Withings Body Cardio – Premium Wi-Fi Body Composition Smart Scale, Tracks Heart Health, Vascular Age, BMI, Fat, Muscle and Bone Mass, Water %, Digital Bathroom Scale - Black

The perfect partner to a Withings smartwatch for an integrated health view.The Withings Body Scan smart scales are a notable addition to my health routine. Their ease of use is clear from the start; the scales connect seamlessly, sending all details straight to the app without requiring my phone to be present. While all bioimpedance technology has its known caveats, the readings from the Body Scan feel consistent and provide useful feedback for tracking progress.What distinguishes these scales is the volume of valuable health metrics they capture. Having these diverse data points available to monitor is certainly helpful. This synergy with my Withings ScanWatch Nova is particularly beneficial. The combination of data from both the scales and the watch creates a more comprehensive health analysis, all conveniently housed within the insightful Withings app. This integrated approach has contributed to a better understanding of my health markers and potential areas for improvement.Aesthetically and tactilely, the Body Scan scales align well with the premium feel of other Withings products. They present as solid and well-made, reinforcing the sense of a quality investment in well-being.

Slick design, and it tells you everything—weight, body fat, muscle mass, even heart rate and nerve activity. Links straight to your phone. Great for tracking fitness goals or, let’s be honest, feeling smug after leg day.

I can only give these scales one star. They are not value for money, in fact they are a total waste of time and money.I am seventy two years old, a bowel cancer survivor and one of the early symptoms was a sudden unexplained weight loss. Fortunately it was caught just in time but as a consequence I’m obsessive about recording my weight. I had an old set of Salter MiBody early smart scales but being an Apple convert for some years they had limited functionality and used old technology. They were, I believe, consistently accurate, and everyday for the past five years, I have recorded my weight using old fashioned pen and paper. I also wear a Fitbit Charge 2.After extensive research I decided that these scales were the best for Apple and although expensive I was particularly interested in the heart monitor function. Both my wife and I have Apple 10 phones and after a couple of teething problems the scales synced satisfactorily. I could not, however get them to sync on my wife’s iPad. And yes, I did try to resolve it with the ’solution’ offered on the forums.We then come to actually using them. There are clear and simple instructions concerning where to stand to get a pulse and pwv reading. I am lucky if I get a pwv reading once a month, as for the pulse this only appears a couple of times a week and is completely random. I have a resting heart rate of 63bpm, when I get up and walk to the bathroom it’s in a range of around 70-80 bpm. The scales have given me a reading in the range 43 - 194. I can only recall one occasion when it was even approximate to the Fitbit reading. As you are paying a premium for these features beyond weight measurement it’s not worth the additional expense, a total waste of money.Turning to the weight measure, I kept my old scales and these always show a different reading, usually a small difference but the Withings read a couple of pounds lighter. The other functions used to work but lately even they have been a bit hit and miss. On the plus side they do give you a weather forecast of sorts, but do you need scales to do that? Oh and they wish you happy birthday which at least made me smile through the frustration.Avoid, if you don’t want to be disappointed. In addition if you register the product you are bombarded with emails advertising Withings products.

I did a lot of research before buying these scales and I opted for the cardio version largely because I preferred their design, I thought it would be useful to have the heart rate and pulse wave velocity readings, and I was buying them with an Amazon voucher I received as a gift, so thought I would treat myself to the best ones. They are very attractive looking. The app, Health Mate, is decent and syncs well with the scales. We had a couple of early issues with trying to add two different profiles to the scales, but it was relatively easily fixed. I saw one reviews complain about seeing the weather forecast on the scales. I agree it’s pointless, but you can toggle within the app which measurements are shown when you step on the scales, and the order in which they are shown. They read as 0.3kg higher than my rather old basic digital scales over the course of 7 days, so I can’t complain about that. The body readings are useful (the scales show fat and muscle mass as an amount - the app shows it as a percentage; I didn’t realise this for a while and thought the numbers weren’t syncing correctly.) The biggest bug bear I know people have about these scales is the ‘cardio’ aspect of them. And I have to agree. It took me ages to work out how to get a pulse wave velocity reading and I’ve sort of cracked it. I now probably get a PWV reading 60-70% of the time. It involves standing on the scales with moist/wet feet and holding onto the basin/a wall to keep my feet stable. I now weigh myself after I get out of the shower. This may seem counter-intuitive as you would expect to weigh more, but again, if you weigh yourself after you shower each time, the trend will still be the same. After the weight reading has registered, I then stabilise myself by holding onto the basin to get a PWV reading. The moisture on your feet basically makes you a better conductor, allowing the scales to get a reading. The heart rate is wildly inaccurate when compared with my Withings Pulse HR activity strap, so it’s only really useful when looking at the stats as a trend, rather than as an accurate reading. But then all of the stats are useful in the context of trends over time, rather than a one-off measurement. I don’t regret buying these, but I wouldn’t recommend you invest the extra money for the cardio measurements, unless you are really concerned about keeping track of heart health via pulse wave velocity.