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My Doctor and I tested this and this scale is a scam.
Update: This scale is a scam. It is not actually reading anything and is actually just giving you false information through the app. Amazon replaced the original scale because I thought it was defective due to the app. I was trusting the weight reading though, which showed me 4.5 lb weight loss. I deleted the first device, removed its batteries and put them into the new one and suddenly the scale was right back to the exact weight I started at. So I put the batteries back into the old one, added the device back...and it no longer showed any weight loss. This scale is designed to show you gradual weight loss by tweaking the numbers. So I began testing both devices with my kids and I. I weighed my kids and I individually, removed batteries, deleted devices, re-added devices, reweighed ourselves, repeated the process, and every time it would give us different weights and numbers in the app after calibrating. So I called my dr and explained the situation. The dr said they would set their medical grade scale outside for me to do a body composition check to compare. Their thousand dollar scale showed me a different picture. Wow the Renpho is all a con. The dr said that the Renpho scale is a clever scam designed to trick consumers who are looking to get healthy or lose weight and it shows them exactly what they want to see by misleading them originally to make it appear as if they are working their way towards a healthier outcome, when really it is just slowly working towards where they actually are when they start.
Original Review: According to this scale I have a severe water deficiency, only 20%, and 17% skeletal muscle, which combined might mean that I'm dying. I was alarmed at first, and began drinking more water and using some more weights, but still the percentage doesn't change. So either something is very very wrong with my health, or something is wrong with the scale. Seeing as how I have no symptoms and am in my 30s, I'm going to guess that there's something wrong with the scale.
September 2020 · Health and Household · verified purchase