Omron HBF-514C Full Body Composition Sensing Monitor and Scale

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 11.1 x 2.2 inches ; 5.6 pounds
Shipping Weight: 5.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
ASIN: B0020MMCDE
UPC: 073796265144
Item model number: HBF-514C
Batteries: 4 AA batteries required. (included)

By : Omron
List Price : ~~$109.99~~
Price : $68.99
You Save : $41.00 (37%)

Product Description

Omron Full Body Sensor

The Full Body Sensor Body Fat and Composition Monitor and Scale is a breakthrough device to measure your body composition at home. It measures 7 fitness indicators including body fat %, BMI, resting metabolism, weight and more! The innovative Full Body Sensor is the only at-home body composition monitor that accurately measures your entire body. It uses 6 advanced sensors; 2 for your hands and 4 for your feet. Clinically proven to be as accurate as expensive medical devices professionals use. It stores personalized information for up to four people plus guest mode.

Maximize your fitness progress with a full body sensor..
Uses 6 advanced sensors: 2 for your hands and 4 for your feet.
The monitor looks like a regular scale when not in use..
Why should I use a Body Composition Monitor?Maintaining a fit and healthy body is more than just about weight. Here are the benefits for tracking your total body composition with an Omron Full Body Sensor.

What is the Bioelectrical Impedance Method? Bioelectrical Impedance (BI) is considered one of the most accurate and accessible methods of screening body fat and other body composition measurements in the privacy of your own home. Within seconds, BI sends an extremely weak signal to measure the inside of your body. Muscle, blood, bone and body tissue have high water content, which means they conduct the BI signal easily. Body fat, however, stores no water, so the BI signal is blocked or impeded from easily traveling throughout the body. The blocked signal (or high impedance) indicates the presence of more body fat.
Power and DimensionsThe HBF-514C uses (4) AA batteries that last with normal use for about a year. The main unit measures 13 x 12 x 2.2 inches (L x W x H) and weighs 4.7 pounds.
What's in the BoxHBF-514C unit, 4 AA batteries, instruction manual, measurment log sheet
Which Omron Fitness Monitor is Right for You?
HBF-400
HBF-510W
HBF-514C
HBF-306
HBF-100
Measurement

Body Fat%
Body mass index (BMI)
Body weight

Body fat%
Body mass index (BMI)
Skeletal muscle%
Visceral fat level
Body weight

Body fat%
Body mass index (BMI)
Skeletal muscle%
Visceral fat level
Body age
Resting metabolism
Body weight

Body fat%
Body mass index (BMI)

Heart rate and pulse
Upper/lower heart rate limits

Product Placement
Flat level floor
Flat level floor
Flat level floor
Hold in front of body
Watch on wrist, transmitter around chest
Memory
4 person profile with previous reading
4 person profile
4 person profile, 1/7/30/90 day(s) memory
9 person profile
None
Warranty
1 Year
1 Year
1 Year
1 Year
1 Year
Batteries
4 "AA" (included)
4 "AA" (included)
4 "AA" (included)
2 "AA" (included)
2 CR2032 3 volt (included)
Estimated Battery Life
Approx. 1 year (when used 4 times a day)
Approx. 1 year (when used 4 times a day)
Approx. 1 year (when used 4 times a day)
Approx. 1 year (when used 4 times a day)
Approx. 1 year (varies depending on use and storage)
Measures 7 fitness indicators including body fat %, BMI, resting metabolism, weight and more! The innovative Full Body Sensor is the only at-home body composition monitor that accurately measures your entire body. It uses 6 advanced sensors−2 for your hands and 4 for your feet. Clinically proven to be as accurate as expensive medical devices professionals use. Stores personalized information for up to four people and features guest mode. Memory lets you track your progress along the way. Uses four AA batteries (included).

Product Features

Breakthrough device to measure your body composition at home
Uses 6 advanced sensors to accurately read your whole body
Clinically proven to be as accurate as the medical devices professionals use
90-day memory stores your readings on all fitness indicators
Measures 7 fitness indicators including body fat percentage, BMI, resting metabolism and weight

Customer Reviews

I was excited to get this scale. It's my first scale that does more than tell you how much you weigh. I don't really have a way to tell how accurate the weight reading is. But I do know that it's consistent. I've tried all sorts of different tests: Weighing myself multiple times, recalibrating the scale each time, weighing myself with shoes, then without shoes, then weighing the shoes to see if me + shoes = me wearing shoes, etc. etc. The numbers always seem to come out the way they should.
The same goes for the other readings - I have no way of knowing how accurate they are. But across a few days, resting metabolism varies by no more than 10-15 calories, skeletal muscle and body fat stay within 1%, visceral fat is always the same number, and BMI only varies slightly with day-to-day weight changes.
It's been a little under three weeks so far with the scale, so I haven't really had it long enough to see a significant trend forming based on my recent exercise regimen. But being able to see all of those values really keeps your behavior in check. Every time you see one of the values change for the better, it helps to renew your resolve. I've got a lot of room to improve, and I think this scale is really going to help me maintain my focus.
In my opinion, it's worth more than what I paid for it. I only wish (manufacturers, take note!) that there was more you could do with the memory function. It keeps 90 days worth of data for each user profile, but you can only view today, yesterday, last week, last month, and 90 days ago. I'd like to see a little USB port in there where you could put a memory stick and it would download a CSV or other delimited text file containing your history. It would be a simple matter to import the file into a spreadsheet application to view charts and graphs of your progress.

Having lost 136 pounds and still some to go, I was looking for another tool to help me measure my progress. The Omron 514 read like a dream --- so I ordered it! When it arrived, I opened the box and got the manual and commenced to read. On the second page, it stated that persons with a medical implant, such as a pacemaker, shoud NOT use this. It makes sense that an electrical impulse could upset a pacemaker, but what about artificial knees like I have. I went to the Omron website, nothing, not even the warning. I sent Omron an email asking about artificial knees; of course, emails are slow to be answered and I wanted an answer. So I called Omron, anything metal will disrupt the electrical impulse and cause the readings to be inaccurate. I am returning this machine; I have no idea how well it might work for others, but those of us who are mechanically enhanced cannot use this item.
Since this warning could have an impact on one's buy/not buy decision, the warning should be on Amazon's and Omron's websites. The Omron 514 is completely worthless to me and others like me. However, Amazon has issued my return slip and shipping label with no questions - definitely a plus!