I work in technology for a living, so I understand how this stuff works pretty well and can relay what I love and hate about the devices – hopefully allowing you to make a better purchasing decision. I write the reviews merely because I’m interested in them. I don’t get paid to write these reviews, nor do I keep the units sent to me – they all go back after a period of time ranging between 30 and 60 days (in this case, it goes back next week). Of course, at the end of the day – some 67% percent of Americans are struggling with being overweight.įinally, at the end of the day I’m an athlete just like you, I want the same things out of the equipment I buy.

Even elite triathletes have to focus on weight to ensure they are at the top of their game. And cyclists always struggle to find the perfect balance between weight and muscle mass. For runners, it’s often noted that each pound is 2 seconds per mile while running for example (10 pounds shaved off would mean 9 minutes in a marathon…). From a race performance standpoint, weight is hands down one of the biggest factors of speed. It’s just that some of the features most closely fit into tools and products that many runners or triathletes already have. It’s really a product for anyone trying to lose weight (or maintain/gain weight). Now, this isn’t just a product for serious athletes. And we all know what happens during Christmas… So what better time to test out a scale than post-holiday cookies, in January? I normally weigh myself every morning anyways, so this would be easy. So back before Christmas I pinged the fine folks from Tanita and they got me all hooked up with a loaner scale.īut that was pre-Christmas. Over the past few months I’d been receiving a number of e-mails and comments from ya’ll as to what I thought of the scale and its touted integration with Garmin devices. Would the price justify all the bells and whistles it brings to the table? Like that expensive TI-83 calculator, the BC-1000 is also a bit expensive. It measures more things than your TI-83 graphing calculator from high school calculus, while at the same time recording it and wirelessly sending it to your Garmin Watch, computer and Garmin Connect online. If you’ve been to any athletic expo in the past few months, you’ve probably seen the Tanita BC-1000 weight scale at one of the booths.

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