Withings Smart Body Analyzer Review

Bathroom scales have been around for decades and during that time they have not seen much a lot of innovation outside of the upgrade to digital, but Withings has attempted to change that with its $150 Smart Body Analyzer.

Unlike your run of the mill scale, the Smart Body Analyzer includes a few features that you would normally not find with another product. With its price tag comes tracking features for a user’s weight, BMI, and lean/fat mass.

Just like Withings’s other products, this scale is WiFi-enabled, allowing it to sync with a smartphone through the Withings’s application. As we saw with some of the company’s other devices, syncing information between the Smart Body Analyzer and a smartphone is quite simply and also useful for people that are trying to keep on track of their weight over time.

The Smart Body Analyzer is built completely differently than its predecessor, the Body Scale. Many would agree that the change present in this scale is welcome and with the design improvements come a significant amount of extra features which may make it worth the upgrade for current Body Scale owners.

Tracking your health is the main goal of the Smart Body Analyzer and as a result, the scale is not worth the money if you are not interested in seeing how your weight, BMI, and other statistics change over time. On the flip side, if you are like me and you find that tracking is useful but that it is difficult to stay on top of manually recording the information, it is nice to have a device that syncs automatically and tracks the data for you.

Compared to the average bathroom scale, the Withings Smart Body Analyzer is pricey and for many consumers it is not something that will be useful. However, fitness-minded individuals who are looking to improve their health with the help of technology will find this scale to be quite intriguing and useful.

Rating: 8.5/10

Price: $149.95 (Amazon)