RE: Does anyone own a body fat monitor

[Guest guest]

From what I've seen, it seems as though many people have a tough time

getting accurate caliper measurements when the person being measured

has a BF% higher than 40%. This doesn/t by any means mean it can't

be done, it would just take a little more practice to get it right.

As far as the Omron, that thing can be just plain kooky depending on

what you've done as far as eating/drinking and workouts prior to

taking a measurement. I'd recommend sticking with calipers and

practicing, or taking measurements with a tape measure.

I

> I'm considering buying an Omron body fat tester for use at my

house,

> but I wonder how accurate they are. Does anyone have one? I don't

> want a scale type, I want a hand held one. I do not belong to a

gym,

> but used to use this device when I was going to Curves. Can a

person

> be too fat for calipers to be accurate? I think that they wouldn't

> work well for me.

[Guest guest]

> I'm considering buying an Omron body fat tester for use at my

house,

> but I wonder how accurate they are.

I have more often than not heard them referred to as " Moron " body

fat testers I have not used one so can't really say. I do know

that outside of using calipers accurately and the water method, most

methods aren't very accurate.

Colleen

[Guest guest]

I love my mOron body fat tester. Here's an article about all of it's little

quirks:

http://www.skwigg.com/wow/id52.html

And, no, I didn't write it any poetry. :-) I don't love it quite as much as my

blender.

Does anyone own a body fat monitor

I'm considering buying an Omron body fat tester for use at my house,

but I wonder how accurate they are. Does anyone have one? I don't

want a scale type, I want a hand held one. I do not belong to a gym,

but used to use this device when I was going to Curves. Can a person

be too fat for calipers to be accurate? I think that they wouldn't

work well for me.

[Guest guest]

Great article, I'm getting one. Even if it isn't perfect and may be a

few percentage points higher, I don't care, as long as I see it

moving the right way. :-)

Kristy

> I love my mOron body fat tester. Here's an article about all of

it's little quirks:

[Guest guest]

As always, , you're remarkably informative. And as someone who's sorely

lacking in the boob department, I think I might just get an accurate enough

reading to make it worth investing in one of those thingies. (Or talking a

family member into purchasing it as a graduation gift... today is my LAST

day of school... 2 hours from now it's all over!)

Lydia S.

Re: Does anyone own a body fat monitor

I love my mOron body fat tester. Here's an article about all of it's little

quirks:

http://www.skwigg.com/wow/id52.html

And, no, I didn't write it any poetry. :-) I don't love it quite as much as

my blender.

Does anyone own a body fat monitor

I'm considering buying an Omron body fat tester for use at my house,

but I wonder how accurate they are. Does anyone have one? I don't

want a scale type, I want a hand held one. I do not belong to a gym,

but used to use this device when I was going to Curves. Can a person

be too fat for calipers to be accurate? I think that they wouldn't

work well for me.