Omron HBF-306CN Fat Loss Monitor, Black
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Product Description
The Omron HBF-306C Body Fat Analyzer measures body fat weight and percentage with clinically proven accuracy!
Details
- Analyzer measures your body fat with a gentle, micro electrical current
- Two modes -- athletic and normal -- provide accurate results based on your exercise regiment
- Delivers measurement results for Bi method (Bioelectrical Impedance Method) and BMI (Body Mass Index)
- Delivers results in approximately seven seconds
- Features a nine person memory profile for the whole family
- 9 person profile
- Accurate readings in seconds
- Athlete mode for accurate results for athletes
- Measures 2 fitness indicators: body fat percentage and body mass index (BMI)
- Monitor your progress in losing body fat
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I have to respectfully disagree with the previous negative review left for this product. I suppose my 1st question would be: How accurate was the reading you were comparing to the Omron reading??? I find the Omron Body Fat Analyzer to be extremely accurate, and very easy to use. No more messing with calipers, wondering if the calipers pinched enough, and wondering if I’m using the calipers in the correct location(s). With the Omron, you simply plug-in your age, height, weight and place your hands on the sensors and — voila! Instant body fat reading. Having said this, the directions do state that certain criteria (time of day, when you ate last, etc) should be followed to ensure an accurate reading. Overall, I am very pleased with this product, and would highly recommend it. I now rely on this more than I do our scale, as I am more focused on body fat % than weight.
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This is a great hand held body fat analyzer. Very accurate, consistent readings and very user friendly. It takes about one minute to set up the personal information that it needs and takes a few seconds to get the body fat readings, very fast.
I was a little worried about buying this item because the lack of reviews but did notice another Omron HBF-306 fat Analyzer that had alot reviews. I don’t know why this item doesn’t have as many reviews as the other Omron HBF-306 fat Analyzer, when it is the exact same product, plus what made me buy this one instead of the other is it’s cheaper and free shipping. So overall great product for the price.
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Unbeatable for the price! Worked fine right out of the box. Easy to use and easy to understand instructions. I’m glad I bought it.
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My physician introduced me to this item. He said very accurate when compaired to the water and pinching methods. Is affordable and easy to use. Oh, did I forget to mention, accurate compaired to a scale model I own. Amazon is great to order from, the online ordering was easy and the product arrived in 5 days!
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While dieting I don’t want to loose any muscle. The Omron keeps me informed of what I’m doing.
It’s real easy to use. Takes just seconds to know where you stand in reaching your goal. Other reviews state that it is not very accurate or consistent, but they aren’t using it right. The read outs will vary if you have just eaten or drank anything. It uses a bioelectrical impedance analysis to estimate your BFI. If you have consumed anything within 2 hours of testing yourself then this thing will give you a higher %.
Just use it in the morning before you eat and it should be quite consistent.
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I highly recommend the Omron fat loss monitor for anybody who is serious about monitoring their body fat.
Why I Recommend It:
1. EASY to use. It’s almost dummy-proof
2. Inexpensive. For less than $26 you can have it delivered (Super-Saver shipping) including batteries.
3. I don’t need help to use it. I don’t know of any other method that you can do in the privacy of your home each and every day with the exception of calipers. And you need somebody else to use the calipers on you. Since they’re only accurate if that person knows what he/she is doing and measures you in the exact same place each time, I think it’s just easy to get a monitor.
4. Quick. I can take a measurement in about 10 seconds.
General Thoughts/Suggestions:
1. The instruction manual mentions this also but… Make sure to take the measurement at the same time each day. I take my measurements right before I leave the house for work before I’ve eaten or drank anything for the day.
2. Don’t expect the results to be perfect. If the measurement tells you that you’re 16% body fat, that’s probably pretty close to what you actually are. But depending on how much water you’ve had to drink, how recently you’ve exercised, how recently you’ve eaten, etc., the reading could go up to 17% or down to 15%. It’s best to be consistent with when you take your measurements and to use the monitor as a guide to tell you if you’re gaining or losing. I think of it as a fat loss compass… not a fat loss GPS.
3. Make sure that you keep your stats updated in the computer memory. I’m on a fat loss routine right now. I’ve lost 15 lbs since I began using the Omron monitor. It only takes a second to update your personal stats in the monitor’s memory. But you need to do it. Otherwise it’ll give you an inaccurate reading.
All in all, I’d say this is a great investment. Yes, you can lose body fat without using a monitor. But it is also possible to lose weight without losing body fat (i.e. water weight or muscle). I’m constantly tweaking my diet and workout routine to keep that percentage dropping. Without the monitor I’d be in the dark and I’m confident that I wouldn’t have seen the progress that I’ve seen thus far.
Good luck & good health!
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The Omron fat loss monitor is a great product for those who are trying to monitor their body fat percentage. I love the fact that Omron has chosen to have a “normal” and “athlete” setting on this newest model. I’m thoroughly satisfied with this unit.
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I have been training in the gym for 18 months now, and needed a device to monitor my progress. This is a really good tool to monitor your progress. I don’t think it’s 100 percent accurate, the same way that the method used in my gym (a sheet of paper with ranges for heith, wieght and a pinching tool they take a measure from your belly) is not as reliable. but it measures consistantly. Im really happy I know you’ll be too.
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I have used one a while ago when my wife and I took a Bio-Nutrition class. We first checked our body fat manually then we checked out results with the 306c. It was almost the same.
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I’ve been using this for over a year now. I record my readings 5 days a week onto a chart, along with my weight and calories burned. I used a cheap meter from Target before and found this unit is way more accurate.
One thing about using it, the readings can vary, depending on many things, including the shoes you are wearing. I figure it is measuring current, so possibly readings you take barefoot would be different than readings you take with shoes on. I’ve even noticed a difference with sandals and tennis shoes.
I finally realized the trick was to do the same thing every time, like they do at the gym (Bally’s had one of these they wanted to charge me to use!)
I measure before I drink anything in the morning, with my workout shoes on, and get very consistent readings.
The value is not the reading itself, but how it changes over time. This way you can tell what food and what exercises are making the changes you desire.
Overall, I’d buy another one the same day, if this one broke.
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I am a nutritional coach and I have found this product to be very accurate and easy to manuever. I have compared results with a very expensive hospital scale that calculates BMI and fat % and the results were almost the same i.e. fat%=20.5 (OMRON) the other scale 20.3. I am so glad that I got it. It is so easy to use plus fits anywhere.
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I’m old and bought this to aid in a weight loss (fat loss) effort. Have only used it weekly for a month so far and it appears to work well and consistently. I certainly like it better than the scales which require bare feet and are notoriously inaccurate.
Great thing is when I’ve had a good week of resistance training and dietary adherance and still haven’t lost a pound, this baby says my fat percentage has gone down–a real week and mood saver.
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If you’re trying to maintain a healthy weight – or reach one – then a fat monitor can be key. Being 150 pounds and 50% fat is much different than being 150 pounds at 20% fat!
If you haven’t used an electronic fat monitor before, here is how they work. You enter your height and weight. This gives the monitor a rough idea of how long an electrical current should take to go in one end of you and out the other. Then you hold two plates in your hands, and it sends a quick electrical message in one hand and out the other. It doesn’t hurt at all – you can’t feel it at all. But by tracking the speed of the signal, the monitor knows how dense your body is. That tells it what percentage of you is fat, and what percentage is other stuff (muscle, water, etc.)
How is this helpful? Well, your aim as you lose weight is to be less and less fat. Fat is large, unhealthy and bulky. Muscle is slim and actively burns calories. Don’t think of gaining muscle as bulking up like Conan. Think of it as gaining lean active muscle like a ballerina or a dancer. It means you can climb stairs more easily, lift items more easily, and your overall shape will be much slimmer.
So, how well does this Ormon monitor work? We’ve tried it out with many people now. It stores up to 9 settings inside it, and it’s really easy for a guest to instantly use it as well. You just enter your height, weight and age. It instantly knows your BMI based on that since BMI is just weight and height. Then you hold the two sides for a few moments and it tells you your body fat as well. Quick, easy, painless. We use this several times a day, just to play with it and see the progress we’re making.
There are many times when you’re losing weight that it seems you “aren’t losing weight”. But really, you are converting from fat to muscle and fat is thick and light while muscle is thin and heavy. So for example you might go from a 38″ waist to a 34″ waist and still “weigh the same”. This is good overall, because you are slimmer, healthier, and it means that going forward it’ll be even easier for you to lose the remaining weight! So seeing that progression with your body fat can be very encouraging.
Highly recommended!
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I had a hydrostatic body fat test done only a few days before receiving this body fat monitor. Using the “normal” setting, I got readings from 1.4 to 1.8% higher than the hydrostatic reading, which I think is pretty accurate for such a cheap and easy to use body fat monitor. The set up is easy and retains settings for use by several individuals. Modifying settings for different weight and activity levels is also easy to do. I doubt that you can get more accurate readings from more expensive body fat monitors and, if you’re looking for one that cheap, accurate and easy to use, the I highly recommend choosing this one.
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I never buy anything without doing research on what to buy first. If you read about BMI analyzers on About.com it not only recommends this as one of their top 3 picks over ANY kind of body fat analyzer, but it also explains why some people didnt get the results expected on these comments…because of user error.
Most admit to using this first thing in the morning.
It says on about.com never to do that. For accurate readings, use 3 hours after a meal, never first thing in the morning, (you are dehydrated then) never use when dehydrated, but you should use after emptying your bladder. (remember it’s guaging what percent of you is muscle vs water so you want your body water to be balanced and normal…not too low with dehydration, not too high with a full bladder.) Also it’s best to use this, or any monitor, when unclothed if possible. Ive found that part not to matter that much as everyone at my office borrows this sometimes and, because bare workers would be awkward, we’ve found it to read accurately clothed.
Also, if you have a very high muscle mass and a very low BMI set it on “athlete” for an accurate reading. So yes, even bodybuilders CAN use it…you just have to know how.
This explained those who had problems and the unbiased rating on the aformentioned website (and others) states that this is WAY more accurate than calipers…made me buy it. I”d used it before at the gym and it was always great. But before I purchase on my own, I learn.
I use mine often and it is right on target as to what’s going on with my body. A handheld non-electronic (or even electronic if it’s the kind you place ON your fat) caliper will vary if you do not measure the EXACTLY in the same place each time and squeeze to the exact resistance. You avoid that common error via this latest technology.This has the latest.
I bought this one because or reading about what technology works the best from consumer tests by the experts. And I am happy with my purchase.
As an aside, I also discovered the scales that do fat testing through your feet are not as accurate as this method of testing either, even the Omron scale didnt test for accuracy as well as this Omron fat tester.
So I thought I’d share what i found in my week of research prior to purchase.
I love this body fat analyzer and my friends who have used it got their own as well. If you are bloated, your scale can’t tell you why your weight is up. This can. And some days, I thank it for that!