Accu Measure Fitness 3000 Personal Body Fat Tester

I bought this Body Fat Tester because I started a diet and wanted to check my fat loss and not only my weight loss (as weight loss is not only made of fat loss but can also include muscle loss for example). I have had 3 different expensive scales at home which supposedly would do this. Yet, I have never managed to have a consistent measure. From one day to the other my body fat percentage would vary tremendously with no reason. I then read that those scales were almost useless and that body fat calipers were basically the only way to really have an accurate idea of your level of body fat and how it evolves. This little body fat caliper is absolutely perfect for that. When I open the pack, I first had my doubts about its accuracy. How can this little plastic instrument could be that accurate ? I then did like 10 measures in a row, and to my surprise the results were always absolutely the same (to the exact same millimeter). One good thing also is that you can really easily use it alone without the help of anyone else. I would not bother buying a digital caliper. This manual body fat tester delivers the same level of accuracy for a much better price. If you are looking for a body fat tester, I would definitely recommend this one.

The product is easy to use, easy to read and good value. Readings are taken from a single point on the body, 1 inch above the hip - apparently scientific tests show this to be the most reliable spot. It is recommended to test your body fat weekly but not daily as it can fluctuate. The skin fold can be a little sore, but no big deal and certainly not painful. The product comes with good instructions on how and where to measure, and how to calculate your lean body mass and target weight gain/loss. The product promotes that it makes a 'click' when the correct pressure has been applied (otherwise you might squeeze the calipers too hard and get result that is too low) - however, I found that this does not work in practice - the round plastic shape that is supposed to click into place mostly just sits inside the corresponding recess without clicking. To make it click I have to hold the calipers at a different angle and press harder which I thibnk gives an incorrect reading. I have to compensate for this by looking to see when the plastic edge touches the recess rather than listen to the click. Overall, well worth the money.

It's pretty simple to use and cheap. Relatively accurate for when you're going from something like 20 % body fat to like 10 % perhaps but clearly as you get slimmer and leaner, it's much less accurate but it's a nice handy tool none the less. I got it for £5 when it was on sale, wouldn't buy it for £20 or whatever the initial asking price was though.

Good precision which provides repeatable results. That’s all I needed to track the progress of my training / nutrition week by week. The measuring slide makes it possible for you to take measurements on your own without the help of another person (apart from the subscapular site of course). You simply slide it to the right and as you feel the click you can release the pressure and just read the result. The click felt during the measurement allows for the same amount of force being applied every single time hence removing the human judgement on how much to squeeze the device. As the instructions only tells you to measure the suprailiac site (above the hip bone) and does not take in consideration other important sites like triceps, abdomen, leg, chest, etc.. you could end up having wrong conclusions on how your body is changing in general. You can easily overcome this problem by using any of the body fat calculators available online, where you will find 3, 4 and 7 site measurements calculators. The more sites the more accurate your body fat calculation will be. Just as an example, in my case the difference between suprailiac only and the 4 sites method, the measurements varied by around 5% less for the multi-measurement one as for most people the first place to gain or perhaps the hardest to lose is around the waist even if you have a slim body. For the measurement itself, there is not much difference between this and the Fat Track digital one which I also owned in the past. The digital having the advantage of calculating the final value for you at the end of the last site measurement without any charts but at a much greater extra cost and still limited to the number of sites that it has been designed for (3 for the standard digital caliper). In the end of the day the final number is the least important for me, but rather how much the body fat is changing across different places of the body over time.

Really happy with this. Came with clear instructions and is very simple to use. It may not be 100% accurate but nothing is that doesn’t cost the earth. It actually doesn’t matter, what it is really useful for is body transformers to measure progress. The key thing you want then is ease and cost of use, and consistency between results. As long as you are using the same method to measure, you can track progress whether that method is totally accurate or not. It is a little flimsy and will probably break at some point but so what, it’s cheap enough to buy another one when that day arrives.

These were my first calipers and first time trying to calculate my body fat percentage and I didn't have any problem. They are very easy to use, sturdy and the click system works perfectly (so no worries about knowing when to stop the pressure). After the initial read to make sure I use the calipers properly, I haven't used the manual at all. I find online resources a lot more accurate to calculate the percentage (the manual suggests to use only one part of the body) but the critical part is the calipers, good resources to use the measurements are easy to find, so overall, I think this is as good as calipers can get.

I'm a fan of Tom Venuto's 'Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle' - it's helped me lose over 20 kilos of body fat. He stresses the need to measure body composition, not weight, so I've been looking for a method that's accurate and affordable. Here's what I've tried and what body fat % they give me. 15.2% Fit Quest scales with foot and hand sensors - at my gym 18.9% Weight Watchers scales with foot sensors 21.3% personal trainer using caliphers, three upper body skin folds 23.6% Accumeasure skin fold 25% Davi scales with foot and hand sensors - at my gym but also, I think, in Boots the Chemist Conclusion? I don't know how you would work out which of these is accurate - so I'm going to stick with my cheap Weight Watcher scales and just monitor trends without necessarily being confident in the fat %. I enter weight and fat% into MyNetDiary which then gives me graphs - of course, you use a spreadsheet. Just being aware of changes in my appearance is also helpful - as the fat burns I can see creases then muscle appearing. The Accumeasure is a bit fiddly and you end up with a range rather than a specific percentage so I wouldn't really recommend.

I'm glad I took the advice of other reviewers of fat calipers. This one is comfortable and easy to use on oneself, which is unusual for calipers. Just as easy to do on other people, and it has an easy to understand chart inside to interpret the results. The clicker is really useful- a very simple but clever design. I can see it might wear out but only after a lot of use. The bone issue with this is that it's no good for people with low body fat. The finest measurement you can really tell is half a mm. It goes to 1mm so it you have clients with <5% body fat then you probably need a BIA with athletic setting I believe. Good for the price, and so much better than scales for measuring progress and health. I wish more people used these instead of getting obsessed with scales. Body fat matters to health- not body weight.

The product is accurate and simple to use. You may use online calculators instead of the charts provided to measure the body fat percentage. Please check this link ([...]). In addition, if you are interested in measuring subcutaneous fat thickness of a particular location instead of knowing the body fat percentage. You could simply divide the measured thickness by caliper by two and then subtract epidermis thickness (typically ~ 0.1 mm).

This is a great little tool and works perfectly. Make sure to take a picture of the insert which tells you the measurements just in case you lose it. I brought this with me in my purse while travelling and takes up no room.

Nonostante non sia super preciso e professionale,il suo lavoro lo fa eccome. Percentuale indicativa, ma veritiera... bisogna solo capire come funziona,ed è semplice da usare.. non capisco le lamentele di chi prima di me l'ha acquistato. Io lo sto usando da ormai 1 mese e mezzo per monitorare il dimagrimento dopo il periodo invernale di massa e mi sto trovando bene. Ovviamente se cercate macchinari professionali al millimetro non fa per voi. Per me il prezzo è ok...Promosso. Ps..Forza con sta definizione muscolare,fra poco è tempo di spiaggia!!

de lujo, ninguna pega, hace su funcion y es economico. incluye ficha para anotar datos, etc, pero solo dice de probar con un pliegue, cuando en realidad por internet recomiendan hasta 7 pliegues. buscar y leer.

Pas de pile, un manuel très clair. Rien à redire, à part peut-être que les graduations auraient pu être imprimées des 2 cotés pour faciliter la mesure à gauche afin de pouvoir comparer avec la mesure à droite.