so they’re available to Lose It. btw I’ve lost 25 pounds since I got it. I’m at the lightest I’ve been in many years, so even in these times o’ quarantine it’s possible.
*principle
@rprussell Thank you. Meh copywriters always get that one wrong.
@rprussell - unless they meant a social-media savvy school administrator.
@jaimelobo One never really knows!
@ahacksaw We must stay ever-vigilant against such aberrations against civilization. It’s a short slide into anarchy!
What!!! No…“your mama is so fat…” jokes? Well, to prevent them, buy this for your mama so you don’t have to listen to any of them.
Keep in mind these things require you to be barefoot and they pass a small current through your body to measure BMI so if you have an implanted cardiac device you may not want to use one of these.
@ws1o seriously?? I have an ICD. But that’s OK, my BMI is “off the scale”
@Frankstacko I’d probably break the scale myself!
I have the Wyze scale (wyze.com) which has the same functionality and the same shortcomings as the other scales mentioned. The advantage it has is that I can watch myself weighing myself on my Wyze camera
@st_ellis I just ordered the wyze scale last week.
IOS only… oh well
Just one question. Why? If you can’t remember your weight, you don’t care enough for your phone to remember.
Limit 400 lbs? I’m out.
Perfect gift for my future ex-wife!
I have a 30 year old Tanita that tells me I’m overweight accurately.
My BMI is “Off the Scale” so I won’t need that function. My spouse says “Good, you can keep it in YOUR bathroom”… Didn’t know I HAD a bathroom. Ruh Roh
Look in the mirror. If you wouldn’t date yourself, you might have a weight problem. I fall into that category. And reminded by the wife that isn’t her in her 18 year old body anymore either, so…
Woot needs to sell more skinny mirrors.
It says “Limit 400lbs” But it totally told me I weigh 415.7 lbs. I’m upset.
Is it me or can you only use the Lose It app with this scale if you have an older device –
*iPod Touch - 5th gen (no 4th/3rd/etc…)
Because of the bluetooth version?
So no new iPhones or iPads…