I’m trying to lose twenty pounds, doing a lot of bicycling and some weight work. Bought this because i have been very pleased with my purchase of a Wellue CheckMe heart monitor, blood oxygen monitor, blood pressure monitor, 24-hour Holter monitor, sleep monitor, and pedometer in one.

All features of both of these products work quite well. I’ll discuss the mobile phone app (free) that enables the scale to communicate with the phone via Bluetooth, record each weighing, and provide multiple additional values based on the data you provide when you set it up and some built-in algorithms. Just make sure the phone is on with the app open, set it aside (unless you want to include the weight of the phone with that of your body, which considering some people’s relationship with their phone might be more appropriate), and step on the scale. The scale turns on automatically, quickly determines your weight to the tenth of a pound (kilogram and stone units are also configurable), settles almost immediately, then transfers the reading to the app. The whole process from stepping on the scale to recording of the weight on the phone app is about five seconds.

Having never owned a scale of this sophistication before, I can’t compare this to a prior one, but compared to a spring scale, it’s much more pleasant and certainly more accurate to use. My spring scale could vary by five pounds just by rocking forward or back while standing on it. My wife has an older digital scale without the Bluetooth or other features of this one, and these two provide almost identical readings. I can’t be sure of the accuracy of either, but their consistency and the fact that absolute weight is less important than relative readings for the same person leads me to be amply satisfied with that aspect.

Now to the phone app. It’s simple to configure, easy and quick to use. The top half of the main screen provides the current weight result in easily read, relatively large print within a large circle. The upper left corner is where your account is shown, and where you can select or add a new user or select “Guest”. The upper right corner provides access to record a weight manually, perhaps useful if you weigh yourself on a different scale at the gym or doctor’s office. It also has a link to an extensive FAQ and a Share button. Baby Mode is interesting. You weigh yourself first, then weigh yourself holding the baby (or any other object–I’m thinking a bicycle or anything else that you wish to weigh, but that would be awkward or impossible to place on the scale on its own, and the app performs the subtraction to determine the weight of the held object. Circumferences and height are also available here, where you can record your measurements if you buy their Bluetooth measuring tape, which I did not do. Below the large circle with your weight is your target weight. Below that is the time and date of the latest measurement, followed by the change from your prior weighing, date and time provided, of Weight, Body Mass Index, and Body Fat %. If you tap in this area, you will be taken to More Data, which lists Weight, BMI, Body Fat, Fat-free Body Weight, Subcutaneous Fat %, Visceral Fat (I assume this is also a percentage, but it could be a mass–the app does not provide the units represented), Body Water %, Skeletal Muscle %, Muscle Mass, Bone Mass, Protein %, BMR kcal, and Body Age. For each of these values, you can tap to find where it lies on a spectrum and indicates where it should be. Back to the main page. Below the More Data link, you have the current values for Weight, BMI, and Body Fat %, along with whether the number is considered Thin or Low, Average, High, or Too High. At the very bottom of the screen are Measure (the page just described), Charts, and Account.

Tapping Charts takes you to line graphs for each of the thirteen values listed above, each of which can only display six points on the graph at a time. You can slide the chart forward or back to see more data points, but never more than six at a time. You can tap to expand each chart and view horizontally, making it easier to read the values and dates of measurement, but again, only those six points. In this view, you can also select to view by week, month, or year, in addition to Recent. This is a nice feature that will become more valuable as you accumulate more measurements. However, you are still limited to six points at a time. I would like to be able to pinch the chart so as to squeeze more points into the visible screen area, but this is frustratingly not possible. You can tap User Data from the Charts page to see a calendar by month with the dates measurements were recorded circled. This lets you see how consistent you’ve been in using the scale. It appears to be capable of showing three months at a time, but as I’ve had this scale for less than a month, I can only see one month shown so far.

Tapping Account takes you to the final page, which lists each account (up to 24 are available, plus Guest). This is where you can select and manage these accounts. The currently selected account is at the top. Below that are links to Device, Add User (self explanatory), and Settings. Below those are the existing accounts, along with the latest weight recorded for each. Under Device, you will find the scale listed, its name, which can be personalized by tapping it, and its MAC address. In the upper right corner of the screen, you can tap the plus sign to select the pairing type: Bluetooth, QR code, or SN code. Tapping the first searches for available devices. Tapping the second lets your phone scan a QR code on the device to be paired, and tapping the third lets you manually enter the serial number of the device to be paired. I did not have to use any of these to initially pair my phone with the scale, but I imagine you would need to use this feature to add the Bluetooth tape measure, a Fitbit, Google Fit, Samsung Health, etc.

Tapping Settings provides access to quite a few features, some of which are accessible from other locations already described. In addition, you can change to different color themes, set your target weight, choose your units, select whether to have an audible signal when the app receives a measurement, select from 23 languages, access email help, including an option to submit suggestions, and set a PIN so other phone users will not have access to your data.

In conclusion, I recommend this scale and am happy with my purchase. Writing this review caused me to explore the app more thoroughly and increased my appreciation of the purchase even further. My wife has abandoned her digital scale to use this one with her Fitbit and has set up her own phone with the app, which is another valuable feature–the ability for different phones to access the same scale. I only have two minor complaints: the lack of ability to see more than six data points at once in the charts mentioned above, and the ubiquitous substandard translations from Mandarin to English. On this latter point, at least the awkwardness is not so extreme that the intended meaning is lost, as in some other product manuals or apps I’ve encountered. But why not have a native English speaker review the translation and remove the awkwardness?