Customer Ratings & Reviews

From the moment i bout it i had trouble with inconclusive reading but i could get it doke after 2-3 tries so i loved with it so far, now it’s consistent inconclusive results and doesnt do me any good now

Good product and services, your price can compete with other stores

This device is stunning in its capabilities to analyze your body statistics!! Highly recommend it is not a gimmick

Live or so far it’s pretty good lots of information

This item is perfect for tracking what your smart watch can do but to a better fidelity. If you are looking for everything possible in a scale then this is your purchase.

I was excited to buy for this scale. I tried many measures, every everything works fine except for the Vascular Age. I am getting an error at each measure. No help, or support. I will try for a few days more otherwise, I will return it soon

Excellent tool to focus on specific targets for improvement

First of all, the scale is absolutely beautiful. Heavy, dark glass, solid feel; it feels and looks like a premium product. The Withings Body Scan Scale takes things further by adding in a detachable bar that can take pulse and also assists with additional health-related measurements, and provides a mobile device integration element that allows for tracking weight and body/vascular related KPIs. I'm not really a health nut, and never have been. I'll occasionally step on a weight scale, but have never really trended my weight. The Withings Scale helps remove some of the difficulty in tracking weight by connecting to the Withings app on a phone, importing data from a health app (such as Apple Health), and then tracking other important signals of personal health such as body mass/muscle, heart rate, and electro-dermal activity. All that is required is standing on the scale, holding the detachable bar in hand, and waiting for 15 or 20 seconds while the scan is performed. If you feel like getting a more personalized action plan to maintain health, you can sign up for a Withings plan. For me, I just like inputting a goal into the Withings app and then tracking the KPIs that are built into the scale. I like the Scale. I was also able to send an invite to my wife and she installed the Withings app and has been using the Scale too. I like the fact that the Withings Scale already seems to know which one of us is standing on the scale; it pops our name up on the display. It's a little pricey, but is high-end, rechargeable, has a nice display, and syncs with the smartphone.

Doesn't really do 1/2 the things it says it does. I've yet to have a single body scan complete. The vascular health function works 1 out of 8 scans at best. I'll go back to my 10 year old basic Withings scale. Contacted Withings customer service and that was also completely useless.

Before getting the Body Scan scale from Withings I had their Body + scale for several years and it did serve me well, still does today no issues. As I was looking for an upgrade and getting all the new features available today I read a lot of great reviews of other manufacturer’s scales. And then I went to the Withings website to see what they have. The Body Scan scale comes with several key attributes that did convince me to spend the money. First, how the body scan is done. All other scales I know of send a small electric signal from on of your feet to another, missing basically your upper torso. The Bidy Scan scale send the same signal from your hands through your upper torso down to your feet. That allows not only in my view for a more accurate assessment of the body structure but it also provides a breakdown of your fat and muscles in three separate section, your arms, your torso and your legs. You can see which parts of your body have more fat and which ones have less. Then in the Withings app it compares your fat and muscle numbers to other Withings users in your age group to allow you to see how to stack up versus other folks. Another feature is the assessment of your vascular age where the stiffness of your arteries is checked and you’re given your vascular age. Withings also offers another feature but only in Europe (FDA has not approve that yet in US, but the feature is there, just not open yet) where even deeper scan of your arteries is conducted. Called Pulse Wave Velocity or PMV for short, it measures how fast your blood travels from your heart to your feet to assess the health of your arteries. It has proved to be very accurate in one clinical study based on my reading. Hopefully one day FDA will approve this in US. Another unique feature is the 6-lead ECG. The difference is that the scale actually has 6 leads, which in my view is more accurate that what a health watch can do (I also have the Apple Watch which does ECG). The process of getting your ECG also becomes automatic because if you check your weight daily you will also get your ECG done at the same, no need to remember to get it done on your watch or other device. The scale also comes with other features present on other, much cheaper scales, like the BMR, the visceral fat and EDA. You will get your nerve health score and will be able to see in the app how your score compares to others in your age group. Of course it also measures your weight and bone percentage. Plus the heart rate. The weight smallest unit is 0.1 lbs or 50 grams. I like how the scale screen displays the trends showing a graph below the number for the last week or so. The app is robust, gets the information from scale almost instantly and connects and talks to Apple Health. You can easily set up to 8 different users and the process is simple. The scale battery is rechargeable, no need to reinsert new batteries when the old ones run out. The scale is heavier than others we used to have but I would contribute it to overall quality. Everything on the scale looks solid and quality. Overall when deciding on the scale, which one to pick, I asked myself a key question. Should I focus on the cost or should I get the best? Which features I do care about and how those features can help me be more informed about my health? Body Scan arteries assessment, ECG, nerve health plus the features present on other scales looked to me like a great value for the money. Plus Withings reputation for accuracy and attention to detail did make a difference to me. Any scale can tell your your weight, Body Scan can do more for you. You’re getting what you’re paying for. Don’t be cheap on yourself. Highly recommended.

The Withings Body Scan scale is a remarkable piece of technology, adept at providing comprehensive insights into one's health metrics. From tracking visceral fat around vital organs to pairing with native health apps for a holistic health assessment, it's a tool designed for those serious about their wellbeing. Notably, it also provides useful metrics on electrodermal activity and vascular age, contributing to an understanding of stress levels and cardiovascular health. A unique feature of the Body Scan scale is its ability to measure Electrodermal Activity (EDA). This fascinating metric gauges the activity of sweat glands in your feet, reflecting your nervous system's response to stress or happiness. The EDA score, therefore, provides a valuable insight into one's average stress levels over time. Additionally, the vascular age metric is a boon for those mindful of their cardiovascular health, especially as they age. This feature measures the 'Pulse Wave Velocity' from the heart to the feet to deliver a score representing the health of your arteries, and subsequently, your vascular age. Impressively, the Body Scan scale also boasts an FDA-approved 6-lead electrocardiogram for detecting signs of atrial fibrillation. The ECG test is not only comprehensive but also very user-friendly. The results are easily shareable within the Withings app, and the data's resemblance to that of a professional ECG at a doctor's office is quite striking. The question of accuracy is paramount, and in the case of the Withings Body Scan scale, it appears impressive. While it's challenging to assert outright accuracy without citing specific studies, Withings' collaborative work with health experts and doctors in the scale's design and the FDA approval for the ECG feature speak volumes to the validity of its data. The scale's ability to provide key biomarker data and establish a baseline for one's health metrics is invaluable. Recognizing drastic changes in these metrics could serve as a timely alert to consult a physician, ensuring optimal health. The ease of use and the comprehensive functionality of the Withings app, including explanatory tutorials, add to the user-friendly experience. The construction of the scale is solid, and with a durable lithium battery that lasts up to a year, the scale assures longevity. The scale also shines in its ability to accommodate multiple users, making it a great choice for families. It can recognize and differentiate up to 8 users automatically, providing personalized data for each individual. This data is then synced over Wi-Fi to their respective accounts on the Withings app, allowing each family member to track their health metrics independently. In conclusion, the Withings Body Scan scale is an outstanding tool for health enthusiasts seeking an in-depth understanding of their body's health. With its host of invaluable features and metrics combined with an intuitive app, it's a worthwhile investment for your wellbeing.

Body composition stopped working after 11 months. Body segment composition no longer working

I dea of the device is good. Let you ha e know your body fat at home without visiting a doctor.. if it does work all the time. It doesn't

Inconsistent body composition measurements or not measured at all. Customer support from Withings nonexistent.

Does not measure properly. I have another scale and it is consistent, and this one shows always different percentages. Not consistent not even beteeen consecutive measurements.

Withings continues to impress us with more products focused on monitoring the aspects of our health to help us reach new strides in a type of self-health-awareness and proactive body conditioning. If used appropriately, this body scan scale should be able to not only lengthen but also improve the quality of life for most people. Of course with anything there is that factor of discipline and commitment needed to make this body scan as valuable as it can be. The body scan will help you identify key factors in your health that you should focus on improving, or give you the peace of mind that you are doing what you should be. It starts with the obvious, your actual weight. The scale can be set to kg or lbs, and can be used with up to 8 different users, all users are capable of creating their own separate profiles and health plans through the companion app. After it grabs your actual weight, it goes a step further and calculates the percentages of body fat and muscle throughout the major sections of your body. It's really quite fascinating to get a picture of your body's fat vs muscle mass. Now, most of us can tell just by looking in the mirror where the majority of our muscle composition and fat resides. However, the body scan actually gives you real percentages that could help you target specific areas for change. The app also gives you a metabolic age based on your muscle to fat percentages. Reducing the fat percentages and increasing your muscle mass will help to improve this rating. Track your hydration level and boost your metabolism by achieving an optimal lean mass as shown by your Water percentage score. However, everyone's major area of concern should be our torso fat composition, this is called Visceral Fat. Having a high visceral fat percentage has been known to cause several different health concerns, and can often lead to heart disease, diabetes and other issues. The scale will give you a Visceral Fat percentage everytime you weigh yourself. In the app, you can even get tips on exercise and diet to help reduce your visceral fat. The app is great at keeping a history of all your measurements so that you can check your current day's progress to past entries. It even has a separate chart to keep track of your BMI. …. One of the other readings the body scan takes is an EDA reading. The Electrodermal Activity score is actually based off of the sweat glands on your feet. With breakthrough embedded sensors, Body Scan is the first-ever smart scale that can measure and assess this parameter. With different levels of emotional responses, the sweat glands in our feet actually react differently. Withings has studied these responses and has been able to come up with an EDA score to help people recognize their own emotional stress and mental health. Some people become so used to certain things in their lives that they accept them as normal, and while it might be normal for them over a period of time, it is still a health concern. The EDA score gives us an unbiased look at our own mental health. Withings understands that a person’s emotional responses can vary from day to day, but this helps to look at these readings over a period of time and gives you an average or pattern to look at. A person’s mental health is a huge factor in their physical health, so I applaud Withings for coming up with a way to try to turn that into a measurable number we can work with. With breakthrough embedded sensors, Body Scan is the first-ever smart scale that can measure and assess this parameter, delivered via an Electrodermal Activity Score assessing your sweat gland activity …. The ECG feature is a big draw for most people to devices like this, because it can help to identify potential heat issues. At home ECG's mainly detect AFib, heart beat and rhythm. Most at home ECGs usually have only a couple of leads, and they contact the same generalized area. The body scan uses 6 leads between the feet and hands to give a broader and more accurate set of readings. The 6 lead ECG is similar in functionality to the EKG machines at your doctor's office, in the fact that they both use electricity to read heart activity and function. The doctor's office EKG usually has 12 leads that connect to the major areas of your body. This yields a much better understanding of what's going on with your heart on several different levels. Including what an at home ECG does, but also shows evidence of heart attack or heart damage, thickening of the heart wall, and sometimes it might show clues to other heart disease or artery problems. All our ECG readings through the scale are sent to licensed professionals, automatically over the internet (all data is private and secure), to review this data and determine if it is abnormal or not. So it might take a day or two to get your first ECG result. It is possible to get false positive readings (as in evidence of heart attacks/damage/or issue) with virtually any type of recording device of this nature, whether it’s a doctor’s office EKG or at home ECG. Additional tests can help determine a false reading or if more attention is needed, but this should be determined by a professional. The Withings devices are meant to be an added tool to help you and your doctor keep track of and understand what is going on with your body. These tools should never be looked at as a replacement to what your doctors can provide for you. …. Another marvel that Withings has managed to bring to our homes is a Vascular Age reading and score.This feature measures the speed at which heartbeat-generated waves move along the arteries. These readings can help determine how well your heart and arteries are functioning. Higher amounts of plaque and reduced function will yield higher than normal scores. If your Vascular Age is higher than your physical age then you might be at risk of vascular diseases. If you get a Vascular Age score less than your physical age, they call it Supernormal Vascular Aging and this means you are at the lower end of the scale for potential vascular diseases. ……. Withings uses Bioelectrical Impedance to get most of its readings with the scale. The different masses and compositions in our body effect how these low level electrical impulses are carried throughout the body. Withings has used data it’s collected for over 15 years to understand these readings and how they affect our health. …….. In the app you can also do manual entries for other measurements like blood pressure and workouts, it also pairs up great with other Withings devices like their watches and other monitors. ………. I would like to point out that the set up of the body scan was a little bit difficult. However, it was partly an issue on my behalf. I set up the scale through the app, and entered the WIFI details for the scale as directed. Although, I could not get any of the readings to enter under my profile. It took a few more tries of this to realize that my WIFI was off on the phone. Even though the initial connection between the phone and scale was through the Bluetooth, all the readings are transferred over the WIFI. So Make sure you are connected to the same WIFI network as the scale after you set it up to start recording measurements under your profile. I also took quite a bit of time to get the Visceral Age feature to get successful readings. It needs 5 good readings before it can offer a Visceral Age score. I had tried several different things to try to increase the connection between myself and the contact points like adding lotions to my feet and hands to increase the moisture and even gripping the handle tighter, but I still kept coming up with an error on the Visceral Age reading. After contacting tech support they suggested some of the following ideas: • Ensure that the Vascular Age screen is enabled for any user that wishes to receive Vascular Age measurements. You can do this in the Withings app by selecting Devices → Selecting the scale → Screen Customization → Selecting the user and then adding the Vascular Age Screen • Ensure that at least one body composition screen is enabled for the scale. This can be either fat mass, muscle mass, bone mass, or water content. These can also be enabled from the 'Screen Customization' menu. If none of these body composition screens are enabled, you will not receive Vascular Age measurements. • Be barefoot when on the scale • Remain still and do not speak the entire time that you are on the scale • Ensure that the scale's surface is cleaned (instructions for doing this are found here). • Have your feet properly positioned on the scale's surface as shown in the image below: • It is important that you remain still and not speak the entire time that you are on the scale for Vascular Age measurements to be taken, not just during the heart rate measurement. If necessary you can lightly hold yourself in place against a wall to ensure that you are fully steady • As dry feet and calluses can prevent Vascular Age measurements from being successful, we recommend that you weigh yourself after a shower After trying these ideas, the most effective attempts happened 20 minutes after a shower and making sure I had as much of the metal contact points on the handle covered as possible. I see a cardiologist on a regular basis, and the Vascular Age provided by the Withings Body Scan was very close in accuracy to what my doctor had told me the last time I was there. So, good job for Withings, bad for me that I am a bit on the higher scale. But hopefully, with this scale and some better choices my physical age vs Vascular Age ratio will improve over time. The app has excellent tips on how to improve health by exercise and nutritional changes. But instead of just telling us to eat better and lose weight, it actually gives you suggestions on what types of foods to eat. If you subscribe to Withings+ you get a more engaging experience incl

I would not recommend this item due to completely wrong body analysis. plus daily reading vary so much,

The Withings Body Scan is one of those rare products I rate a high “5 Stars,” yet I cannot recommend to friends and family. While it’s an excellent, unique product, I don’t feel the cost differential between it and Withings other current generation scales can be rationalized unless you need an FDA approved EKG monitor in your scale. I will expand on this later but I felt I should put this out in front. I don’t want readers to feel sucker punched reading paragraphs of positive only to get “not worth the price of admission,” dropped on them at the end. With that, proceed if you want to learn more on my experience and thoughts about the Body Scan. Before the Body Scan I used Withings’ former flagship scale, the Body Cardio for many years. It’s still like-new, so I can attest to the durability of Withings scales. The Body Scan borrows heavily from the Body Cardio’s classic design. Both of my scales are black with two columns of mirror-like bluish-gray horizontal stripes to guide feet placement. A thick slab of heavy glass tops it for a smooth feel and an easy clean. The black version I have is quick to show dust, so an easy clean is important. The remainder is plastic but does not detract from the scale’s premium aura. Also on the top is the pull-up handle with 6-lead EKG. It also helps compute segmental body composition, the scales other exclusive feature. (While the handle is plastic, the leads, of course are metal). The Body Scan has a 3.2” color LCD display, an upgrade from the Body Cardio’s monochrome LED screen. It’s sleek & fun eye-candy but functionally not a reason to upgrade. The various data screens transition so fast during a weigh-in I actually find the monochrome screen with its chunky letters and graphs an easier read looking 5.5 ft down. The internal battery charges via USB-C. Hooray. My Body Cardio use pesky micro-USB. If the battery life of the Body Scan is anything near the Body Cardio’s you’ll only need to charge up once-a-year. No charger is included with the Body Scan but any USB charger works. My Body Scan arrived with 77% battery, and it charged up to 100% fairly quickly – maybe an hour, though I didn’t time it. For my Body Cardio when it gets to about 10% I charge it overnight so I wake up to 100%. SET UP EXPERIENCE Set up of the Body Scan is a matter of downloading the Withings App (iOS or Android), initiating a free Withings account, and pairing your home Wi-Fi with the scale. In my case a firmware update was available, and the scale automatically downloaded and installed it. Withings regularly pushes updates to scales. Once your scale is updated and ready to use you’ll want to go into the app and activate the EKG functionality. This wasn’t immediately obvious to me and had to dig around to discover it ships disabled because additional permissions and terms of service acknowledgement are required. If you want to connect your data with Apple Health, Strava, and/or MyFitnessPal do this now as well – though you can easily flip the connection switch anytime desired. The scale can remember the profile for up to 8 people. Any of these users can opt for one of the scales “niches” weighing modes in app. (Individual user settings and health data is confined to their respective app and account). These modes are “athlete,” for people who are more muscle than fat, “pregnancy,” “baby” (for an adult weighing a baby), and eyes-closed mode if daily data is too much of a distraction to accomplishing your long-term goal. THE BODY SCAN EXPERIENCE I’m a total geek for health data. Much, I admit, I don’t totally understand some of it exactly, but I appreciate how it comes together to create a clearer health picture, over time. For accurate tracking its best to use it around the same time every weigh-in period – be it daily, semi-weekly, or just weekly. So, for example, if you weigh daily do it the same time every day, with all other variables (clothes on/off, before/after a meal, etc.) similar too. When you hop on – bare feet only, no socks – you’ll grab the bar from the scale or the included wall hook and hold it at your torso. The scale will then start its diagnostics. In order (unless you turn specific ones off in app), it displays 1) weight, 2) weight trend, 3) BMI, 4) fat mass, 5) muscle mass, 6) visceral fat mass, 7) body water %, and 8) bone mass %. Then it gets into what I call “heart and general health”. Here heart rate and EKG is taken. This takes about 30 seconds, and you need to be still or it will fail. When this process completes heart rate is displayed, followed by EKG, vascular age, and Electrodermal Activity Score. As a bonus you get a thumbnail weather report shown as high and low and sun or precipitation icon. In my use the only thing I don’t like is the vibration and “buzz buzz” sound emitted at the beginning and end of a session. My Body Cardio doesn’t do this so I don’t know if this vibration is functional or a “feature.” I imagine it has to affect battery life. If it’s not functional hopefully Withings will allow users to turn it off in a future app update. THE APP The Body Scan screen flashes a lot of information in a short amount of time. Fortunately, you have the app to review it. Every time you step off the scale the results are sent to Withings’ server which you can then view on the app. Overtime it will reveal trends in all the above categories to give you an informed idea where you are health-wise, not just raw weight-wise. And while there are lots of smart scale companies it’s important to trust that company because usually your health data goes its server before it’s relayed back to the supporting app. Withings provides strong encryption and has a clear statement it doesn’t sell health data. I trust Withings, though not blindly, to safeguard my data in this aspect unlike some other companies in this space. The app itself is modern looking and fairly easy to navigate, if a bit cluttered. With so many data categories, it takes a while to get acclimated. There is a small learning curve to figure out what is where. Some aspects of it, mostly graphs, obviously take time to populate to be of use. You’ll start seeing this after a few weeks. Before then it’s a bunch of dots. The app also provides “education” to help the user better understand everything Withings scales estimate and measure and how it relates to overall health. Embedded in the app is also the option to subscribe to additional metrics and services. I believe Withings offers a free trial period, but I’m not tempted. The data I get from the scale is plenty right now. However, for sure, the Body Scan’s advertised features and app use related to those features are not subscription based. I’ve read some nonsense on web forums that the scale’s features are themselves by subscription. This is 100% false. FEATURE HEADLINERS: FDA APPROVED EKG and SEGMENTED BODY COMPOSITION I’m not going to get into the specifics of each measurement or estimate the Body Scan makes because that would take as long as this review itself. Combined they are a powerful tool to help guide your eating, sleeping, and workout habits or even give you an illustration that convinces you to take charge of your health. Maybe even more important they can reveal when something if off before you can notice or feel it. That said, what makes the Body Scan different from other Withings scales is the EKG and segmented body scan. So the question is, how much extra clarity on one’s health do those features provide? That, of course, is going to vary person to person, but for me, an active, healthy, but aging Gen-Xer, these features are more of a curiosity than tool, which is why I think one of Withings less expensive scales is better value for money for most people. As for EKG, nothing I have read from health organizations indicates that this measurement is useful for healthy people under 65. Monitoring EKG seems to be more helpful to those with a family or personal history of atrial fibrillation, or are over 65. Plus, it seems, “at risk” people are better off with a wearable that can instantly alert them when Afib is detected. Personally, the kind of heart data useful to me is my average sleeping and resting heart rate, and when running or walking, my target heart rate, and after a run, my recovery heart rate. That’s the job of a wearable, not a scale. The Body Scan’s other “headline” feature is segmental body composition. This differs from Withings regular body composition, by, as the name suggests, dividing the body up in categories and showing you the body composition of those individual areas. So rather than seeing a single average fat or muscle mass estimate you see those specifically for arms, leg, and torso. This is cool and somewhat helpful, but, at least to me, not so helpful vs the extra cost compared to that of the Withings scale below the Body Scan. As I see it, I can use common sense to figure out which parts of my body are more muscular or fatty than others, so it confirms the obvious rather than reveals new information to me. CONCLUSION Withings does a bang-up job with its scales. I highly recommend them as a general category, but the features of the Body Scan do not justify its cost to me. If you need FDA-approved EKG in a scale, yes, buy it. But, statistically at least, that doesn’t seem to be most people. If you are in that category I would look at Withings other scale options and save some money and spare some buyer’s remorse for overbuying.

The Withings Body Scan has created a curiosity and desire in me to learn more about my body. I’ll be honest, I picked this scale up because it is one of the few that syncs with the weigh management programs that I use. While it wasn’t a big deal to manually type in my weight each day, the thought of rolling out of bed, stepping on the scale, and then not thinking about it the rest of the day was appealing. I am happy to report that this scale accomplishes that goal seamlessly. It shoots the data up to the cloud over wifi, and my apps pull it down the next time I open them up. Done. This scale is NOT cheap. Is it overkill just to get a weight into a couple of different fitness apps? Absolutely. That said, however, I quickly found that all the additional data provided by the Withings Body Scan smart scale is very intriguing. I was drawn to the numbers and felt a need to understand these new elements of my health journey. After only a week on this scale, I found myself diving deeper into the numbers I was seeing. Having an understanding of muscle, fat, and bone composition, plus some data around heart function has turned out to be quite motivating for me. I now have a much clearer understanding of where I need to focus my attention. I know when I’m underhydrated, if my muscle mass is growing or shrinking, how the visceral fat around my organs looks, etc. Not only does this scale tell me how much I weigh, but it helps me understand my overall health picture like I’ve never experienced. On top of all the cool data, and what I’m learning about myself, this scale also helps me to validate and tweak my diet and exercise choices. The apps that I use estimate my Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) to create a daily caloric goal. However, I now have a much more accurate picture of my BMR that I can use to compare to my other apps. Having additional data points helps me dial in my caloric goals along my journey. Having confidence that I’m doing the right things helps with my motivation to keep after it. It's simple to use. Build quality feels premium. It’s heavy, and solid. Setup is easy. You download the Withings app, and it guides you through the process. The app is free but you do have to create an account so there is a place to store your data in the cloud. You simply grab the handle, pull it up to your waist, and step on the scale. You don’t have to use the handle for weight, but some features, like the heart monitoring and showing you where you have fat and muscle on your body don’t work if you don’t grab the handle. It takes about a minute to get a full set of readings. At the end of that minutes, you’ll have more data than you know what to do with, plus you’ll know your local weather and air quality for the day just because they can. I have no way of knowing for sure that their data is accurate, but I can tell you that it is consistent. Even if it isn’t perfect, and it may be for all I know, it moves as you would expect it to move when you make changes to your lifestyle. That alone gives me confidence that I’m working with a quality piece of equipment. Withings offers a subscription service that will provide you with daily challenges and guides to help you meet your specific needs. I have not tried this service. What I find refreshing, is that nothing is locked behind the paid service. You get all of your data whether you subscribe or not. You’ll have to decide for yourself whether you need their additional coaching and guidance. Had I not already been invested in some other apps that help in those areas, I would have given Withings + a try. If their subscription content is half as good as their hardware, it’s likely worth it. This is an expensive scale, but it blows other smart scales out of the water. If you are a data nut and enjoy statistics and trends in your health journey, you’re going to love this product. I’m having fun learning about myself, even if the numbers are telling me I have a lot of work to!

The Withings Body Scan has quickly become one of my favorite pieces of tech that I own (and I own a lot). It combines ease of use with health information that is, to my knowledge, completely unmatched in the consumer space. Anyone that has concerns about your cardiovascular health (or your health in general), I HIGHLY recommend you consider adding the Body Scan to your health routine. I'll start with the cons. I have very, very few; in fact, the only one I can think of is that the ECG functionality took a while to reliably kick in, and the process was slightly confusing. The app is very clear that before you'll get regular ECG readings, your first reading needs to be evaluated. From what I could tell, there's nothing in the way of information around who (or what, since this could be algorithmically evaluated) is doing the evaluation. Secondly, the period of time while you're waiting for the evaluation to complete, and thus for the ECG feature to be fully enabled, is not well defined. You have to just wait. This is the totality of things that I can view as a con with the Body Scan. The list of positives is long, but can be summed up into a single sentiment. The Body Scan is an incredibly comprehensive device that gives you a wealth of health information in return for virtually zero effort. It simply just does its thing and works flawlessly in my experience thus far. My favorite aspects of it, though, are the thorough ECG readings, the cardiovascular age estimation, and the body composition statistics. These three measurements in particular work in tandem to give you a much more holistic health viewpoint than any other consumer level health tracking device. The 6 point ECG measurements, in particular, frankly blew me away. When I showed the output to one of my friends that works in healthcare, he was also impressed, saying "wow, that's a more comprehensive reading than what we use in the ICU." That's a pretty big complement. Finally, the fact that the scale can be used wirelessly with a seemingly phenomenal battery life really makes this a completely flexible addition to any home. I'll quickly mention the Withings+ subscription service. It seems to be customary these days for expensive health tracking devices to be saddled with monthly/yearly subscriptions. However, while Withings does have a subscription service in Withings+, I've found that it in no way hinders the value of the Body Scan. All the essential information is included without a premium subscription. I commend Withings for bucking the industry trend of locking valuable information behind a paywall. I hope this will be the case always. Assuming these measurements are scientifically sound (which I have no reason to believe they aren't), this scale truly does revolutionize home/consumer health tracking. I can't say enough how much this thing has reframed my understanding and perspective of my own health. As someone with cardio issues in my bloodline, the Body Scan has become an essential fixture in my day-to-day routine. As someone that also owns a Withings Sleep tracking mat (which integrates beautifully along side the Body Scan in the Withings app), I feel like I finally have a truly comprehensive understanding of my overall health. If you are considering the Body Scan, I can't highly recommend it enough.