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

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.

TL;DR - While it's a bit of a pain to set up at first, it works flawlessly after and gets out of your wayThe Good:- Connects with fitbit app- Connect it once when you set it up, then forget about it. All weighings are automatically pushed to wherever you set it up to push them (fitbit app, withings app, apple fitness)- Accurate- Weighs quickly without the need to "tap it first"The Meh:- Setting it up is a bit of a process. Took me about a half an hour and a couple of failed startsThe Bad:- It does send your stats to a server that Withings runs, if you want to have it auto-sync (which is the primary reason to get it). That said, if auto-sync is a feature you want, you won't find anything in this price range that doesn't do that.Before this, I had bought a fitbit aria scale, because I wanted to track my weight in the same place as my calories and sleep. The aria scale had two major problems:1 - the aria requires you to pull out your phone, hit some buttons, stand on the scale, and wait for it to connect to save your measurements. Huge pain in the still-too-large behind.2 - the aria is accurate +/- ~7 lbs. Which is to say, it isn't accurate.This scale has no such problems.Setup is a little bit of a hassle, but it only needs to be done once.

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.

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".

Bought this Withings Body scale to replace a crappy Etekcity scale I purchased a few weeks ago. Already on initial setup I like this scale soooo much more. The build quality is fantastic, it feels hefty and sturdy. The display is clean & simple, and you can choose what information appears when you first link your device to their app. My first 3 measurements on the scale were all within a standard deviation of 0.2 lbs. which I consider to be within an acceptable margin for accuracy.I dislike that most scales seem to require an app nowadays, but it's something I can live with. The Withings app seems minimally invasive to privacy at least. In spite of that, it's a very user friendly app, excellently designed and can be connected to Google Fit to track steps, food intake, etc. All really nice features even if I won't end up using them.Also comes with carpet feet if you're unable to use the scale on a flat solid surface, not sure how accurate the measurements will be on carpet even with those feet installed... but it's there if you want it I guess. Very happy with my purchase.