The 8 Best Bathroom Scales to Accurately Monitor Your Weight Loss
If you’re looking to lose, maintain, or gain weight, a quality bathroom scale can help you along the way. Or, maybe you’re just looking to learn more about your body and be more in tune with your health, fitness, and consumption habits. Either way, a bathroom scale has become a necessary household gadget. And even though this product category doesn’t always get the spotlight, the tech advances over the last decade have been pretty amazing.
Nowadays, bathroom scales do more than just read your weight. The most accurate bathroom scales can effortlessly read and track your weight, bone density, water percentage, heart rate, body fat, and more, all while connecting to your smart phone.
We all have different ways of tracking and monitoring data. Maybe you prefer to keep things as simple or straightforward as possible and avoid any/all numbers that don't have dollar signs in front of them. No judgment.
When it comes to monitoring your weight, you might take a less-is-more approach to numbers and metrics, so you want to keep your scale simple. You prefer the bare minimum when it comes to the numbers.
Conversely, it could be the case that you respond well to charts and graphs. Smart scales give your weight, fat, and muscle mass, and other metrics that are uploaded to your phone, and this more complete picture of your health can be useful, according to John La Puma, M.D., a physician specializing in diet and health and the author of Refuel.
In a small study in Obesity Science & Practice, it was reported that people who used a smart scale were more likely to weigh in weekly than those who used a regular one. That said, it's up to you to decide whichever method and scale is right for you and your body. No matter your preference, remember that a scale is only a tool. Exercise and portion control are the keys. And according to dietician Dr. Lisa Young, weigh-ins should be kept to twice a week.
Fitbit Aria 2
Rejoice, Fitbit fanatics! You’re going to want to invest in one that is made to seamlessly pairs with your favorite smart watch or activity tracker. It can track your entire life and display it all in fun, colorful graphics. Fitbit makes tracking easy and enjoyable, even though the tech is pretty complex.
This measures weight, BMI, and body fat, and then tracks it all in the Fitbit app through a visual graph over time. Even better, it tracks your exercise, lets you set goals, log food, and measure hydration—all so you can compare it to your weigh in for the day. You get a clear, full picture of your health through digital wellness. And it tracks up to 8 users (don’t worry it’s private), so the whole family can step on the scale. It doesn’t give you a read on muscle mass, so if #gains are your focus, keep on reading.
EatSmart Precision Plus Digital Bathroom Scale
The Most Simple Bathroom Scale
The Precision Plus isn’t your high-tech, full-body-read, smart scale on this list. It’s for the simple guy that straight up wants a weigh-in to track his weight on his own time. The response time is quick and accurate (there’s nothing more frustrating than tapping your scale on and off a million times so you can step on it), and for the price, you can’t beat it. The tempered glass platform is extra wide, and the weight range goes well over 400 pounds. This is your best budget bathroom scale for an easy read and heavy weight.
The Garmin Index S2 Scale
Very much comparable to the Fitbit Aria 2, the Garmin Index perfectly syncs up to the Garmin smartwatch family and app. Unlike Fitbit however, the Garmin Index has wider metrics. By stepping on the digital scale, not only does it read and recognize you (it literally says your name), then it displays your weight, BMI, body fat, skeletal muscle mass, body water, and bone mass.
Head over to the app to track all of this over time. You can also set up social media integration to share and compare your progress with others (if you’re into that kind of thing). The weight range goes up to 400 pounds and the brain of this operation remembers up to 16 users. Weigh-in parties at your house!
Yunmai Smart Scale
This is one of the more stylish bathroom scales, thanks to its sleek, glass finish and backlit LCD porthole display to its full-surface sensor integration. And there is need to bother with WiFi or setup instructions to get started. Simply download the app to your smartphone, connect to Bluetooth, and have your stats within seconds of stepping on the weight scale. This one measures weight, body fat, muscle rate, water, bone mass, visceral fat, BMR, RMI, protein and body age. You can have a super in-depth read, all to your phone for under $70. It won’t sync with your activity or smartwatch, but sometimes it’s nice to not have your entire life connected in one place.
A unique feature here are the "motivational" phrases and statements the screen would display when trying to reach your goal weight. If you’re sensitive about this kind of thing, keep on reading.
Eufy Smartscale P1
The Best Value Bathroom Scale
A top contender on this list, and for a fraction of the price, Eufy by Anker’s P1 Smartscale. You’ll get an accurate read on over a dozen metrics: weight, body fat, lean body mass, BMI, water, visceral fat, and bone density, to name a few. What’s even better about this one is that you don’t have to commit to a family. It connects to third party apps, like Apple Health, Google Fit, and Fitbit, so if you’re a split household and on a budget, this bathroom scale might be the winner. It collects and tracks data over time on the app, while the scale just reads your weight.
Withings/Nokia Digital Wifi Scale
This might be the most compatible, personalized bathroom scale on this entire roundup, all in a sleek solid aluminum base and heat tempered glass top. Most scales advise placement on a hard surface like wood or tile, but this one works accurately on carpets too.
Aside from it being highly compatible with third party digital wellness apps (it syncs with 100 different fitness apps), it gives you a full read on weight, body fat, water percentage, muscle and bone mass, standing heart rate, and more. It can track and store data for up to 8 users, for every stage of life. This means you can personalize profiles for an athlete, a pregnant woman and even a kid. It gives you feedback for nutrition tracking and offers a calorie budget to help you meet your weight goals. A not entirely necessary bonus feature is that it reads the weather to you every day, in hopes of seamlessly integrating this into your morning routine before you start your day.
FitTrack Dara Smart Scale
The Most Accurate Bathroom Scale for Under-$100
Fittrack prides itself on accuracy. It’s what they focus on before building on all the bells and whistles.
Speaking of bells and whistles, with up to 17 different body measurements (BMI, muscle mass, obesity level, hydration levels and more) the FitTrack Smart Scale stores data and provides weight management feedback on how you can live a healthier lifestyle. This one also has infant and athlete mode to increase to increase the effectiveness of every kind of user. You get easy results at a glance on the app, with the option to take a much deeper dive.
RENPHO Smart Scale
Easy to setup, this system tracks 13 metrics like body weight, BMI, body fat percentage, water percentage, skeletal muscle, protein, body age, and more. The bathroom scale features four high-precision sensors and electrodes for a more accurate reading than competitors at this price point. What’s great about this scale is that it works even when it’s not connected. They data will later sync once your phone is on and near again. It's a budget pick, so don't expect it to work perfectly every time, but this much data for this price is the perfect first step into the world of smart bathroom scales.
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