Tanita BC1000 Body Composition Scale with ANT + Wireless Data Transmission

I bought this to hook up with my Garmin 610 watch - it took me a while to find out via internet searching that you pair the two together by pressing the light button (top left) on the 610 once and waiting a few seconds. Apart from the lack of instructions it does exactly what it says on the tin. It allows me to view weight and bf on my 610, when I upload my data to garmin connect the other 9 indicators measured by the scales goes with it for review online.Ignore the reviews based on requiring a separate viewing display @ £100+. Yes if you do not have another device such as a Garmin (or I believe it will also work with iphones & ipads etc) you will need one, but this is made pretty clear in the product description, if you’re silly enough to buy something that costs nearly £200 without even looking at what you’re actually buying then that’s your own fault!

A year ago, nerve and lower back problems returned which prevented me from working out as much as before. As such, after a year of a near sedentary lifestyle I watched my fat pockets grow and knew that my weight was up. I recently started on the Vemma Bode weight loss program and wanted something to help me get metrics for my progress. Since I had the Garmin Edge 800 and knew that I was able to start training, but less intensely again, I went for a scale that could provide me with solid metrics.Despite the first weigh-in being, yup I'm fat and heavy again, having reliable numbers for weight, fat, bone & muscle mass, etc. help me better understand which parts of my diets and exercise are working.If you just want to know your weight and body fat without tracking, then buy a cheaper unit. However, if you want metrics for tracking, this unit is a great one to have.Do note that you need to have or purchase a display or ANT+ device to use the scale. That's why I only give 4 stars. $ 250 for a piece of tech without a few dollar LCD is dumb. However, outside of no display, the scale is solid and consistently works.Speaking of consistency, for the metrics to be reliable, you need to be consistent about when you measure yourself. Pick early morning or just before bed, not after exercising. Sure those post exercise numbers are awesome looking, but reality is morning is probably more truthful.Good luck with your training, Ciao!

Works well with the garmin forerunner 210. Seems to be fairly reliable thought now and again I do get an anomalous result even when taking readings as close to the same time of day. Great for monitoring progress though.

The product is exact, I love it. It comes with the Healthy Edge software, where all the confusions starts.1. BC1000 is sending data to your sport device (310XT, 910XT) after measurement2. Healthy Edge is receiving data from the BC1000 within the plugged but disabled ANT agent after another measurement.3. When enabling the ANT agent and sending the measurement to Garmin Connnect, this transfer is recorded in Healthy Egde as well, as separate measurement.4. Healthy Edge is then sending all measurements to your defined Tanita account.Healthy Edge is a stupid software, which does not allow you to define the decimal separator, like for example Excel does.It will only work, if your decimal separator is dot. If using comma, it won't start up...

This thing is hilarious, so many of my times have friends and family used my bathroom to tell me that my scales are broken because it doesn't do anything. I'm glad I have the other items for it.

This is one of the most frustrating products I have ever bought. First the instructions on the CD are useless. Sometimes that is the case even with a good product. When it did blink into life it took literally hours to pair properly with my Garmin 900XT. Pairing fell in and out even at 7 feet or less. Then when it did pair the reading was laughably out (I weighed a third of what I should have). So redid weight on various surfaces with and without soft carpets etc as instructed ...nowhere near correct readings. Then it failed to pair again, then it locked up my Garmin watch and then I lost the will.... Back to good old fashioned scales that will not tell me body composition but at least don't give me blood pressure problems.

More complicated than I though. Doesn't interface easily with MAC. Overall just hard work. But it is cool when it does work.

Works perfectly. Very good .

Rien de fourni pour pouvoir lire les donnés ou même les envoyer à son PC. Pour pouvoir faire fonctionner la Balance correctement, il va falloir payer cher, très cher ;) ou renvoyer à Amazon. Vous verrez qu'avec Tanita, se peser ça vaut de l'or !!

Je l'utilise avec un compteur Garmin Edge 510. Utilisation de la balance très simple: on l'active via le compteur, et on suit ce qu'il s'affiche depuis le compteur. La balance donne également des indications avec la diode verte/rouge et un bip qui indiquent le moment où elle prend les mesures et quand elle a terminé. Avec ce compteur Garmin, reste ensuite à synchroniser sur le site Garmin Connect pour voir toutes les mesures et garder un historique.Avec les 9 valeurs qu'elle donne, elle évalue la condition physique, le taux de graisse et la masse musculaire, entre autres, ce qui est m'est utile dans le cadre de mes entrainements préparatoires pour des courses cyclistes.

Fonctionne très bien avec la montre Garmin 910xt, sauf que l'on n'a pas accès à l'historique des mesures et que seulement 3 données sont affichées à l'écran: poids, % masse graisseuse, % hydratation. Pour voir toutes les mesures, il faut transférer les données via son Pc sur garmin connect.Le seul défaut: aucun afficheur minimaliste pour faire une simple pesée mais bon ceci est bien précisé par amazon. Du coup sans le boîtier dc1000, la balance ne peut pas servir à toute la famille de façon aisée. Tanita propose une application pour windows permettant de faire des pesées avec l'aide d'une clé USB ANT+ mais bon ce n.est pas pratique du tout.Pour la pesée, Tanita conseille de le faire en début de soirée à jeun juste avant le repas du soir pour avoir des valeurs cohérentes car le matin juste au levée, l'eau dans le corps n'est pas repartie uniformément et cela augmente la résistance au passage du courant électrique. Donc moi je me pèse le soir en rentrant du travail.

Serais trés interressant de savoir ce qui fonctionne avec la balance Tanita BC-1000 BK pour le suivi avec pc ?????

Produit refurbished annoncé à la vente La balance est certes en bon état mais il manquait le tapis indiqué sur l'emballage, les piles et la notice d'emploi.il a fallu galerer sur internet pour la récupérer. Car sans notice IMPOSSIBLE de faire fonctionner. Contacté par téléphone j'attends toujours réparation d'amazon